Brazilian Officials Caught Using Bitcoin in $22 Million Scam Corrupt Brazilian officials have been caught allegedly using bitcoin to divert millions in public funds that were intended for prison supplies.… Read More
US Lawmaker Presses Treasury on Venezuela’s Petro Sale Florida senator Bill Nelson has denounced Venezuela’s petro token and asked how the U.S. Treasury plans to enforce sanctions.… Read More
Florida State Employee Arrested for Allegedly Mining Crypto at Work A state employee at Florida’s Department of Citrus has been arrested for allegedly using official computers to mine bitcoin and litecoin.… Read More
Philippines Lawmaker Seeks Tougher Penalties for Crypto Crimes A senator in the Philippines is hoping to usher in harsher penalties for crimes that involve cryptocurrencies.… Read More
IMF’s Lagarde: Track Cryptos with Blockchain to ‘Fight Fire with Fire’ IMF head Christine Lagarde has argued that regulators could use blockchain technology itself to regulate cryptocurrencies… Read More
Monero Mining Malware Attack Linked to Egyptian Telecom Giant Thousands of devices allegedly affected by malware across Egypt, Turkey and Syria.… Read More
NSFW? Australian Police Probe Government Staffers Over Crypto Mining Misused office equipment gets IT staff in trouble. … Read More
Coincheck Exchange to Compensate Hack Victims From Next Week Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has said it plans to compensate victims of its January hack starting next week. … Read More
New Jersey Issues Cease-and-Desist to ICO Endorsed by Steven Seagal The U.S. state of New Jersey has issued a cease-and-desist order to an initial coin offering (ICO) endorsed by film actor Steven Seagal.… Read More
Cryptos Are Commodities, Rules US Judge In CFTC Case A U.S. district judge has backed the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in defining cryptocurrencies as commodities.… Read More