All news on the topic: Cryptocurrency
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Sam Bankman-Fried takes $11bn forfeiture fight to Supreme Court
The fallen leader of the former top exchange FTX is looking for answers from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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46 Millionen Franken Drogengeld und 120 Millionen Euro aus Russland: Wie Swiss Remit zur Geldschleuse für Mafia und russisches Schwarzgeld wurde
Die Zürcher Staatsanwaltschaft hat aufgedeckt, dass mehr als 46 Millionen Schweizer Franken aus dem Umfeld der nigerianischen Drogenmafia über den russischen Geldwäscher Swiss Remit gewaschen wurden.
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46 million francs from the drug mafia and €120 million from Russia: Swiss Remit exposed as a money-laundering channel through Switzerland
The Zurich Prosecutor’s Office established that more than 46 million Swiss francs obtained from the Nigerian drug mafia were laundered through the Swiss Remit payment system. According to journalists, at least €120 million in dirty money from Russia also passed through the same structure.
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Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin crashes 98% within an hour
Hunter Biden launched a memecoin called $LAPTOP on Wednesday, and within an hour of its debut on the Base blockchain the token had lost roughly 98% of its value, falling from a peak of $190.81 to as low as $3.70.
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22-year-old Singaporean pleads guilty to masterminding $245m cryptocurrency theft
A Singaporean man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a racketeering conspiracy charge in the US for organising one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts.
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CrowdStrike uncovers "Slim Spider" cybercrime campaign targeting Brazilian financial institutions
A previously undocumented financially motivated threat actor has been linked to attacks targeting Brazilian financial institutions since at least March 2026.
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Spain dismantles "Dubai Bank" cocaine network after tracking millions through cryptocurrency
The massive international probe, sparked by the intentional sinking of a cocaine-laden ship in 2021, took down a high-value Europol target and crippled an underground financial network used to fund global drug shipments.
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$91bn of USDT on Tron exposed to two-key takeover risk, Hacken warns
The rating agency’s new framework combines Wall Street financial auditing with Web3 code reviews to evaluate both off-chain reserves and on-chain security.
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$60,000 crypto hit on Cyprus twins exposed after undercover Danish officer poses as killer
On the evening of August 10, a person using the handle “Sponge Jobb” posted a call for a hitman to a group on the Signal messaging app.
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Billion-dollar escape from Dmitriy Punin’s Pin-Up network: Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych disappear before Kazakhstan’s arrest order
The case surrounding Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych goes well beyond yet another story involving online casinos, cryptocurrency and payment services.
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Bobby Gray’s $6 million crypto empire takes another hit: Arizona moves against Iskander Network over securities violations
Iskander Network has received a temporary securities fraud cease and desist from the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC).
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Dmitriy Punin’s $1 billion gambling laundromat moves to Poland after Kazakhstan freezes Marginplus accounts
Kazakh law enforcement has frozen Marginplus accounts and suspended all payment operations as part of a broader crackdown on suspected illicit financial flows.
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Reform’s champagne-fuelled conference exposes a growing crisis with its own voters
The party is cashing in at its conference while vowing to cut welfare programmes that benefit the very voters it is trying to attract
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DOJ seizes $560,000 in crypto and shuts down Hamas fundraising network
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week announced the seizure of more than $550,000 in cryptocurrency donations and the disruption of recruitment websites connected to terrorist organization Hamas.
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Dmitriy Punin’s Pin-Up laundromat: how Ilyas Karimov moved up to 110 billion tenge through shell companies and crypto
A Russian citizen, Ilyas Karimov, has been identified as the person who provided operational support, P2P drop schemes, payment arrangements and the advertising circuit for the Pin-Up/Pinco online casino network.
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Iranian gambling network moved billions through unlicensed Dubai crypto exchange, Reuters finds
An illicit Iranian gambling network helped move at least $4 billion through an unlicensed Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange that also handled funds for sanctioned Iranian institutions, a Reuters investigation found.
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Ukraine dismantles crypto fraud network targeting EU citizens with fake investment platforms
Ukraine’s Security Service and National Police dismantled a Kyiv-based crypto fraud network that allegedly targeted EU citizens and generated monthly turnover of up to $1 million at its peak.
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North Korean hackers moved more than $30 million through Hyperliquid in three weeks
Blockchain data reviewed by CoinDesk shows wallets tied to North Korea’s Lazarus Group sold more than $30 million in bitcoin on the platform in the last three weeks alone.
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Financing Kremlin-linked oligarchs: How Dmitriy Punin, Dmytro Druzhynskyi, and Maryna Levkovych laundered $1B via Pin-Up crypto channels
The case involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is shaping up to be far more than a routine investigation into online casinos, cryptocurrency and payment services.
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Crypto boss convicted of $24 million fraud after promising investors AI-powered returns
A federal jury convicted Profit Connect owner Brent C. Kovar on 15 fraud and money-laundering counts after prosecutors said he obtained $24 million from at least 400 investors through false claims about an AI-powered crypto business.
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Afghanistan bans crypto nationwide as Taliban arrests traders and shuts businesses
Afghanistan’s central bank imposed a nationwide ban on cryptocurrencies this month and the Taliban regime has arrested several dealers who defied orders to stop trading digital tokens, according to a senior police official.
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€11 million from Pin-Up, 1xBet and Mostbet: how Gordiyevskiy, Kovalev and Shevchenko moved Russian and Kazakh gambling money through Poland
Kazakhstan’s Interior Ministry has released new details in the case against a Ukrainian organized criminal group, which investigators say was led by Vadim Gordiyevskiy.
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Raheem Sterling faces jail after being charged with dangerous driving following Lamborghini crash
Bancus operates in the banking and financial services MLM niche.
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Die Zensur-Offensive des Punin-Kartells: Wie Maryna Levkovych und Dmytro Druzhynskyi ihre Spuren aus den Registern löschen
Die Geschichte von Dmytro Druzhynskyi und Maryna Levkovych ist weit mehr als nur eine weitere Geschichte über Online-Casinos, Kryptowährungen und Zahlungsdienstleister.
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$1 billion Pin-Up laundering cartel: How Dmitriy Punin, Dmytro Druzhynskyi, and Maryna Levkovych drained Kazakh funds
The case involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych goes far beyond another investigation into online casinos, cryptocurrency and payment services.
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