Search Results for: 2019

Iran Shuts Down Over 8,000 Illegal Crypto Mining Farms in 3 Años

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Authorities in Iran have closed down more than 8,000 underground facilities for cryptocurrency mining in the past three years, local media reported. Despite the government’s crackdown, illegal crypto mining continues to account for a serious amount of energy consumption, official figures…

US Court Sentences Russian Crypto Ransom Launderer to Probation and Fine

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A Russian crypto entrepreneur, charged with laundering money from ransomware attacks, has been sentenced to probation and fined in the U.S. after pleading guilty. Founder of two coin trading platforms, Denis Dubnikov, was arrested in the Netherlands and extradited to the…

Crypto Exchange Bitrue Suffers $23 Million Hack

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Singapore-based crypto exchange Bitrue has lost millions of U.S. dolares’ worth of ether and other coins in a hack. The trading platform suspended withdrawals until early next week to conduct additional security checks and promised to compensate the affected users. Bitrue…

SEC Takes Action Against Crypto Trading Platform Beaxy and Its Executives

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Los Estados Unidos. Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (SEGUNDO) has filed charges against crypto trading platform Beaxy and its executives. Además, the regulator alleged that the cryptocurrency exchange’s founder raised $8 million in an unregistered crypto token offering and “misappropriated at least $900,000…

Binance demandado por la CFTC por supuestas violaciones de las reglas de comercio y derivados

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The world’s largest crypto exchange by trade volume, Binance Holdings Ltd., has been sued by the U.S. Comisión de Comercio de Futuros de Productos Básicos. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been named in the lawsuit and the charges claim the crypto exchange broke several trading…

Head of Venezuelan Crypto Watchdog Sunacrip Arrested on Alleged Corruption Charges; Institution to Face Restructuring

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Joselit Ramirez, head of the Venezuelan cryptocurrency authority Sunacrip, was arrested on March 18, according to reports from local media. Ramirez, who led the institution from its creation in 2018, was arrested for being allegedly involved in corruption schemes, including the…

Moonpay and Looksrare Partner to Bring Convenient NFT Purchasing to the Masses

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El jueves, the fiat-to-crypto onramp business Moonpay announced a multi-year partnership with the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Looksrare. According to the deal, Looksrare will allow marketplace users to buy and sell crypto assets through Moonpay’s services. Moonpay and Looksrare Join Forces…

Litecoin to Undergo Block Reward Halving in Just Over 200 Días, First Among Major PoW Cryptocurrencies

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In roughly 202 días, the cryptocurrency network Litecoin (LTC) will experience a block reward halving on or around Aug. 3, 2023. Litecoin will be the first major proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain to see a reward reduction before Bitcoin’s upcoming halving, cual es…

Romania Carries Out Raids as Part of Crypto Tax Evasion Probe

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Authorities in Romania have conducted more than a dozen raids against people suspected of hiding income from cryptocurrency operations. The searches took place in late 2022 following an earlier investigation which established that crypto traders had failed to report digital assets…

Iran Returns Seized Crypto Mining Equipment to Miners

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A government body responsible for state property in Iran has released some of the hardware seized from illegal crypto mining farms. Its top executive explained the agency was obliged to do that by courts in the Islamic Republic, where unlicensed miners…