Crypto
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Crypto exchange FixedFloat confirms hack, loses $26 mn in Bitcoin, Ether
New Delhi: Decentralised crypto exchange FixedFloat has confirmed a hack that resulted in the theft of Bitcoin and Ether worth at least $26 million. The exchange team confirmed the attack shortly after…
- Business
Apple removes top crypto exchanges like Binance, Kucoin from App Store in India
New Delhi: Apple has removed some top global cryptocurrency exchanges like Binance and Kucoin from its App Store in India after the government sent show-cause notices to these crypto exchanges for not…
- Business
Crypto firm Sinohope sees losses grow over 40%, no FTX funds in sight
Hong Kong: Cryptocurrency firm Sinohope Technology (formerly Huobi Technology) reported more than 40 per cent loss for the first nine months of 2023, as its funds are still stuck in the collapsed…
- India
Govt blocks URLs of Binance, 8 other crypto firms for illegal ops in India
New Delhi: India’s Financial Intelligence Unit has issued show-cause notices to nine offshore virtual digital asset service providers, including Binance, for operating in the country without complying with the money laundering laws,…
- Business
Crypto exchange HTX loses $258mn in withdrawals
New Delhi: Leading crypto exchange HTX has witnessed a net outflow of $258 million after a $30 million hack in November, the media reported. As per DefiLlama data, crypto users withdrew assets…
- Business
Bankrupt crypto platform Genesis sues crypto exchange Gemini to recover $689 mn
San Francisco: Bankrupt crypto lending platform Genesis has sued cryptocurrency exchange Gemini to recover $689 million. Genesis alleges that Gemini, owned by the Winklevoss twins, made “significant withdrawals” before Genesis filed for…
- India
CBI books Ahmedabad-based man for cheating, recovers US $9.3L from crypto wallets
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said that it registered a case against one Ramavat Shaishav aka James Carlson and carried out searches and recovered US $ 9.3…
- Technology
Crypto gaming secures $600 mn in funding in Q3: Report
San Francisco: The crypto gaming industry has secured approximately $600 million in funding during the third quarter (Q3) of this year despite facing challenges in the broader crypto and gaming markets, a…
- Technology
N.Korea’s Lazarus Group launders $900mn in crypto: Report
New Delhi: Over $7 billion in cryptocurrency has been illicitly laundered through cross-chain crime, with North Korea’s Lazarus Group being linked to the theft of around $900 million between July 2022 and…
- Technology
Crypto firm Mixin hit by $200 mn hack, halts services
New Delhi: Hong Kong-based crypto company Mixin has announced that the hackers stole around $200 million in a data breach that occurred on September 23. After learning about the data breach, the…
- Business
Crypto criminals steal over $10bn to date, despite crypto crime slowing down
New Delhi: Crypto criminals have stolen more than $10 billion to date, despite crypto crime slowing down, a new report said on Monday. According to data presented by AltIndex.com, crypto scammers and…
- Technology
Crypto firms raise $2.3 bn in VC funding in Q2, lowest since Q4 2020
New Delhi: Amid the tightening regulatory landscape, crypto startups secured $2.3 billion from VC rounds in the second quarter (April-June period) this year, the least amount raised since Q4 2020, a new…
- Business
Crypto trading platform Bittrex, ex-CEO to pay $24 mn to settle SEC charges
Washington: Crypto asset trading platform Bittrex and its co-founder and former CEO, William Shihara, have agreed to settle charges with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for $24 million over charges…
- World
Dismembered remains of missing millionaire crypto influencer found in suitcase
San Francisco: The dismembered remains of missing millionaire crypto influencer Fernando Perez Algaba, 41, were found inside a suitcase by a group of kids in Argentina, leading police to start a murder…
- Business
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman launches crypto project ‘Worldcoin’
San Francisco: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday launched its audacious eyeball-scanning cryptocurrency startup ‘Worldcoin’ to help build a reliable solution for distinguishing humans from AI online, enable global democratic processes and…