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Mark Cuban: A New Form of Crypto Crime Will Emerge This Year

Throughout 2022, there were many trends surrounding crypto crime. Many romance scams popped up, clearly proving it was a popular method amongst cyberthieves of getting money that wasn’t theirs. We also saw examples of exchange fraud like with FTX. Now, billionaire investor and crypto bull Mark Cuban says a new crime trend will occur in 2023, though he freely admits he’s suggesting this based purely on his own thoughts, and he has no evidence to suggest it will truly...

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New York Sues Crypto Lending Network Celsius and Its Former CEO

The state of New York and its attorney general Leticia James are suing former crypto lending network Celsius for allegedly engaging in fraud and misusing customer funds. New York Comes Down Hard on Celsius The sentiment is that FTX wasn’t the only company to use traders’ money for personal gains this year. Celsius really rang a lot of negative bells last summer when it first announced it was going to be halting all withdrawals given that speculation and the volatility of...

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Bitcoin Is Now 14 Years of Age!

Crypto fans everywhere are wishing bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – a happy birthday, as just a few weeks ago, the beloved asset turned 14. Bitcoin Is 14 Years Old Bitcoin’s whitepaper was officially introduced on Halloween of 2008, but it wasn’t until January of 2009 that the currency began getting mined and added to blockchain circulation. While the whitepaper may have been the asset’s first real introduction to the world, many see that...

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Solana Praised Again By Buterin, Price Surges 10%

Not long ago, Live Bitcoin News published an article talking about how poorly the Solana cryptocurrency was doing. The asset was crashing and burning likely due to its ties to the now fallen crypto exchange FTX and its disgraced head executive Sam Bankman-Fried, and while things aren’t fully looking up for the currency just yet, it’s garnering a heavy load of support from crypto developers such as Vitalik Buterin, the co-creator of popular crypto network Ethereum. Solana...

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Coinbase to Pay Hefty Penalty Fees to New York Lawmakers

Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular digital currency exchanges in the world – has announced it will pay roughly $50 million in settlement fees to New York regulators for allegedly failing to comply with the Empire State’s anti-money laundering laws. Coinbase Allegedly Did Not Comply with Anti-Money Laundering Laws Regulators say that Coinbase has several older accounts that it hasn’t bothered to apply anti-money laundering laws to. There have been several...

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The Federal Reserve and Other Agencies Are Warning Banks About Crypto

U.S. regulators like the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have established a joint statement warning banks all over the world about the alleged risks and problems that come with crypto trading. The Federal Reserve Feels Crypto Is Problematic These agencies say that banks need to take these risks seriously and implement the necessary security measures to keep themselves and their customers safe....

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Former FTX Exec Sam Bankman-Fried Enters Not Guilty Plea

Sam Bankman-Fried – the former head executive of the now fallen crypto exchange FTX – has pleaded not guilty to all counts of fraud. This means his case will potentially be heard by a jury. Sam Bankman-Fried Says He’s Not Guilty During a recent testimony, Bankman-Fried refused to speak for himself. Instead, it was his lawyer Mark Cohen who entered the not guilty plea on his behalf. Bankman-Fried’s mother was in attendance and sitting behind her son as the judge who will...

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Solana Keeps on Crumbling Due to FTX Ties

Solana – a crypto that’s otherwise known as SOL to its personal holders – continues to shed value given it’s so tied to the fallen crypto exchange FTX and its disgraced head executive Sam Bankman-Fried. Solana Isn’t Doing Too Well FTX is currently in the process of filing bankruptcy. Sam Bankman-Fried is accused of lending out approximately $10 billion in user funds to his other company Alameda Research, which was supposed to be a separate and independent entity from...

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