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In a lawsuit, the SEC says some hosted Bitcoin mining services could trigger US securities laws, but an industry executive says most providers have nothing to worry about.
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Fraud News
Cryptocurrencies promise a lot of security and privacy for the users, but reality is that cryptocurrency use often creates victims of different types of scams, such as digital theft, hacking, phishing and the major cryptocurrency scam – fraud. These frauds can exist in different forms – promising, but fraudulent, ICO’s that don’t inform their investors about the risks and might not have a physical address; cryptocurrency investment platforms that vanish after gathering enough money; and fraudulent cryptocurrency exchanges that utilize multiple tactics to cheat their users. Blockchain technologies are relatively new and the hype that surrounds them poached a lot of low-skilled investors into the field. This has become such a problem that, according to the latest news on cryptocurrency fraud, Twitter has even banned ICO-ads in order to protect its users from fraudulent schemes.
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Binance warned users to avoid token listing agents and offered as much as $5 million to whistleblowers who report listing fraud.
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Newly proposed legislation could see the US Treasury, FinCEN, the Secret Service, and law enforcement coordinate to catch crypto scammers and fraudsters.
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From fake crypto investment offers to deepfake endorsements, here’s how criminals trick users and what you can do to stay one step ahead.
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Social media “guides” promise to build a profit-generating MEV bot with a few lines of code, only to leave an unsuspecting user with a drained wallet.
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Wallets tied to the Libra token continue to draw liquidity and have purchased $61.5 million in Solana, despite asset freezes and fraud probes.
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AI systems drive crypto fraud while the industry relies on outdated postmortems. Real-time transaction defense must become infrastructure.
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The US said it would pursue forfeiture of the Bitcoin holdings tied to a Cambodia-based company if the alleged ringleader were convicted.
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An investigation has tied the Hyperliquid whale controlling over 100,000 BTC to Garrett Jin, the ex-BitForex CEO whose exchange collapsed amid fraud probes.
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Sam Bankman-Fried claimed that handing over FTX to its current CEO was the “single biggest mistake” that prevented him from saving the exchange.
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Centralized deepfake detectors are failing against crypto scams. Blockchain-based detection networks offer the only scalable defense against AI fraud.
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Stablecoins’ transparent blockchain nature could revolutionize financial crime detection, giving law enforcement unprecedented global transaction visibility.
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LimeWire has acquired the rights to the infamous Fyre Festival and plans to revive the brand through Web3 integrations with its LMWR token.
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The attorney general for the District of Columbia, Brian Schwalb, alleges that Athena Bitcoin charged undisclosed fees and had insufficient safeguards to stop fraud and scams.
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Alex Mashinsky pleaded guilty to two felony counts in December, admitting in court to making false statements about the platform’s Earn Program.
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