bitfinex

Apple Removes Binance From Indian App Store Amid Crypto Crackdown
Apple Removes Binance From Indian App Store Amid Crypto Crackdown
January 10, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Apple reportedly removed Binance and seven other cryptocurrency platforms from its Indian App Store. The move, requested by the Indian government, marks an escalation in...

READ MORE >
Couple Plead Guilty to Money Laundering After Bitfinex Hack
Couple Plead Guilty to Money Laundering After Bitfinex Hack
August 03, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

A married couple from New York City have pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy charges stemming from the hack and theft of 120,000 bitcoin...

READ MORE >
Binance Keeps Top Billing in Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Apps
Binance Keeps Top Billing in Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Apps
May 03, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto will return because it never left. As proof, we offer PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Apps each month to track the action in digital...

READ MORE >
El Salvador Weekly: One Year on, Bitcoin-as-Legal-Tender Is on the Ropes
El Salvador Weekly: One Year on, Bitcoin-as-Legal-Tender Is on the Ropes
September 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

El Salvador’s experiment to make bitcoin a legal tender alongside the dollar is rapidly approaching its one-year anniversary on Sept. 7, and the endeavor has...

READ MORE >
Plea Talks Underway in NY $4.5B Crypto Laundering Case
Plea Talks Underway in NY $4.5B Crypto Laundering Case
June 01, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

A couple prosecutors say tried to launder $4.5 billion in cryptocurrency connected to the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex are negotiating a possible plea...

READ MORE >
PYMNTS Crypto Crime Series: Bitfinex Using $3.6B Seized in Hacking Arrests to Cover Shadow Banking Losses
PYMNTS Crypto Crime Series: Bitfinex Using $3.6B Seized in Hacking Arrests to Cover Shadow Banking...
February 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The timing of the arrests of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan on charges that they stole $4.5 billion in bitcoin from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in...

READ MORE >
Two New Yorkers Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Launder $4.5B in Hacked Crypto
Two New Yorkers Arrested for Alleged Conspiracy to Launder $4.5B in Hacked Crypto
February 08, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

In what has been called the largest financial seizure in history, a New York couple was arrested in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder...

READ MORE >
Bitcoin Daily: CoinEx to Shut Down China Business; Missouri Mayor Promises $1K in Bitcoin to Every Household in Town
Bitcoin Daily: CoinEx to Shut Down China Business; Missouri Mayor Promises $1K in Bitcoin to...
September 30, 2021  |  Bitcoin

CoinEx cryptocurrency exchange is stopping its business in China as the government there cracks down on crypto, Cointelegraph reported. The company said it will be...

READ MORE >
Bitcoin Daily: JPMorgan, Mastercard Join $65 Million Funding Round For ConsenSys; $623 Million Worth Of Bitcoin From 2016 Bitfinex Hack Was Transferred Wednesday
Bitcoin Daily: JPMorgan, Mastercard Join $65 Million Funding Round For ConsenSys; $623 Million Worth Of...
April 14, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Ethereum software company ConsenSys has announced the close of its $65 million foundation round, according to a press release, with J.P. Morgan and Mastercard among...

READ MORE >