An investigation finds Cryptomus, registered in Vancouver, is a payment processor for dozens of Russian crypto exchanges and sites hawking cybercrime services
This makes them quite different from social apps w DMs (TT, IG, etc) that continually add fun features to retain users. — For utility apps, this approach just breaks user trust. — restofworld.org/...
The US case against alleged Mango Markets manipulator Avraham Eisenberg highlights traders treating crypto as a game, forgetting the real-world consequences
Mango — So here's a trade. — You open two accounts on a commodity futures exchange, Account A and Account B. Tweets: @pt , @matt_levine , @mrauchs , @martincschmalz , @aservais1 , @michaelbkelley ,...
Reports: an Android malware called Godfather is using overlaid login screens to get users' credentials on 400+ banking apps and crypto exchanges in 16 countries
An Android banking malware named ‘Godfather’ has been targeting users in 16 countries, attempting to steal account credentials … Source: Cyble .
How crypto helped users buy horrific child abuse images on Dark Scandals, whose founder was sentenced to 10 years by a Dutch court, often aided by exchanges
Reuters : Tweets: @aaberwick , @to_discussion , @reuters , @reutersbiz , @reuters , and @reuters Tweets: Angus Berwick / @aaberwick : Crypto's defenders say the blockchain offers “unparalleled transp...
How centralized crypto exchanges could offer “proof of solvency” while protecting depositors' privacy by using ZK-SNARKs, a type of zero-knowledge proof
Vitalik Buterin's website :
FTX claims the company was hacked, telling users to delete FTX apps, not install app updates, and not to visit FTX.com, after $600M+ in crypto left its wallets
trustless, permissionless, uncensorable crypto—is the only path forward for the future. This week, we grieved. Next week, we build. @cz_binance : What a sh!t show... And it's going to be crypto's faul...
How North Korean spies infiltrate US crypto firms, posing as remote workers; UN says the country has stolen billions of dollars' worth of crypto from exchanges
Washington (CNN)Devin, the founder of a cryptocurrency startup based in San Francisco, woke up one day in February to the most bizarre phone call of his life. Tweets: @kyleworton , @snlyngaas , @silve...
An in-depth look at the 2016 Bitfinex hack and US government's case against Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, aka Razzlekhan, over alleged money laundering
The hackers had been inside the Bitfinex servers for weeks before attempting the heist. They'd watched users on the cryptocurrency exchange buy and sell Bitcoins. Tweets: @kaileyleinz , @chafkin , @c...
How online criminals are turning to unlicensed crypto exchanges and over-the-counter crypto brokers to cash out profits and how crypto forensic firms track them
Criminals are locked in battle with Forensics firms tracking how Treasure Men, privacy wallets and gift cards are used to turn virtual hauls into hard cash Tweets: @dimartinobooth , @paulkrugman , and...
WSJ found ~$90M in criminal proceeds from fraud or hacks like WannaCry, laundered via 46 crypto exchanges; US-based ShapeShift processed $9M in suspect funds
Journal investigation documents suspicious trades through venture capital-backed ShapeShift — A North Korean agent …