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The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned two networks linked to the Sinaloa Cartel over allegations that they used cryptocurrency transactions to move fentanyl trafficking proceeds. According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the sanctions announced Wednesday were carried out through…
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A co-founder of the Forsage crypto investment platform has pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court after being extradited from Thailand in a case tied to an alleged $340 million Ponzi scheme. According to a notice released by the…
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North Korean hacking groups have been tied to most major crypto exchange attacks in South Korea since 2018, while billions of dollars in suspected illicit crypto flows have also moved through the country’s financial system. According to Crystal Intelligence’s 2026…
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Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez has appealed for public donations after legal costs tied to his U.S. criminal case left him with more than $2 million in debt and a $250,000 court-imposed fine. According to a Wednesday post Rodriguez published…
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South Korea’s Seoul Administrative Court has granted Bithumb a temporary reprieve from a six-month suspension, allowing the exchange to continue operating while the case proceeds. According to Yonhap News Agency, the court’s 2nd Administrative Division under Judge Gong Hyeon-jin approved…
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Prosecutors in South Korea have requested a 20-year prison sentence for Jeong Sang-ho, CEO of Delio, over alleged large-scale crypto embezzlement. According to Yonhap News Agency, the request was made during closing arguments at the Seoul Southern District Court on…
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An FBI-led global enforcement effort targeting crypto pig butchering schemes has led to the arrest of 276 suspects and the disruption of nine crypto scam centers tied to investment fraud operations. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the operation…
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EasyDNS has confirmed that a security failure within its own systems allowed a social engineering attacker to briefly seize control of eth.limo, a primary gateway for the Ethereum Name Service. The incident occurred on Friday when an attacker successfully impersonated…
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This article has been updated with comments from a Ledger spokesperson. A Brazilian security researcher has uncovered a sophisticated counterfeit Ledger device operation after discovering modified hardware designed to siphon cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users. The security researcher, known online as…
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Police in Zanzibar are continuing to question crypto fund founder Joe McCann after the death of his fiancée during a vacation on the island. NBC News reported that Ashly Robinson, 31, died in the hospital on April 9, a day…
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Jean-Didier Berger, France’s minister delegate to the interior, has announced that the government is rolling out emergency protocols to defend digital asset holders against a violent surge in targeted kidnappings and physical extortions. RTL, a local news outlet, reports that…
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Two suspects were arrested in San Francisco after allegedly firing at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home early Sunday morning, the second attack on the property in three days, as federal and local prosecutors escalate charges against a separate suspect from…
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North Korean-linked operators have spent years quietly integrating into crypto firms and DeFi teams, raising fresh concerns about insider risk after a string of high-value exploits tied to the country’s cyber apparatus. Security researcher and MetaMask developer Taylor Monahan said…
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Former FTX head of engineering Nishad Singh has agreed to pay a $3.7 million fine to resolve his case with the US commodities regulator. Singh will pay a disgorgement of $3.7 million as part of a supplemental consent order for…
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A key figure allegedly behind the Huione network has been extradited to China, where he will face fraud and money laundering charges. A report from Hong Kong-based news outlet Ta Kung Wen Wei noted that Li Xiong, who was part…
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The United States Department of Justice has brought charges against 10 individuals for allegedly manipulating digital asset prices through so-called “pump-and-dump” schemes. In a Tuesday press release, federal prosecutors alleged that the defendants conspired to artificially inflate trading volumes and…
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