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Russian Law Enforcement Prepares to Seize Crypto Assets, Seeks Permission to Set Up Wallets

DIGIT — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 19:45:17 +0000

Russian investigators are pressing the parliament and government in Moscow for permission to open their own cryptocurrency wallets. This would allow law enforcement agencies to seize digital assets during criminal cases and eventually sell them, something that authorities in the United States and Europe already do. Russian Prosecutors Lobby for Powers to Confiscate and Auction […]

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Crypto app targeting SharkBot malware resurfaces on Google app store

DIGIT — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 06:00:03 +0000

The SharkBot malware family was first discovered last October, and has continued to evolve with new ways to hack into users’ Android-based crypto and bank apps.

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New Jersey’s Order Against Blockfi Extended, Vermont Issues Notice to Crypto Lender

DIGIT — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 15:30:58 +0000

On July 28, Zac Prince, the CEO of crypto finance firm Blockfi, explained that the company has been “engaged in a productive discourse” with U.S. regulators. Prince further said the New Jersey Bureau of Securities had extended the state’s previous order to September 2. Meanwhile, the company also has issues with Vermont’s Department of Financial […]

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Texas and Alabama Regulators Crackdown on Blockfi’s Interest Bearing Account Product

DIGIT — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 03:30:10 +0000

Fresh off the heels of Blockfi’s issues with the New Jersey Bureau of Securities, the company is now having problems in the state of Alabama. The director of the Alabama Securities Commission (ASC), Joseph Borg, explained on July 21 that he issued a show cause to the firm. Borg wants Blockfi to explain why the […]

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Blockfi Ordered to Stop Offering Interest-Bearing Crypto Accounts in New Jersey

DIGIT — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:30:18 +0000

On July 19, the CEO of the crypto financial services firm Blockfi, Zac Prince, told the public that the New Jersey Bureau of Securities has told the company to “stop accepting new BIA clients residing in New Jersey beginning July 22, 2021.” New Jersey’s acting attorney general Andrew Bruck also tweeted about the issue and […]

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