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North Korea’s hacker organization Lazarus is using Tornado Cash again despite U.S. sanctions against the popular cryptocurrency mixer.

Elliptic: Lazarus Group taps Tornado Cash to launder Heco Bridge, HTX hack proceeds

Blockchain analytics startup Elliptic reported on March 14 that Lazarus funneled $12 million into the Ethereum-based crypto tumbler. The funds, denominated in Ether (ETH), originated f...

5 months ago

OFAC has sanctioned entities aiding IRGC-QF, Houthis, and Hezbollah, targeting financial networks, including Lebanese money exchanger Tawfiq Muhammad Sa’id al-Law.

OFAC targets Hezbollah-linked crypto financier to disrupt Iran’s terror funding

The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions against six entities, one individual, and two tankers from Liberia, India, Vietnam, Leba...

5 months ago

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a New York judge to impose a nearly $2 billion fine against Ripple Labs, according to court filings.

SEC Seeks $1.95B Fine in Final Judgment Against Ripple

On Monday, Stuart Alderoty, Ripple Labs’ chief legal officer,

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Curio said it will conduct a fund compensation program for affected liquidity providers, which could potentially take up to one year to complete.

Hacker mints 1B tokens in $16M Curio smart contract exploit

Real-world asset (RWA) liquidity firm Curio suffered a smart contract exploit involving a critical vulnerability related to voting power privileges, allowing the attacker to steal $16 million in...

5 months ago

Scammers falsely guaranteed 70% profits on an investment of 1 billion South Korean won within a month and stole 5.5 billion won in six different transactions.

South Korean police catch $4.1M crypto scam duo

South Korean police have caught a pair of fraudsters who stole 5.5 billion won ($4.1 million) from a senior citizen with the promise of profitable crypto investments. The Haeundae Poli...

5 months ago

Credit Suisse-backed Taurus will provide the Turkish neobank Misyon with tools to enable digital asset custody and tokenization services.

Turkish Misyon Bank moves into digital assets with Taurus

Misyon Bank — an investment banking firm and one of the first neobanks in Turkey — is moving into digital asset custody and tokenization with Swiss cryptocurrency custody provider, T...

5 months ago

Trail of Bits has independently audited Worldcoin’s decentralized protocol for personal identification.

Trail of Bits finds no vulnerabilities in Worldcoin’s Orb scanner

According to the report, on Aug. 14, 2023, the Trail of Bits team began testing the software and device Orb, designed to scan the user’s iris. Experts reportedly spent six weeks studying t...

5 months ago

Toncoin (TON) has neared its all-time high, surging in a moment to $5.6 before retracting back to $5.24.

Telegram’s TON nears all-time high following 150% surge YTD

On Mar. 26, Toncoin’s native token (TON) jumped to $5.6, nearing an all-time high last seen in November 2021 when the Telegram linked token was trading at $5.8. With this latest ...

5 months ago

JasmyCoin Price Surge by 10%

Panasonic Partners With Binance-listed Jasmy Altcoin, Sparking Token Price Surge

Binance-listed altcoin JasmyCoin (JASMY) has announced a partnership with tech giant Panasonic, to foster development of a platform that applies blockchain tech and IoT. JASMY is an In...

5 months ago

Misyon Bank Can Now Offer Digital Custody Services

Turkey’s Misyon Bank Taps Taurus for Digital Asset Custody and Tokenization Services

Turkey’s Misyon Bank has announced its partnership with Swiss firm Taurus to leverage its digital asset custody and tokenization technology. The neobank, established just a...

5 months ago