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Binance Aids Taiwan in Busting $6M Crypto Money Laundering Ring

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Binance’s Financial Crimes Compliance Department recently collaborated with Taiwan’s Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau and the Taipei District Prosecutors Office on a significant cryptocurrency-assisted money laundering case involving nearly NT$200 million (approximately US$6 million). The criminal operation had been laundering money through virtual assets by creating fake customer records and forged identity data. Law enforcement … Read more

Dolce & Gabbana Sued Over $6,000 NFTs Losing 97% Value

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Dolce & Gabbana USA Inc. faces a lawsuit from a customer who claims the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) he bought for $6,000, which included metaverse outfits, lost 97% of their value due to delivery failures by the luxury fashion house. The complaint, filed in Manhattan federal court, alleges the NFTs were promoted with various digital, physical, … Read more

Ontario ‘Crypto King’ Faces Major Fraud and Money Laundering Charges

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The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced on May 15 that two Ontario residents have been charged with offenses under the Criminal Code of Canada as part of Project Swan, a joint investigation by the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) and the OSC. Aiden Pleterski, self-proclaimed “Crypto King,” is charged with fraud over $5,000 and laundering … Read more

China Expands Digital Yuan Pilot: Hong Kong Residents Can Now Set up E-CNY Wallets Locally

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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) have advanced the digital yuan (e-CNY) pilot for payments, aiming to increase e-CNY wallet usage in Hong Kong. Residents can now set up and top up wallets via the Faster Payment System (FPS), marking the first global linkage of a faster payment … Read more

Base to Launch Online Hackathon With 200 ETH in Prizes, Sponsored by Stripe, Shopify, and More

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Base, the Ethereum Layer 2 solution incubated by Coinbase, has announced the Onchain Summer Buildathon. The event, which runs from May 31st to June 30th, invites builders worldwide to showcase their skills in various onchain use cases, including payments, commerce, gaming, and social. The Buildathon offers 200 ETH in total prizes across eight sponsored tracks, … Read more

Decreasing Bitcoin Supply on Exchanges Indicating Possible Bullish Shift

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Bitcoin’s supply on exchanges has significantly decreased, reaching new lows amid a bullish market trend, which analysts interpret as a shift towards long-term holding rather than short-term trading. A report by Bybit claimed that the diminishing supply could deplete within the next nine months, driven by factors such as the recent Bitcoin halving event and … Read more

Tim Draper Champions Blockchain Startups: Announces Major Partnership With Stellar

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Renowned venture capitalist Tim Draper announced a significant collaboration between Draper University and Stellar. The partnership aims to accelerate and fund up to 80 startups over the next two years, with these startups set to build on the Stellar blockchain platform. The initiative includes the Stellar Astro Hacker House and the Stellar Embark Accelerator, programs … Read more

Juno Addresses Banking Service Disruption — ‘This Is Outside Our Control’

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Juno Finance acknowledges the disruption in banking services and is collaborating with its brokerage and banking service providers, Synapse and Evolve Bank & Trust, to restore full service as soon as possible. Juno is a financial platform that integrates checking and savings accounts with cryptocurrency trading. “Currently, Evolve Bank & Trust has frozen all card … Read more

Solana Meme Coin Marketplace Pump.fun Suffers $80 Million Exploit

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Pump.fun, a Solana-based marketplace and deployment tool for meme coins, has acknowledged suffering an exploit dealing with the bonding curve contracts in its platform. While the protocol is still investigating the matter, it reported that “the TVL in the protocol right now is safe,” as it has upgraded the contracts to deal with the attack … Read more

Cryptocurrency Exchange Kucoin Suspends P2P Services for Nigerian Naira

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Kucoin, a global cryptocurrency exchange platform, announced on May 15 that it has temporarily suspended its peer-to-peer (P2P) services for the Nigerian naira, as well as the Fast Buy service via naira cards. The crypto exchange stated that during this period, it will focus on ensuring compliance and creating a more robust and secure environment … Read more