Scammers Are Posing As Crypto Exchange Support Staff, Says FBI The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center warned against criminals who pretend to be tech support for crypto exchanges. … Read More
Massachusetts Halts 5 ICOs on ‘Unregistered Securities’ Grounds The U.S. state of Massachusetts halted five token sales, alleging all involved the sale of unregistered securities. … Read More
Child Porn On Bitcoin? Why This Doesn’t Mean What You Think Bitcoin isn’t illegal, but SESTA-FOSTA could be used to sue miners or node operators depending on what they store in the blockchain.… Read More
Quebec Pushes Hydropower Utility to Halt New Bitcoin Mines Quebec is temporarily suspending new cryptomining operations from setting up facilities in its low-cost power region.… Read More
Japanese Crypto Users Lost $6 Million in Hacks Last Year, Say Police Around $6.2 million-worth of cryptocurrency was hacked from exchange accounts and wallet services in 2017, Japan’s National Police Agency says.… Read More
CFTC Hits Wall Trying to Serve Bitcoin Fraud Summons In new filings, the CFTC alleges that former bitcoin binary options trader accused of fraud is trying to avoid authorities. … Read More
Snowden Leak Suggests NSA Is Extensively Tracking Bitcoin Users The U.S. National Security Agency is reportedly aiming to track down users behind the bitcoin blockchain.… Read More
Tough Tokens: Theranos Fraud Holds Harsh Lessons for Crypto While cryptocurrencies aren’t companies, the Elizabeth Holmes case serves as a reminder you should ignore the charisma of founders.… Read More
US Trade Regulator Shuts Down Crypto Investment Scheme Promoters A U.S. district court has issued a restraining order against four individuals accused of operating a string of cryptocurrency investment schemes.… Read More
South Korea Raids 3 Crypto Exchanges in Embezzlement Probe South Korean prosecutors reportedly raided the offices of three cryptocurrency exchanges on suspicion of siphoning off funds from customers’ accounts.… Read More