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Gotbit Consulting LLC and its founder, Aleksei Andriunin, were sentenced for using wash trading to manipulate crypto markets.
The firm created fake trading volume to boost client tokens' visibility, earning…
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U.S. authorities have charged Russian citizen Iurii Gugnin with multiple counts of bank fraud and sanctions evasion.
Gugunin is accused of using his NY-based crypto firms as a "covert pipeline"…
A crypto founder has been arrested in New York for allegedly using his crypto firm, Evita Pay, to funnel around $530 million into the US from sanctioned Russian banks to…
Key Takeaways:Massive Donation: Ross Ulbricht, founder of the dark web marketplace Silk Road, received a Bitcoin donation worth approximately $31 million (equivalent to 300 BTC).Suspicious Origins: On-chain analysis indicates the…
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Curve Finance suffered a DNS attack when hackers gained control of their domain without notification, redirecting users to malicious sites despite strong security measures.
CertiK's May report shows code vulnerabilities…
Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, just made a notable move on-chain. At around 5:08 PM UTC+8, an address linked to Buterin (vitalik.eth) transferred 693.91 ETH, worth around $1.83 million, along with…
The Cardano community has been shaken up in the past couple of days after a dispute emerged between the founder of this blockchain’s protocol, Charles Hoskinson, and a decentralized finance…
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Binance founder CZ proposed a new type of decentralized exchange that hides trades and liquidation points to protect users from front-running and manipulation.
Analysts say the idea could enable institutional-grade…
Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road marketplace, has raised over $1.8 million in Bitcoin by auctioning off personal belongings through the Bitcoin-only platform Scarce City.The auction featured a…
The founder of the darknet marketplace Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, received 300 BTC, worth around $31.4 million, in a single donation from an unknown wallet, data from Arkham Intelligence shows. Ulbricht,…