Asia Pacific Suspect Crypto Transactions Rise in Japan But Still Just 1.7% of Total Dec 06, 2018 Japan’s cryptocurrency exchanges reported 5,944 suspicious transactions in the first 10 months of 2018. According to a report from Jiji …
Crime US Government Offering Up to $800K for Anti-Forgery Blockchain Solutions Dec 06, 2018 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seeking to fund anti-counterfeiting solutions from blockchain startups with grants of up to …
Crime Treasury Official: Global Regulators Must Follow US Lead in Crypto Enforcement Dec 04, 2018 6 Views A senior U.S. official has called on the crypto industry and the wide global financial sphere to take steps to …
Bitcoin Bitcoin Trader on US Sanctions Blacklist Says He’s Innocent Dec 04, 2018 11 Views Mohammad Ghorbaniyan says he’s been wrongfully blacklisted. An Iranian bitcoin trader, Ghorbaniyan was among the wallet holders whose names and …
Crime New Crypto Mining Malware Seen to ‘Evolve,’ Say Researchers Nov 30, 2018 6 Views Researchers at Israel-based cybersecurity firm Check Point Software Technologies say that a relatively new form of crypto mining malware, dubbed …
Bitcoin Iranian Bitcoin Users Are Already Being Affected By New US Sanctions Nov 29, 2018 On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that two bitcoin addresses tied to Iran …
AriseBank FBI Arrests AriseBank CEO Over $4 Million Crypto Fraud Nov 29, 2018 The FBI has arrested the CEO of cryptocurrency platform AriseBank after he was indicted over an alleged multi-million dollar scam. …
Colorado Four More ICOs Hit with Cease-and-Desists by Colorado Securities Regulator Nov 21, 2018 9 Views The Colorado Division of Securities has issued another batch of cease-and-desist orders against allegedly fraudulent initial coin offerings (ICOs). The …