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24.07 / 15:09

Blockchain Ethereum Stablecoin Bitfinex DApp Chainalysis Bitcoin Royalties Today in Crypto: WeChat & Alipay Enable Foreigners to Pay at Chinese Retailers, ETH 699,816 Paid as Royalties to NFT Projects on Ethereum, Hana Bank & Woori Bank 'Interested in Certificate of Deposit' Tokens

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22.07 / 18:03

Hack Bitfinex Legal New York Couple Set to Plead Guilty in $4.5 Billion Bitcoin-Laundering Case

A married New York couple is preparing to plead guilty to charges of conspiring to launder billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC), which was stolen during the notorious 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex.

22.07 / 06:21

Bitfinex Platform Enterprise Bitcoin show Deal US couple accused of laundering crypto from Bitfinex hack reach plea deal

Bitfinex have entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Washington, court records showed on Friday. Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife Heather Morgan, both of Manhattan, were initially arrested in February 2022. They are set to appear for a plea hearing on Aug. 3 before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, court records showed. A lawyer for Lichtenstein and Morgan and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The pair was accused of conspiring to launder more than 100,000 bitcoin that was stolen, after a hacker attacked Bitfinex and initiated more than 2,0000 unauthorized transactions.

21.07 / 15:57

Law regulation Bitfinex crimes Money laundering Deal Couple behind Bitfinex money laundering scheme reach plea deal with US prosecutors

The husband and wife alleged to have laundered billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin connected to the 2016 Bitfinex hack have reached a plea agreement with authorities in the United States.

13.07 / 20:57

Government Bitfinex Silk Road Bitcoin silk road bitcoin US Government Moves $300 Million Worth of Silk Road Bitcoin – What's Going On?

The US government has moved its Silk Road Bitcoin (BTC) reserve, stirring up speculations about whether it plans a sale of the assets.

06.07 / 18:31

business hacks Bitfinex Returns US Homeland Security returns $314K from 2016 Bitfinex hack

Via a July 6 announcement, cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex says it has received $312,219.71 in cash and 6.917 in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The seizure was conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. According to Bitfinex staff:

30.06 / 22:41

business Binance Latin America Bitfinex MicroStrategy expansion Crypto Biz: Binance’s chaotic June, miners gear up for halving, Bitfinex’s Latam expansion

June was a tough month for Binance, as it faced stress tests worldwide after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against the crypto exchange and its leadership.

27.06 / 20:25

business Bitfinex P2P Bitfinex launches P2P trading platform in Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia

Digital asset exchange Bitfinex has launched a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform in Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia.

22.06 / 15:23

Provident Target FIVE Digital Bitfinex Enterprise Bitcoin Crypto Crime US Federal Agencies Unite to Form 'Mini-FBI' for Dark Web Crypto Crime

The U.S. government has established a new task force for targeting crypto crime consisting of five investigators from different federal agencies.

19.06 / 16:39

UPS MET SEC Career Bitfinex Compilation Ava Labs Lawyer International Crypto Lawyer Kyle Roche Was the 'Victim of an Elaborate International Set Up' – Here's What Happened

Disgraced crypto lawyer Kyle Roche fell “victim to an elaborate international setup” that caused him to expose himself as corruptly beholden to Avalanche founder Ava Labs, reported the New York Times on Sunday.

12.06 / 12:41

Blockchain Ethereum Stablecoin Tether Bitfinex Tether CTO clarifies $1B USDT mint on Ethereum is for chain swaps

Tether minted a fresh batch of $1 billion worth of its Tether (USDT) stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain on June 12. The latest billion-dollar mint for the stablecoin issuer comes within two months of its last mint on April 21.

06.06 / 21:25

business Law regulation Tether Bitfinex Fraud Ex-NFL team owner Reggie Fowler gets 6 years for crypto ‘shadow banking’

Reginald Fowler, a former NFL team owner, has been sentenced to six years of prison for operating as a “shadow bank” to the crypto sector, which involved over $700 million in unregulated transactions over a 10 month timespan in 2018.

01.06 / 18:29

Blockchain Provident Target Bitfinex Kraken Tribe Capital Launches $100 Million Crypto Fund Targeting Layer 1, 2, and DeFi Projects – Bull Market Back?

Venture capital firm, Tribe Capital, has launched a new crypto fund to raise $100 million.

25.05 / 15:07

Europe Bitfinex Legal Court Today in Crypto: Fahrenheit Wins Celsius Acquisition, BTC-e Co-Founder Wants to be Included in a Russia-USA Prisoner Exchange, Bitpanda Joins Hands with Coinbase

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25.04 / 15:19

Blockchain Stablecoin Ripple VISA Bitfinex Entertainment DApp Today in Crypto: Visa’s ‘Ambitious Crypto Product Roadmap’, Bitget’s On-ramp Service for Visa & Mastercard Crypto Purchases, Fractal & XRPL Partner on KYC/AML, Aptos Labs Teams Up with Ledger

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24.04 / 17:25

Blockchain Ethereum Digital SUN Bitfinex Bitcoin week Cryptocurrencies To Watch: Week of April 24

In the past week, market volatility implied that most tokens failed to achieve the double-digit price increases that we've seen in the previous weeks. $30,000 appears to be the next resistance level for Bitcoin, but investors are generally optimistic about the prospects of the market over the next few months. There are a few tokens, in particular, that are looking like they will have a strong week ahead.

24.04 / 12:59

Provident Twitter Telegram Bitfinex USDT Platform LinkedIn Accessibility BGB Bitget’s Native Token BGB to be Listed on Bitfinex, Driving Liquidity and Accessibility

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20.04 / 15:17

Ethereum Stablecoin Bitfinex Gaming Legal Bitcoin Deal lawsuits Today in Crypto: SG-FORGE Reveals the EUR CoinVertible Stablecoin, Three Silvergate FTX-related Lawsuits Combined, Voyager Strikes Deal with US Government to Sell Assets to Binance.US

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19.04 / 05:39

Law regulation Bitfinex US Attorney seeks 7-year sentence for exec in crypto shadow banking case

A long sentence is being sought by United States prosecutors for an executive in a crypto shadow banking case that has dragged on for five years.

12.04 / 15:49

Twitter Bitfinex TRON Bitcoin fraud case Warning Today in Crypto: Ex-investment Banker Charged in a Crypto Fraud Case, Binance.US to Delist Tron, Spain to Send 328,000 Tax Warning Notices to Crypto Holders

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12.04 / 13:27

Bitfinex El Salvador Issues Historic First Digital Asset License to Bitfinex Crypto Exchange – Here's What You Need to Know

With the aim to further boost the crypto-friendly nation’s exposure to cryptocurrencies, El Salvador has handed its first digital asset license to Bitfinex. The latest move by the country’s regulator National Digital Asset Commission (NDAC) makes the exchange the first international digital asset platform to obtain approval under El Salvador’s Digital Assets Issuance Law.

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