New Crypto Coalition Vows to Address Potential for Fraud February 7, 2022 By Hannah Lang A group of major cryptocurrency firms including Coinbase, Circle, Anchorage Digital and Huobi Global are forming a new coalition aimed...
Hackers Seize $80M of Digital Assets From Qubit in Latest DeFi Attack January 31, 2022 By Akayla Gardner More than $80 million of digital assets were swiped from a decentralized finance platform in the latest hack of cryptocurrency...
Cryptocurrency Crime Hit Record $14 Billion in 2021: Research January 6, 2022 By Tom Wilson Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, blockchain researcher Chainalysis said on Thursday, a record...
SEC Sues Founder of Closed BitConnect Exchange Alleging $2B Fraud Scheme September 2, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel The top U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday sued the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange platform BitConnect over his alleged...
Cryptocurrency Crime Declines But ‘DeFi’ Fraud Soars: CipherTrace May 14, 2021 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Losses from cryptocurrency theft, hacks and fraud fell sharply in the first four months of the year, but crime in...
Cryptocurrency Firm Quadriga Collapsed Due to Late Founder’s Ponzi Scheme: Regulator June 15, 2020 By Nichola Saminather Last year’s collapse of Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform QuadrigaCX was due to a Ponzi scheme operated by founder Gerald Cotten,...
Investigation Uncovers Mystery of Quadriga’s Missing Cryptocurrencies Worth Millions June 21, 2019 By Doug Alexander It’s looking more and more like QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten mismanaged the digital-asset exchange before he died, with cryptocurrencies from...
Federal Judge Rules Cryptocurrency Falls Under Securities Law September 12, 2018 By Brendan Pierson U.S. securities law can be used to prosecute fraud cases over cryptocurrency offerings, a New York federal judge ruled on...