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DOJ Seizes $84 Million From Payments Firm Capstone

DOJ Seizes $84 Million From Payments Firm Capstone
DOJ Seizes $84 Million From Payments Firm Capstone
September 25, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Justice Department seized bank accounts of Montana-based payments business Capstone, alleging that the company was unlicensed, misrepresented its business to U.S. banks and may...

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Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether, SoftBank Launch $3.6 Billion Bitcoin Investment Firm
Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether, SoftBank Launch $3.6 Billion Bitcoin Investment Firm
April 23, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

Twenty One Capital, a new company formed by Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether Holdings SA, and SoftBank Group, is about to become one of the largest public...

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Apple Removes Binance From Indian App Store Amid Crypto Crackdown
Apple Removes Binance From Indian App Store Amid Crypto Crackdown
January 10, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Apple reportedly removed Binance and seven other cryptocurrency platforms from its Indian App Store. The move, requested by the Indian government, marks an escalation in...

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Couple Plead Guilty to Money Laundering After Bitfinex Hack
Couple Plead Guilty to Money Laundering After Bitfinex Hack
August 03, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

A married couple from New York City have pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy charges stemming from the hack and theft of 120,000 bitcoin...

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Binance Keeps Top Billing in Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Apps
Binance Keeps Top Billing in Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Apps
May 03, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto will return because it never left. As proof, we offer PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Apps each month to track the action in digital...

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El Salvador Weekly: One Year on, Bitcoin-as-Legal-Tender Is on the Ropes
El Salvador Weekly: One Year on, Bitcoin-as-Legal-Tender Is on the Ropes
September 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

El Salvador’s experiment to make bitcoin a legal tender alongside the dollar is rapidly approaching its one-year anniversary on Sept. 7, and the endeavor has...

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Plea Talks Underway in NY $4.5B Crypto Laundering Case
Plea Talks Underway in NY $4.5B Crypto Laundering Case
June 01, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

A couple prosecutors say tried to launder $4.5 billion in cryptocurrency connected to the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex are negotiating a possible plea...

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PYMNTS Crypto Crime Series: Bitfinex Using $3.6B Seized in Hacking Arrests to Cover Shadow Banking Losses
PYMNTS Crypto Crime Series: Bitfinex Using $3.6B Seized in Hacking Arrests to Cover Shadow Banking...
February 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The timing of the arrests of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan on charges that they stole $4.5 billion in bitcoin from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in...

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