Around $950,000 in cryptocurrency has been stolen from an Ethereum address, exploiting a vulnerability similar to another recent attack on market maker Wintermute that took $160 million, a report from Decrypt said Monday (Sept. 26). The hacker stole 732 Ethereum on Sept. 25, then transferred...
The most notable thing about the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi’s decision to delist seven anonymity-focused “privacy coins” beginning Monday (Sept. 19) is that it comes just two months after it acquired a license allowing it to enter the U.S. market. On July 5, Huobi announced that...
Anchorage Digital, a regulated crypto custody platform, will be supporting a Japanese yen stablecoin, a Coindesk report said Tuesday (Sept 13). This follows its offerings for digital U.S. dollars and euros, and it will help FinTech use cases in Japan, including payments and payroll. The...
Coinbase is financing a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department because of its sanctions against the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixing service. According to multiple published reports Thursday (Sept. 8), the suit was filed at the U.S. District Court in Waco, Texas, by a group...
January 30, 2023
The U.S. Treasury Department is flexing its cryptocurrency enforcement muscles as industry attention grows. The turbulent crypto sector has historically suffered from the perception that its anonymous and decentralized technical architecture provides a haven for money laundering and other illicit activities around the globe. “2022 was a really big year for sanctions,” Andrew Fierman, head of […]
September 26, 2022
Around $950,000 in cryptocurrency has been stolen from an Ethereum address, exploiting a vulnerability similar to another recent attack on market maker Wintermute that took $160 million, a report from Decrypt said Monday (Sept. 26). The hacker stole 732 Ethereum on Sept. 25, then transferred the crypto to the sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash, per […]
September 13, 2022
Anchorage Digital, a regulated crypto custody platform, will be supporting a Japanese yen stablecoin, a Coindesk report said Tuesday (Sept 13). This follows its offerings for digital U.S. dollars and...
September 08, 2022
Coinbase is financing a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department because of its sanctions against the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixing service. According to multiple published reports Thursday (Sept. 8),...
August 24, 2022
Bitcoin kiosk company Coinme now sells ether, polygon, chainlink, dogecoin, litecoin and stellar from its 10,000 grocery store kiosks, a Coindesk report said Wednesday (Aug. 24). The six new coins...
