The United States Department of Justice announced $50 million tax fraud charges on April 30 against early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver, known by many as ‘Bitcoin Jesus.’
Amsterdam-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitvavo, the largest EUR spot exchange globally, announced a strategic collaboration with Figment on May 1, a leading provider of staking infrastructure. The partnership sees Bitvavo leveraging Figment’s institutional-grade infrastructure to power its staking services.
Proposed stablecoin legislation is unlikely to be tacked onto the must-pass Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) reauthorization bill despite attempts by Representatives Maxine Waters and Patrick McHenry, a Democratic aide on Capitol Hill revealed Tuesday.
Victoria Jacobs, aka Bakhrom Talipov, was sentenced to 18 years in prison by a New York State court jury after being found guilty of funding Syrian terrorism through Bitcoin.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) of India, has seized a major crypto money laundering case connected to a gaming app. The authority also seized frozen crypto assets worth ₹90 crore ($10 million) in connection with the scam.
Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization protocols have witnessed a remarkable surge over the past year, with the total value locked (TVL) in the sector reaching a new milestone.
CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju explained on April 30 the dilemma facing Bitcoin miners post-halving. According to the researcher, miners are now at a crossroad – they can either capitulate to current market conditions or await a potential BTC price increase.
As April concludes, the cryptocurrency industry experienced a major downturn in combined losses from hacks and scams, reaching the lowest recorded figure, as highlighted by security firm CertiK.
A Seattle courtroom became the stage for a major moment in the cryptocurrency industry as former Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao received a four-month prison sentence on Tuesday.
The TOKEN2049 conference, held in Dubai this month, was a massive event. It hosted industry leaders and featured meetups, workshops, networking events, hackathons, and much more.
Lawyers for Terraform Labs and its founder, Do Kwon, are pushing for a fine of $1 million as opposed to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s proposed $5.3 billion after the crypto company and its founder were found liable for fraud related-to the Terra-Luna crash in early April.
Popular blockchain investigator PeckShieldAlert reported on April 30 that an address associated with the notorious Poloniex hacker transferred 501 BTC, valued at roughly $32 million, to three new wallet addresses. The move appears to be an attempt to conceal the origin of the stolen funds.
Web3 video games startup GFAL “Games for a Living” has raised $3.2 million in a seed funding round led by the Finnish mobile game development company Supercell Ltd and Mitch Lasky, a general partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Benchmark.