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Tornado Cash developers to receive funding from new legal defense DAO
An activist group launched a legal defense fund for accused Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev and Roman Storm…
Pastor dupes investors out of $1.3m in crypto-selling scam
The Denver-based pastor, who runs an online-only church called Victorious Grace Church, allegedly sold worthless INDXcoin crypto, and…
Offbeat letter suggests SBF should teach high school math as punishment for crimes
An unusual letter sent to federal court on Jan. 10 suggested an alternative sentence for FTX’s founder and…
Father and son sentenced for laundering millions in Bitcoin
A Maryland father and son receive federal prison sentences for their involvement in a dark web drug trafficking…
North Korean crypto hackers raided $600m in 2023
Bad actors from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) masterminded a third of all crypto hacks deployed…
14 arrested in $6.4m Taiwan crypto exchange conspiracy
Taiwanese crypto exchange ACE plans to delist the token and is cooperating with law enforcement after its founder…
U.S. drops plan to prosecute convicted SBF for over $100M in unlawful campaign donations
In a filing on Dec. 29, U.S. prosecutors said that they will not be pursuing a second trial…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s request to postpone sentencing until May 2024 denied
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been denied an adjourned sentencing hearing, according to a court filing dated…
Crypto is for criminals? JPMorgan has been fined $39B and has its own token
Crypto proponents on X wasted no time pointing out the hypocrisy of JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s recent remarks…
IRS targets tax crimes in crypto crackdown
The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation unit (IRS-CI) reported involvement in a greater proportion of crypto investigations on…
