All news on the topic: Cryptocurrency

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Man seeks to purchase landfill site where he believes his £620 million worth of Bitcoin is buried
A man who accidentally binned a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin tokens more than a decade ago is hoping to buy the tip where he lost his fortune.
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Three British men arrested in Spain for kidnapping a cryptocurrency broker
Three British men have been arrested following the kidnap of a cryptocurrency broker in Spain.
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KyberSwap hacker faces a five-count criminal indictment for stealing $65 million
Andean Medjedovic is accused of exploiting DeFi protocols KyberSwap and Indexed Finance.
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How Russian oligarch Rotenberg manages billions in Ukraine through SoftSwiss via cryptocurrency and gambling
Is Russian billionaire Arkadiy Rotenberg, known as ’Putin’s wallet,’ monopolizing Ukraine’s gambling market through Belarusian companies SoftSwiss and CoinsPaid?
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US President Donald Trump earned more than $802 million since the launch of his memcoin
U.S. President Donald Trump has earned over $802 million since the launch of the meme coin OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP), which was introduced on January 18, 2025.
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Trump’s memecoin appears to be a classic financial scam
Donald Trump, who promised during his election campaign to make the United States the global crypto capital, launched his own cryptocurrency just days before his inauguration.
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Why the crypto bull market may be ending for Britain
While crypto markets have dipped in recent days after the release of Deepseek shook US tech firms, UK companies are struggling to keep the momentum of digital finance going.
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Rachel Reeves considers using £5bn in seized Bitcoin to address the public finance deficit
Rachel Reeves could be poised to use a £5.2billion Bitcoin windfall to help address Labour’s much-lamented "black hole" in the public finances.
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Millions seized, numerous arrests made in Cyprus-related money laundering operation
Large sums of money and luxury cars have been confiscated, while €24 million worth of cryptocurrencies have been frozen, in the framework of a Europol and Eurojust joint operation to clamp down...
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Crypto queen and Andrew Tate fan found with home ’stacked full of ammo’
Constantly sharing cryptocurrency tips to her massive online fanbase, Layah Heilpern is known for her love of Andrew Tate and more recently, her right to bear arms.
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Huione, a shadowy marketplace, launches USDH stablecoin to avoid scrutiny
Huione’s USDH stablecoin eludes traditional controls, raising compliance concerns amid its decentralized features.
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Trump family’s memecoin launches trigger a surge of scam tokens
Scammers launched more than 6,800 fraudulent tokens to scam users amid the high-profile launch.
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Ledger co-founder David Balland abducted and tortured; suspects arrested
French authorities have detained seven individuals following the violent abduction of David Balland, co-founder of cryptocurrency security firm Ledger.
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Trump’s cryptocurrency plummets as critics deem it worthless
Donald Trump’s official cryptocurrency has plunged by 32% over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, Spain is looking to ban non-EU residents from buying homes in the country.
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Melania Trump’s cryptocurrency reaches £1.4 billion in value shortly after launch
Incoming first lady Melania Trump has launched her own cryptocurrency on the eve of her husband’s inauguration, making billions in a matter of minutes.
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Trump launches $TRUMP meme coin, price skyrockets overnight
President-elect Donald Trump launched his own cryptocurrency on Friday, sparking a feverish buying that apparently sent its market capitalization soaring to several billion dollars.
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Georgia indicts 3 developers for operating crypto mixers Blender and Sinbad
The indictment accuses the developers of operating mixers used by hackers and cybercriminals, posing public safety and national security threats.
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How the Ukrainian crypto-swindler Vladyslav Myroshnychenko turned from an ordinary hookah player into a dollar millionaire in two years of war
In August 2024, detectives from the Economic Security Bureau launched a criminal case against blogger and owner of the company "Traffic Devils," Oleksandr Slobozhenko, who is suspected of large-scale tax evasion totaling over 231 million UAH.
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2016 hacker resurfaces, moves $172 million in Ethereum
Blockchain Bandit’s resurgence exposes enduring threats from outdated key generation techniques.
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Judge halts attempt to retrieve £600m bitcoin wallet from Welsh landfill
James Howells, 39, took council to court to try to force it to let him search site for hard drive thrown away by accident.
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$2.7 billion in "dirty" dollars: Who is behind the WhiteBIT crypto exchange and its frauds?
The story of the theft of almost one million dollars from the cryptocurrency exchange Four Dragons, registered in Kyrgyzstan, has long gone beyond an internal incident.
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Kuailian’s collapse: the scandal involving David Ruiz de León and cryptocurrency risks
David Ruiz de León is a Spanish entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of Kuailian, a cryptocurrency investment platform...
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US charges South Korean crypto mogul in $40 billion fraud scheme
For years, Kwon allegedly directed a fraudulent crypto scheme that cost investors tens of billions.
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T3 financial crime unit achieves milestone: USDT 100 million in criminal assets frozen across five continents
T3 FCU exemplifies the power of public-private collaboration in real-time cryptocurrency crime-fighting, freezing over USDT 100 million in illicit assets.
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Moldavian crypto guru Sergey Gutsu: scammer, fraudster, and ’Russian world’ sympathizer
As a crypto guru, Sergey Gutsu appeared in Ukraine in 2018 when he realized the main thing...