According to The Middle East Research Institute, a research, and analysis organization, extremist middle east organizations have been soliciting donations in the form of cryptocurrency through social media, especially on the massaging app Telegram. A company called Elliptic is developing tools to track cryptocurrency purchases and how they are used by criminal organizations worldwide. It […]

Bermuda is first country to accept tax payments in the USD Coin (USDC) cryptocurrency. The USDC digital currency is backed by both Circle and Coinbase. One USD Coin has the equivalent value of one dollar. Coinbase is a digital currency exchange with headquarters in San Francisco and the company is broker exchange of Bitcoin, Bitcoin cash […]

A newly signed Executive Order 13224 expands the State and Treasury’s ability to engage financial sanctions against terrorists. With the newly updated executive order, the U.S. can now impose secondary sanctions for any person, business or financial institution found to have handled transactions with all individuals and entities designated as terrorists by the U.S., Ms. […]

An investigation by the Financial and Cyber Crime Group lead to allegations that five individuals had defrauded at least 100 investors through a complex cold-call cryptocurrency investment scheme. This case lead to the theft of over $1.83 million and began in 2017. According to a recent report by Coindesk, the individuals behind the cryptocurrency scheme went […]

On July 15th, a drafted bill was leaked by a tech industry lawyer, Varun Sethi, which proposed the banning of all cryptocurrency with the exception of the “Digital Rupee”. This bill would not become official until it is debated in the 2019 Monsoon session of the Indian parliament, but demonstrates India’s resolve to end cryptocurrency […]

Patrick McDonnell, 46, of New York, admitted to fraudulently obtaining funds from clients using his investment firm, CabbageTech. According to the lawsuit, McDonnell lured investors to his firm by claiming to have traded $50 million worth of bitcoin for his many clients. However, these claims were false and McDonnell used investment funds for his personal expenses. […]

According to the Tokenist, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has just filed a complaint against cryptocurrency company Control-Finance Limited and its CEO, Benjamin Reynold. The complaint alleges that the firm misappropriated $147M in Bitcoin. According to the CFTC, Control-Finance and Reynolds were responsible for defrauding around 1,000 people out of around 22.8M […]

Facebook recently announced the launch of its cryptocurrency platform, Libra, which will operate using a distributed ledger rather than the current wired-based model. While Facebook has invested significantly into the security measures featured on its platform, experts of this industry note that as a brand new cryptocurrency outlet Libra will naturally appeal to hackers looking […]