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2022 has been a rough year thus for crypto investors in the sense that bitcoin and many of its altcoin cousins have had a hard time keeping their prices stable. However, the year has also been difficult because thieves have become so prominent in the space. At the time of writing, it appears crypto thieves have stolen more than $1.2 billion in crypto funds in 2022, and we’re not even at the halfway point. Why Are Thieves So Prominent in the Crypto Industry? Mitchell...

The Blockchain Group is working to prevent members of Congress from passing legislation that would place sanctions on oligarchs or individuals in Russia for using cryptocurrency. The organization claims that these people are not using crypto for illicit purposes and thus they do not deserve to be punished. The Blockchain Group Seeks to Prevent Various Crypto Laws Sanctions have been placed on Russia since the country allegedly invaded Ukraine last February. There are...

Crypto continues to grow like crazy. Every day, it seems like the arena gets a little bigger and a little better, but how does one know which investments are worth their time? Kiana Danial – the author of “Cryptocurrency Investing for Dummies” and the founder of Invest Diva – lays it all out for those looking to enter the crypto space for the first time. Kiana Danial Talks About How to Know Which Crypto Is Real and Ripe In a recent interview, Danial says a currency’s...

A new cryptocurrency called $FEM has entered the market. Designed for women by women, the asset was built to bring more ladies into the crypto space, which is still allegedly dominated by men. Will $FEM Coin Help Women Get Involved in Crypto? One of the biggest complaints about the crypto space is that it has reportedly become rather exclusive, and when one says exclusive, they mean it is largely geared towards male traders – no one else. Currently, only about five...

Lazarus – the North Korean hacking group – is back in the news again today, this time because the organization is reportedly using apps to track those involved in the cryptocurrency space. Lazarus Is Doing Everything to Obtain Crypto Among the law enforcement agencies that have discovered this new activity from Lazarus are CISA, the US Treasury Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). All three organizations are now banding together as a means of...

Phunware, Inc. – an enterprise cloud platform and services firm for global brands – is bringing Matt Lull onboard as its new executive vice president and chief cryptocurrency officer. Lull brings 30 years of financial experience to the role, and his position took effect on April 18 of this year. Phunware Is Growing Its Crypto Abilities The addition of the role suggests digital currencies are now crossing deeply into mainstream territory, and we can likely expect to see...

The United States Secret Service is working hard to crack down on illicit crypto use. At the time of writing, a new report has been issued claiming that the Secret Service has garnered as much as $102 million in illicit crypto funds through fraud-related investigations. The Secret Service Is Going After Illicit Crypto Actors David Smith is the assistant director of investigations for the Secret Service. He says that agents everywhere are monitoring blockchain activity...

A new crypto platform is launching. Known as H2cryptO, the company is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and will provide a string of services and tools through both artificial intelligence (AI) and human support tactics that will help traders make educated decisions about where to go with their crypto investments. H2CryptO Is Here to Address Your Crypto Concerns H2cryptO was initially founded in the year 2021 by Georgia Kushner, Jake Perez, and Frederic Rough. The company was...

India is still having a tough time deciding if it wants to allow crypto in its future or not. One of the people casting doubt on whether digital currencies have a space in the later years of India is Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who last Monday explained in an interview that money laundering is a big concern amongst her constituents. India Is Worried about Crypto Money Laundering She believes that money laundering and other illicit crimes are too big to...

Not too long ago, spring breakers enjoying the great outdoors and time away from their studies shared their thoughts on cryptocurrency, and they all seem to agree that digital assets are the financial tools of the future, asserting the idea that millennials are likely the most common audience members for the growing crypto space. Millennials Think Crypto Is the Future of Finance For the longest time, it has been assumed that crypto pertains primarily to millennials and...