Whitepay, a fundraising platform launched to help Ukraine, reported it had raised $2 million of stablecoin tether (USTD), according to Arab News. The donated crypto currencies have been sent to the Ukrainian army to treat wounded soldiers and to a humanitarian fund that finances volunteers....
The IRS confiscated $1.2 billion in cryptocurrencies in 2021, which was an eightfold increase from the 2020 amount of $137 million, CVBJ.biz reported. Jarod Koopman, head of the IRS cybercrime unit, said the division tracks crypto for crimes including tax evasion, false tax returns and...
Ethereum Co-founder Gavin Wood’s attempt to knock his creation off its pedestal as the blockchain on which almost all DeFi, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and many other decentralized applications run launched this weekend. Five Polkadot “parachains” went live on Saturday (Dec. 18), the first of 100...
XRP’s price plummeted once more on Wednesday (Dec. 23) following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit contending that the blockchain firm connected to the digital currency held a $1.3 billion securities offering that was not registered, CNBC reported. The agency is suing Ripple, along...
April 04, 2022
Hackers have moved some of the $600 million in crypto stolen from the Axie Infinity gaming platform to a service that helps mask transactions, Bloomberg wrote Monday (April 4). The report said that around 2,000 ether tokens, valued at $7 million, were moved to Tornado Cash. That “mixer” service is designed to maintain privacy on […]
March 08, 2022
Whitepay, a fundraising platform launched to help Ukraine, reported it had raised $2 million of stablecoin tether (USTD), according to Arab News. The donated crypto currencies have been sent to...
December 21, 2021
The IRS confiscated $1.2 billion in cryptocurrencies in 2021, which was an eightfold increase from the 2020 amount of $137 million, CVBJ.biz reported. Jarod Koopman, head of the IRS cybercrime...
December 23, 2020
XRP’s price plummeted once more on Wednesday (Dec. 23) following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit contending that the blockchain firm connected to the digital currency held a $1.3...
