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DOJ Rejects Supreme Court Defense in Tornado Cash Case, Escalating Fight Over Developer Liability

The U.S. Department of Justice has rejected a key legal argument from Roman Storm, intensifying one of the most closely watched cases in…

2 weeks ago

U.S. DOJ Investigating Whether Iran Used Binance to Evade Sanctions

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly investigating whether Iranian networks used the cryptocy exchange Binance to evade U.S. sanctions, according to…

1 month ago

Scammer Posed as Trump-Vance Official to Steal $250K in Crypto, DOJ Says

A scammer located in Nigeria allegedly impersonated a top Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee official and conned a donor out of $250,000…

10 months ago

U.S. Feds File to Seize $225M in Largest Crypto Bust

Federal agents in the U.S.  have filed to seize over $225 million in cryptocy. This is the largest crypto amount…

10 months ago

U.S. DOJ, Europol Seize World’s Largest Dark Web Drug Market Operating via Monero

An international law enforcement effort has dismantled one of the world’s largest and longest-running criminal marketplaces on the darknet, arresting its…

10 months ago

OKX to Officially Expand in US Following February’s $500M DOJ Settlement

Seychelles-based cryptocy exchange OKX announced today that it will launch a centralized crypto trading platform and its OKX wallet in the…

1 year ago

US DOJ Scraps Crypto Unit as Trump Loosens Digital Oversight

n a surprise move that’s shaking up the crypto world,  the Department of Justice (DOJ) U.S. has quietly disbanded its…

1 year ago

US Government Says Bitcoin Seized From 2016 Hack Should Be Returned to Bitfinex

A court has ruled that over 94,000 Bitcoin seized from the 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack should be returned to Bitfinex…

1 year ago

Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky to Plead Guilty to Celsius Fraud Charges

Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of collapsed crypto lender Celsius, will plead guilty to U.S. federal fraud charges, Reuters…

1 year ago

FBI Seizes Polymarket CEO’s Devices to Allegedly Probe Potential Market Manipulation in Elections Bets

Federal law enforcement agents raided the downtown New York home of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan on Wednesday, seizing his phone…

1 year ago