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Crime
How a 20-year-old Singaporean man stole over $230 million in crypto
Malone Lam, a 20-year-old Singaporean man who was previously arrested by the FBI over a conspiracy to steal and launder money, appeared in c...
Michelle De Pacina
Hong Kong police bust love scam that duped victims out of $46 million using deepfakes
Hong Kong police dismantled a cross-border fraud syndicate that allegedly used deepfake technology to swindle over $46 million from victims ...
Carl Samson
2 charged with $230 million cryptocurrency theft used for luxury cars, parties
Malone Lam, 20, and Jeandiel Serrano, 21, were charged on Thursday with stealing over $230 million in cryptocurrency, which they used to fun...
Australia
UK court to rule on Australian man’s claim he is Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto
A trial in the UK is underway to verify the claims of an individual asserting to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous founder of the cryptocur...
Ryan General
Business
Montenegro extradites Do Kwon associate to South Korea
Montenegro authorities have extradited Han Chang-joon, the former chief financial officer of the now-defunct cryptocurrency firm Terraform L...
Bryan Ke
This South Korean entrepreneur is making waves in blockchain analysis
Meet Ju Ki-young, a South Korean tech entrepreneur who co-founded the blockchain analysis firm CryptoQuant. About Ju: Born in 1992, Ju, an a...
Binance to pay $4.3 billion in fines for money laundering violations
Founder Changpeng Zhao has also agreed to the $50 million fine and will be stepping down as CEO. ...
Do Kwon, TerraForm Labs’ $26 million in assets frozen in Switzerland: report
Cryptocurrency assets tied to Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon and other key figures have reportedly been frozen in Switzerland just a few ...
SEC lawsuit accuses Binance and its founder of ‘extensive web of deception’
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao of violating securities laws a...
Montenegro court allows Terraform’s Do Kwon to be released on bail
Do Kwon, co-founder of defunct crypto startup Terraform Labs, is set to be released on bail after being detained in Montenegro. The Basic Co...
Extradition of crypto fugitive Do Kwon delayed after forgery charge in Montenegro
Cryptocurrency fugitive Do Kwon and his associate have been indicted for forgery in Montenegro, effectively delaying their extradition to So...
K-drama star Park Min-young summoned as a witness in crime investigation
South Korean actor Park Min-young has been questioned by prosecutors in connection with her ex-boyfriend’s alleged embezzlement at Bit...
Daniel Anderson
Woman trying to adopt kitten loses $764,000 to crypto scam
A Hong Kong fashion executive lost 6 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately $764,000) in a crypto scam while trying to adopt a kitten onli...
S. Korean prosecutors confirm team traveled to Serbia in hunt for crypto fugitive Do Kwon
The hunt for the co-founder of defunct cryptocurrencies Luna and TerraUSD (UST), Do Kwon, continues as South Korean prosecutors confirmed a ...
Japan
Shiba Inu behind ‘Doge’ meme makes surprising recovery, owner announces
Before you read: Shiba Inu behind ‘Doge’ meme, cryptocurrency diagnosed with cancer Kabosu, the Shiba Inu behind the viral “Doge” meme and p...
Isa Peralta
Shiba Inu behind ‘Doge’ meme, cryptocurrency diagnosed with cancer
The Shiba Inu behind the viral “Doge” meme has been diagnosed with liver disease and a type of blood cancer, according to her owner Atsuko S...
TerraUSD founder Do Kwon may be hiding in Serbia, prosecutors say
Before you read: Interpol issues red notice for Luna, TerraUSD co-founder Do Kwon Luna crashes below $3 after S. Korea issues arrest warrant...
Do Kwon denies $39.9M worth of frozen crypto assets while facing passport revocation
Do Kwon, the 31-year-old co-founder of the now-defunct Terraform Labs, has slammed reports from South Korea claiming that prosecutors have ...
News
Interpol issues red notice for Luna, TerraUSD co-founder Do Kwon
Interpol granted South Korean prosecutors’ request to issue a red notice for Do Kwon, the South Korean co-founder of the defunct cryptocurr...
Luna crashes below $3 after S. Korea issues arrest warrant for Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon
An arrest warrant has been issued in South Korea for Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon as investigations of the crypto company continue. Terr...
Hacker streams old Elon Musk interview about cryptocurrency in latest South Korean government YouTube hack
Government of the Republic of Korea, the official YouTube channel of the South Korean government, has been restored following a hacking inc...
Economy
‘It’s great to invest, but invest smartly’: Jimmy O. Yang explains why he turned down crypto promotion offers
Jimmy O. Yang revealed that he has turned down multiple paid cryptocurrency promotion offers in the past, fearing that his endorsements mig...
Shohei Ohtani joins likes of Stephen Curry, Tom Brady in partnership with crypto platform
Crypto trading platform FTX named Los Angeles Angels two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani as one of its global brand ambassadors, the company fi...
Hong Kong billionaire Calvin Lo reveals why he has no plans to invest in crypto
R.E. Lee International CEO Calvin Lo, whom Forbes has estimated to have a net worth of $1.7 billion, revealed in an interview with Tatler A...
Some ‘Axie Infinity’ players once made more money gaming than in their day jobs — but the bubble has burst
“Axie Infinity,” a blockchain-based video game with a “play-to-earn” model, continues to hemorrhage players due to diminishing r...
Investor who lost $2.3 million terrifies crypto founder’s home in alleged trespassing
A man who claims to have lost up to 3 billion won (approximately $2.37 million) following the collapse of the cryptocurrency Luna has been q...
Woman loses $300,000 worth of bitcoin to person who posed as a Chinese architect on dating app Hinge
Tho Vu, 33, lost about $300,000 worth of bitcoin after being scammed by her Hinge match. The scammer, who went by the name Ze Zhao, earned...
Chinese student loses NFT worth $548,000 after clicking on a scam link
A fourth-year student at Shanghai’s Tongji University posted on Discord that he had lost a valuable NFT from the Doodles collective that wa...
Rebecca Moon
Australian man claiming to be Japanese Bitcoin inventor wins $27 billion court case
Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin, has been cleared of six out of se...
Scammers steal $3.3 million by pulling rug from under ‘Squid Game’ cryptocurrency investors
Within days of launching, SQUID coin was shuttered and its creators made away with millions, suggesting it was a cryptocurrency scam known a...
Sarah Yukiko
Technology
South Korean professor develops toilet that turns poop into power and cryptocurrency
Cho Jae-weon, a South Korean urban and environmental engineering professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)...
Chinese Entrepreneur Misses $4.57 Million Lunch With Warren Buffett
A Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur who paid $4.57 million at a charity auction for a lunch with Warren Buffett has missed the event over ...
Chinese Man Pays $4.57 Million to Have Lunch with Billionaire Warren Buffett
A Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur is set to have lunch with Warren Buffett after making the winning $4.57 million bid at a annual charit...
Principal Fired After Using School’s Electricity to Secretly Mine Cryptocurrency
A school principal in Hunan province has been fired for creating a cryptocurrency mine operation in the school and raising the building̵...
Stephanie Ngo
Asia
Thailand’s Largest Movie Theater Brand Now Accepts Cryptocurrency as Payment
Thailand’s largest movie theater chain will now accept bitcoin and other digital currencies as forms of payment to buy tickets or even snack...
Laotian Adult Film Star Who Got into Bitcoin in Her Teens Now Averaging 1,100% ROI
With cryptocurrency exploding in popularity in recent years, many experts have been summoned by mainstream media to drop their sage wisdom f...
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