September 29, 2022
FIs Seek Expert Insights on How Best to Tame Crypto
When Chainalysis helped U.S. authorities track down and retrieve $30 million in crypto stolen in March by a very sophisticated North Korean government-sponsored hacking group, the work the blockchain data...
September 21, 2022
Smart Crypto Policy Can Protect Dollar’s Dominance, Experts Tell House...
If the U.S. is to maintain its economic and political leadership in the 21st century, one thing it cannot do is lose control of the international arena. That was the...
September 14, 2022
Today in Crypto: FTX Eyes Capital Raise Linked to a...
A man was arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of laundering stolen money using malicious software allegedly linked to Electrum, a crypto wallet service, Coindesk wrote Wednesday (Sept 14). The...
September 14, 2022
US Treasury Blacklists Bitcoin Addresses Linked to Iranian Ransomware Group
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned 10 individuals and two entities for their roles in ransomware activity, cyber-espionage and other cybercrimes. The named parties...
September 08, 2022
What’s a Wrapped Token: Cross-Chain Cryptos Open Blockchain Commerce
If you want to do business or invest in crypto, sending funds from one blockchain to another is one of the biggest hassles. Cross-chain payments are particularly problematic in decentralized...
September 08, 2022
Coinbase Backs Suit Against Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions
Coinbase is financing a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department because of its sanctions against the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixing service. According to multiple published reports Thursday (Sept. 8),...
August 25, 2022
The Myth of ‘Censorship-Resistant’ Crypto
“Ah, employee No. 267359, we see here that a digital wallet address connected to your loyalty program account at Mega Retail Corp. transferred two beers’ worth of bitcoin to a...
August 21, 2022
Today in Crypto: Celsius Can Operate Through 2022, CFO Says;...
Stocks related to crypto were down Friday (Aug. 19), with bitcoin losing momentum and falling below $22,000 due to bigger fears in the economy. In particular, the group was led...
August 19, 2022
Mercado Libre’s New Crypto Raises More Questions Than Answers
The Mercado Coin announced Thursday (Aug. 18) by Latin American eCommerce giant Mercado Libre may be a digital currency issued on the Ethereum blockchain, but it’s not really a traditional...