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Bitcoin ‘Creator’ Craig Wright Admits He Is Not Satoshi Nakamoto

Australian computer scientist Craig Wright referred to Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to be considered for perjury charges

5 months ago

EU Accepts Apple’s Legal Commitments To Open NFC Access

Legal commitment over Apple's NFC-based mobile payments system, which is to be opened to rival payment operators

6 months ago

Russia’s Central Bank Tells Businesses To Use Crypto To Avoid Sanctions

Sanctions busting. Russian businesses told to use cryptocurrencies and other digital options to make payments with foreign customers

6 months ago

SEC Files Lawsuit Against Crypto Firm Consensys

SEC files latest enforcement lawsuit against crypto firm Consensys as it seeks to apply established rules to digital assets

6 months ago

FBI Offers $5 Million Bounty For Fugitive ‘CryptoQueen’ Ruja Ignatova

US authorities place huge bounty on Ruja Ignatova, the former leader of OneCoin cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme

6 months ago

Apple Drops ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Service

Apple sunsets its buy now, pay later service known as 'Apple Pay Later', and will rely on established third-party players

6 months ago

Winklevoss’ Gemini To Pay $50m In Crypto Fraud Settlement

Winklevoss twins' Gemini Trust to pay $50m to settle cypto fraud claims over failed Gemini Earn product in New York…

6 months ago

Japan Passes Law To Allow Third Party App Stores, Payments

Copy of EU's DMA? Japan passes law that will require Apple and Google to open up their respective ecosystems

6 months ago

SEC Reaches $4.5bn Settlement With Bankrupt Terraform Labs

Terraform Labs and disgraced founder Do Kwon agree to pay the US SEC a combined $4.5 billion in civil fraud…

6 months ago

Terra Labs, Do Kwon Settle SEC Fraud Case

Tentative settlement reportedly reached between the US SEC and Singapore's Terraform Labs and founder Do Kwon

7 months ago

BlackRock $20bn ETF Becomes World’s Biggest Bitcoin Fund

BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust dethrones decade-old Grayscale investment vehicle to become world's biggest Bitcoin fund, report finds

7 months ago

Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced To Seven Years

Former Bankman-Fried top lieutenant Ryan Salame given longer sentence than prosecutors had asked for over role in FTX collapse

7 months ago

London Woman Jailed For Six Years For Laundering Bitcoin

Jian Wen, 42, jailed for more than six years after police seized more than £3bn of Bitcoin at her luxurious…

7 months ago

Bitcoin ‘Creator’ Craig Wright Repeatedly Lied, Rules UK Judge

Damning ruling by British judge, after he rules that self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor lied 'repeatedly' to support his claim

7 months ago

FTX To Repay Creditors In Full, $11 Billion

Good news for creditors. CEO John Ray III says bankrupt crypto exchange FTX will be able to fully repay creditors…

8 months ago

Grayscale Bitcoin Shares Surge On First Inflow Since January

Dominant Bitcoin ETF Grayscale Bitcoin Trust shows first net inflow since January as investors flock to new crypto investment vehicles

8 months ago

US Crypto Campaign Funding Groups Raise $102m

US campaign funding groups backed by cryptocurrency sector raise more than $102m as firms seek to roll back regulations

8 months ago

Robinhood Served With SEC Crypto Enforcement Notice

Robinhood Markets says it received SEC enforcement notice over cryptocurrency trading platform amidst ongoing crackdown

8 months ago

Binance’s Changpeng Zhao Sentenced To Four Months In Prison

US judge sentences Binance founder, Changpeng Zhao, to four months in prison for ignoring money laundering on his platform

8 months ago

US SEC Seeks $5.3 Billion Fine From Terra’s Do Kwon

Financial regulator asks New York judge to impose $5.3 billion in fines against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon in civil…

8 months ago

EU Set To Approve Apple Plan For Opening NFC Access

European Commission reportedly set to approve Apple proposal for providing rivals access to iPhone, iPad contactless tech

8 months ago

Canada To Implement Digital Services Tax This Year

Introduction of digital services tax on tech firms will begin in 2024 Canadian government confirms, amid delay to global agreement

8 months ago

Hong Kong Approves Bitcoin, Ether ETFs

Hong Kong financial regulator approves exchange-traded funds for Bitcoin, Ether as it seeks to become crypto capital

8 months ago

Sam Bankman-Fried Appeals FTX Fraud Sentence Of 25 Years

Disgraced crypto billionaire and former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried appeals 25 prison sentence for masterminding huge fraud

9 months ago

HashKey Launches Global Crypto Exchange, Targets Coinbase

Hong Kong-based HashKey Group launches global exchange after securing Bermuda business licence, seeks to surpass US-based rival Coinbase

9 months ago

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For $8bn Fraud

Dramatic downfall. Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for masterminding $8bn fraud that brought down FTX

9 months ago

Binance Executive Evades Nigerian Custody

One of two Binance executives arrested in Nigeria in February evades custody as government files formal tax-evasion charges against crypto…

9 months ago

Payments Regulator Probing String Of Payments Failures

Payments regulator says it is monitoring string of failures that affected payments systems at McDonald's, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Greggs within…

9 months ago

Microsoft, Meta, X, Match Group Challenge Apple App Store Terms

Big tech players side with Epic Games, and allege Apple is flouting court order over its App Store in the…

9 months ago

Bankman-Fried Deserves Up To 50 Years In Jail, Prosecutors Say

Ahead of sentencing prosecutors argue ex-FTX boss Sam Bankman Fried deserves up to 50 years in jail, while his lawyers…

9 months ago