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Crypto’s Biggest ICOs Stay Silent on SEC Subpoenas

June 11, 2020 CryptoLeave a Comment

The silence is deafening. After rumors began to fly late last week that the SEC has been sending out subpoenas to initial coin offerings (ICOs), some of the biggest projects to yet utilize the funding mechanism have remained tight-lipped, refraining from public commentary. CoinDesk has so far reached out to the 14 best-known issuers that […]

1 Million Computers Hacked to Mine $2 Million-Worth of Cryptos

June 9, 2020 CryptoLeave a Comment

Cryptocurrency mining malware that infected over a million computers in China reportedly earned its creators more than $2 million over two years. According to a local news report on Monday, police in China’s Da Lian city have arrested 20 suspects from a computer technology firm who allegedly gained control of the large number of computers […]

Bitfinex Denies Laundering, Says It’s a Victim of ‘Fraud’ by Crypto Capital

October 25, 2019 CryptoLeave a Comment

Bitfinex says it was conned. The crypto exchange and sister company of Tether claimed Friday that it was the “victim of a fraud” at the hands of Crypto Capital, a payment processor that allegedly lost $880 million of Bitfinex’s money. Crypto Capital’s president, Ivan Manuel Molina Lee, was arrested Thursday by Polish police on charges […]

New Interest in DAOs Prompts Old Question: Are They Legal?

September 29, 2019 CryptoLeave a Comment

“Ethereum is only now starting to shrug off its ‘PTSDAO,’” tweeted Ameen Soleimani, the SpankChain CEO and creator of a now-$1.2 million decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) called the MolochDAO. After an infamous hack drained “The DAO” of roughly $60 million in 2016, developers have been hesitant to kickstart new projects in its likeness. That is, […]