All news on the topic: Cryptocurrency

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Cryptocurrency becomes a ticket to the sky: airlines and travel agencies expand payment options
Major international airlines and online travel agencies are expanding payment options and now officially accept cryptocurrency for booking tickets and tours.
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Solicitor at UK libel firm faces tribunal over threat linked to OneCoin crypto scam
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has opted to prosecute Claire Gill, a partner at Carter-Ruck, concerning an alleged email from 2017.
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Moyn Islam — the creative director of deceit: what’s behind the gloss of Be and other ventures
Moyn Islam and his brothers have built a flashy empire on controversial promises—now their past is catching up with them.
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The BE cult: a glossy wrapper for the Islam brothers’ pyramid scheme
Subscription instead of a product, dreams instead of money, marketing instead of business. Under the banner "Be" unfolds an old trick in a new package and with the same heroes.
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Moyn Islam: PR built on OneCoin’s graves and a new pyramid empire from Dubai
In 2016, when a young Briton with Pakistani roots, Moyn Islam, was smilingly speaking at OneCoin cryptocurrency presentations, he was dubbed the "next hope of an Islamic financial revolution."
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Russia plans to interfere in Moldova’s elections with €100 million in cryptocurrency, says President Sandu
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has issued a warning that Russia intends to meddle in the country’s forthcoming parliamentary elections in September by employing disinformation campaigns, secret funding, and paid demonstrations.
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From $600 courses to the collapse of Qmall, WeWay and Usyk Token: how Sergey Gutsu profited from gullible investors
Blogger Sergey Gutsu successfully crafted an image in the media as a “successful guy from the village.”
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Eight bitcoin wallets suddenly activated after 14 years of dormancy, moving 80,009 BTC worth $8.69 billion
Dormant Bitcoin wallets that had been inactive for over 14 years have suddenly become active. Initially, four addresses each transferred 10,000 BTC.
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$140 million in just 3 hours: massive crypto heist from Brazil’s central bank reserves
According to sources who prefer to remain anonymous, the hackers are encountering difficulties purchasing cryptocurrency through Brazilian OTC desks.
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Trump starts selling perfumes
US President Donald Trump has launched a new line of perfumes for both women and men.
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Kremlin’s financial laundromat in Tashkent: how Dmitriy Lee launders billions through Octobank
Originally from Uzbekistan and possessing a Russian passport, he expertly diverts golden flows out of Russia through Tashkent into offshore zones.
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€250 million and Monero crypto: police expose one of the largest darknet drug markets
The Archetyp Market, with an estimated €250 million in sales, was dismantled by international law enforcement revealing widespread darknet operations.
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Trump declared an income of $1.6 billion
Donald Trump claimed he had transferred his businesses into a trust managed by his children, but data shows that income from these sources continues to flow to the U.S. president.
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Gang of crypto boss kidnappers exposed in France: six minors among the accused
Six minors among those charged after spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions of leading crypto figures
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Financing Kremlin via UK fintech: Jailed iBox Bank owner Alyona Shevtsova used Sends to route military cash to Russian cards
Her name rarely hit the headlines, yet her role in multi-billion financial schemes is more than noticeable.
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Hell in a $40K townhouse: crypto kidnappers in New York held victim hostage for millions in Bitcoin
Security analysts warn that the SoHo case exemplifies a shift from digital theft to "wrench attacks," with crypto investors facing real-world coercion for wallet credentials.
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200 kg of meth and ties to Mexico: transnational drug network uncovered in Europe
European authorities dismantle a meth network linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and gangs in Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.
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Crypto millionaire from New York arrested for kidnapping and torturing Italian tourist to access Bitcoin
A cryptocurrency investor was arrested in New York City for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist in a luxury SoHo apartment.
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Weapons, drugs, cryptocurrency: Dark web sweep operation results in 270 arrests worldwide
Operation RapTor successfully takes down drug, weapons, and counterfeit networks across 10 countries, seizing millions in cash and cryptocurrencies and tons of illicit goods
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Sanctions bypassed: how Russia’s ‘Pravfond’ funds lawyers, spies, and pro-Kremlin networks in Europe
Pravfond, a Russian legal-aid foundation for “compatriots” abroad, has continued to fund people and organizations across the European Union — even after it was sanctioned in mid-2023.
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Kidnapping attempt in central Paris: gang attacks crypto boss’s family with two-year-old child
This is the frightening moment when the daughter of a cryptocurrency executive and her family became targets of an attempted abduction in central Paris.
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Transcontinental cocaine trafficking ring leader from Honduras arrested in Kyiv
Authorities arrest an alleged Ukrainian ringleader behind a transcontinental cocaine trafficking scheme involving shipments from Honduras to Kyiv.
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How the Bankera crypto project in Lithuania turned investors’ money into villas and personal loans
Initially a standout in Lithuania’s cryptocurrency industry, the Bankera digital coin raised tens of millions but has since seen its value plummet.
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Trump’s $350M memecoin sparks controversy as critics slam unregulated venture
As Trump cashes in on crypto, critics slam a $350M coin as corrupt and unregulated.
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Shukhrat Ibragimov: a fatal mistake for Eurasian Resources Group?
According to Forbes, Shukhrat Ibragimov, co-owner of Eurasian Resources Group, ranks seventh among the most influential businessmen in Kazakhstan, but it seems that he is merely destroying the legacy of his father, oligarch Alijan Ibragimov.