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The Fight for Bitcoin Privacy Has Truly Begun

[Aug 30, 2024 8:27 PM] This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine's "The Privacy Issue". Subscribe to receive your copy.First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.The quote—commonly misattributed to Mahatma Gandhi—has been overused…

Man Faces 20-Year Prison Sentence in Crypto Money Laundering Case

[Aug 23, 2024 6:30 AM] A Rhode Island resident has pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy linked to an international drug trafficking ring. The operation laundered over $25 million using cryptocurrency, with Villa directly involved in converting cash into crypto…

DOJ Launches Whistleblower Awards Program to Tackle Crypto Crimes

[Aug 2, 2024 9:18 PM] The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has initiated a Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program to encourage reporting of corporate criminal activities. This three-year program targets financial institutions, including cryptocurrency businesses…

Federal Agencies Join Forces to Fight Crypto Scams

[Jul 12, 2024 7:32 PM] Several federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), convened at a Fraud Disruption Conference to combat crypto scams, particularly the “pig butchering”…

Unlicensed Crypto Business Leads to Indictments in Utah

[Jun 19, 2024 7:32 PM] Two Utah residents have been indicted for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, converting over $2.5 million into cryptocurrency, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The two were arrested over the weekend in Washington…

What the DOJ’s First MEV Lawsuit Means for Ethereum

[May 15, 2024 2:27 PM] In a highly technical overview of an exploit that has since been patched, government prosecutors find that exploiting code is a crime. CoinDesk reached out to several experts in the Ethereum community to get their views on the case.