Welcome to PYMNTS’ new series on crypto crime. In it, we’ll be taking a look at the crimes that have not only been committed in the cryptocurrency industry but have defined it — especially Bitcoin — in many people’s minds. We’ll give you a look...
Perhaps call it “habeas corpus” of a different sort. In Latin, the term translates to “you have the body.” And in a court of law, it means bringing the accused, in person, before a court or judge prior to imprisonment This time around, in a...
The case of the curious crypto exchange, and its quick collapse, deepens. Bloomberg reports that a slew of regulators and investigators are looking into QuadrigaCX’s shuttering of operations earlier this year. The roster of investigators includes the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Justice’s...
QuadrigaCX’s final report revealed that the defunct exchange still owes around $160 million. The bankruptcy trustee Ernst & Young is now looking to recover additional funds from the QuadrigaCX payment processors. “The Monitor identified various TPPPs who provided fiat processing services to Quadriga. Efforts to...
February 06, 2019
About $190 million lies out of reach for hundreds of thousands of crypto investors. The death of one man, the lone holder of the cryptos held by one exchange in Canada, shows that much remains to be desired when it comes to protecting holdings in the Wild West of digital currencies.
September 26, 2022
Australia is set to complete its CBDC project in the middle of 2023, a new presentation said. The project, which started in July this year, will test a general purpose pilot CBDC to be used in real world services. The purpose is to use the pilot to understand the uses of a CBDC in Australia, […]
December 16, 2019
Perhaps call it “habeas corpus” of a different sort. In Latin, the term translates to “you have the body.” And in a court of law, it means bringing the accused,...
May 14, 2019
QuadrigaCX’s final report revealed that the defunct exchange still owes around $160 million. The bankruptcy trustee Ernst & Young is now looking to recover additional funds from the QuadrigaCX payment...
April 03, 2019
An anonymous buyer has helped bitcoin rise to its highest level in nearly five months. According to Reuters, the crypto broke $5,000 for the first time since mid-November on Tuesday...
