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The movement of stolen cryptocurrency from the Poloniex hack in November 2023 is far from over. Although Poloniex claimed to have identified the attacker weeks later and offered a $10 million reward, the stolen funds were never returned. In the latest development, PeckShield, a blockchain investigation company, found that more than half of the stolen funds were moved through Tornado Cash. More than six months after the hack, the bad actor moved 17.8K ETH – worth approximately...

The hacker behind the attack on cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex in November 2023 recently transferred over 1,100 Ether (ETH) to sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash. The hacker sent the Ether in batches while still holding over $180 million worth of assets across different blockchains. Poloniex Hacker Launders 1,120 ETH According to data from Arkham Intelligence, the Poloniex hacker transferred 100 ETH in 11 batches to Tornado Cash, brining to the total to 1,100 ETH (worth...

Stablecoin issuer Circle has dismissed false claims of facilitating illicit financing activities. In a letter addressed to US Senators Sherrod Brown and Elizabeth Warren, the company also said it does not provide banking services to Justin Sun, the Tron Foundation, or HTX (formerly known as Huobi Global). In February 2023, Circle terminated all accounts belonging to Sun and companies associated with him. “False” Claims of Illicit Financing In response to a previous letter...

Over 175 different tokens with valuations exceeding $10,000 were stolen as part of a massive hack against the U.S.-based crypto exchange Poloniex on Friday, according to on-chain data. Since earlier today, estimates of the funds stolen in the hack have expanded to $125 million. What Hackers Took From Poloniex According to an X post from Nansen, some of the largest Ethereum-based outflows from Poloniex in the past 24 hours have included $11 million in Tether USD (USDT), and...

The Huobi Advisory Board will evaluate all Poloniex projects on a monthly basis beginning today.Cryptocurrency exchanges Huobi and Poloniex have finally announced an official partnership after denying media rumors. According to the official announcement, the two exchanges have entered into a ‘strategic partnership’ geared towards multiple cooperation. At the top list of priorities for the strategic partnership between the two companies is developing a more robust entity to compete with other...

Die Kryptobörse Bittrex bietet rund 200 Handelspaare an, was zu den größten Sortimenten an Kryptowährungen auf dem Markt gehört. Hintergrund zu Bittrex Die Exchange wurde 2013 mit Sitz in Las Vegas gegründet. Der Handel ist seit 2014 auf Bittrex möglich. Unter Fachleuten und Anlegern genießt die Kryptobörse ein hohes Ansehen allein schon wegen ihrer Gründer: Es handelt sich um ehemalige Mitarbeiter von Microsoft. Einer Regulierung vergleichbar mit...

Bitcoin-Urgestein Kraken expandiert nach Abu Dhabi (VAE) Nicht in jedem Land ist es einfach, mit Kryptowährungen zu handeln. Behördliche Vorgaben machen es Tradern in Abu Dhabi schwer, Bitcoin, Ethereum und Co. zu kaufen. Die gute Nachricht: Nach Binance konnte Kraken eine der begehrten Handelslizenzen ergatter. Als zweites Unternehmen überhaupt. Damit baut das US-amerikanische Unternehmen seine globale Marktposition weiter aus. Für Investoren vor...

Bitcoin-Börsen sortiert nach Rating Welche Bitcoin-Börse gilt als seriös? Diese Frage ist nicht so einfach zu beantworten. Es kommt unter anderem darauf an, in welchem Land man sich anmeldet und welche Nationalität man hat. Wer Bitcoin kaufen oder handeln möchte, überprüft am besten zuerst, wo die entsprechende Bitcoin-Börse reguliert wird und ob Lizenzen vorhanden sind. Ein weiterer, wichtiger Hinweis sind das Rating auf der Bewertungsseite...

According to a recent press release, the popular cryptocurrency exchange, Poloniex, has agreed to pay a fine upwards of $10 million to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The release reads that the company has agreed to pay the fine for operating an unregistered digital asset exchange. According to the order of the SEC, from July 2017 to November 2019, when Poloniex sold out the platform, it was operating a web-based trading platform that wasn’t registered,...

Poloniex, one of the veteran cryptocurrency exchanges, will be joining the derivatives party. The venue has launched Poloniex Futures – a platform that allows traders to use BTC perpetual swaps with USDT as collateral and up to 100x leverage.Poloniex Joins the Bitcoin Futures PartyAccording to an official release dated July 11th, Poloniex has announced the launch of its Futures trading platform.Following the launch, traders will be able to adequately long or short Bitcoin using a leverage...