The South Korean Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has ordered Upbit to temporarily halt services for new users after finding numerous violations of the Specific Financial Transaction Information Act. South Korean Crypto Industry Watches Upbit Case Closely South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has reportedly ordered Upbit, one of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, to halt […]
Court Orders $9 Billion Bitcoin Restitution in Bitfinex Hack Case
A federal court has determined that 94,643 bitcoin, seized following the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack, will be returned to the cryptocurrency exchange as part of voluntary restitution agreements tied to plea deals with the convicted perpetrators. Voluntary Restitution in Bitfinex Hack Includes $ 9 Billion in Bitcoin With a valuation exceeding $ 9 …
Report: Trump’s First-Day Executive Orders to Target Biden’s Crypto Policies
The incoming Trump administration appears poised to orchestrate a significant shift in U.S. cryptocurrency policy, signaling plans to dismantle key Biden-era regulations, according to The Washington Post (WaPo). Trump’s Alleged Crypto Plans Revealed by Insiders in WaPo Report Insiders privy to the administration’s deliberations revealed to WaPo that overturning the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) […]
Chile Orders World to Erase Biometric Data of Teenager
The Supreme Court of Chile has ordered World to erase all records of the biometric data of a 17-year-old teenager. According to the court, several constitutional rights were violated by World’s iris-scanning activities. The data must be deleted within 30 days of this decision. World Gets Slapped by Adverse Legal Decision in Chile: Teenager Biometric […]
Craig Wright’s Satoshi Nakamoto Farce Earns Him a Suspended Jail Sentence for Flouting Court Orders
Craig Wright, an Aussie native who’s been loudly claiming he’s the mastermind behind Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, was handed a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, by a U.K. court for contempt. This decision came down after Wright reportedly ignored a court order that barred him from pushing more legal claims tied to his Bitcoin […]