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Bitcoin tests $70k after Trump says US will be 'crypto capital of the planet'

At a bitcoin conference over the weekend, Trump pledged to make the US a "bitcoin superpower" if el…

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Former Chinese takeaway worker jailed for money laundering after police seized 61,000 bitcoins — currently worth $4 billion

Authorities were alerted when the British-Chinese woman attempted to buy London properties valued a…

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SBF's conviction is the final nail in the coffin for crypto bros hoping to get rich quick

Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty of all seven charges. Crypto's future lies in regulation, spelli…

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Investing icon Charlie Munger hailed Costco, slammed crypto, and ridiculed Russia in one of the last interviews of his life. Here are the 20 best quotes.

Warren Buffett's late business partner, Charlie Munger, shared some key investing lessons and tackl…

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Bitcoin’s bizarre hike renewed enthusiasm last quarter! What does the future hold for investors?

In the ever-evolving landscape of finance, few phenomena have captured the imagination and attentio…

Theron Mohamed   


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Crypto scammers have reportedly stolen ₹1000 crore off Indian users by posing as fake exchanges

The CoinEgg scam uses fake domains and social media accounts to coax users into investing in fake e…

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Indian investors have lost nearly ₹1,000 crore to fake cryptocurrency exchanges

Cyber-security company CloudSEK said it has uncovered an ongoing operation involving several phi…

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WazirX receives 1023 requests for data from law enforcement in October-March 2022

WazirX receives almost three times more requests for data from law enforcement in October-March 202…

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The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for missing Bulgarian 'Cryptoqueen' and has added her to its top 10 most-wanted list

Ruja Ignatova is wanted in connection with OneCoin, an alleged $4 billion cryptocurrency Ponzi sche…

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Indian founder on the run in global $2.4 billion crypto ponzi scheme

A federal grand jury in San Diego last week indicted Kumbhani with orchestrating a global Ponzi …

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Telegram is the crypto hackers’ newest playground — and they have automated the process

Cryptocurrency scammers are using bots on Telegram to con investors into giving up their one-time p…

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Binance is reportedly building a $1 billion insurance fund to counter crypto hacks

Binance on January 29 also restricted 281 personal Nigerian accounts, with approximately 38% of the…

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Seth Green pays $260,000 ransom for a stolen Bored Ape Ethereum NFT meant to feature in his new TV show: report

The actor told BuzzFeed News that Bored Ape #8398 "is home," with transaction documents showing he …

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New iCloud phishing scam could drain users’ MetaMask crypto wallets

Crypto wallet MetaMask is warning its community of users about possible phishing attacks through Ap…

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Crypto scams conned thousands of people out of over $1 billion since 2021, the most of any type of currency, according to new FTC report

About half of the more than 46,000 people who reported being the victim of a scam said it began wit…

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Man pleads guilty to hacking Elon Musk's and Joe Biden's Twitter accounts in bitcoin scam

Joseph James O'Connor was part of a group that hijacked several high-profile Twitter accounts in 20…

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