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A Sea Change to Crypto Hits America, Again

A sea change is coming to cryptocurrency in America. It is likely to hit in two separate waves: a central...

Bitcoin Tumbling Leads to Multicount Indictment

Is the practice of tumbling or mixing bitcoin actually illegal? That’s a tricky questionLarry Dean Harmon of Akron, Ohio, operated a company...

Gemcoin founder confesses to $147M fraud

Gemcoin founder Steve Chen, the prime mover in the one hundred and forty-seven million US dollars ($147 million) fraud that resulted in...

Regulatory Roundup: Trump’s Cryptocurrency Proposals, IRS Changes Rule, China Quarantines Cash

In this roundup, we cover numerous cryptocurrency regulatory developments in the U.S., including President Trump’s crypto proposals, testimonies by the...

Bitcoin Falls Another $200 Following News of Incoming Regulation

Bitcoin is down another $200 at press time, meaning it’s fallen by about $600 over the past 48 hours. What could be going...

Police bust alleged operator of Bitcoin mixing service Helix

by Lisa Vaas The guy who allegedly wanted to be the Dark Net’s “go-to” money launderer by acting as...

How 4 Chinese Hackers Allegedly Took Down Equifax

In September 2017, credit reporting giant Equifax came clean: It had been hacked, and the sensitive personal information of 143 million US citizens had...

Larry Harmon Charged with Operating Illegal Crypto Mixing Business

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought forth its first case regarding the crime of bitcoin and crypto mixing. 36-year-old Larry Harmon of...

A $722 million ‘too big to fail’ crypto Ponzi scheme just failed miserably

Who would have thought. Image: MARK GARLICK / getty By Jack Morse2019-12-11 00:04:40 UTC Just because you're fraudulently raking in hundreds of...

USDA Releases Proposed Domestic Hemp Regulations: Six Key Takeaways for Licensees

USDA Releases Proposed Domestic Hemp Regulations: Six Key Takeaways for Licensees1. How do States and Tribes get their hemp programs approved by the...

HP scores $176m win in CD-ROM drive price-fix case – after one biz emailed rival with ‘Price Fixing’ as the subject

HP on Tuesday won a six-year court case against suppliers that it accused of price-fixing, with a jury in Texas awarding $176m to...

Crossing the U.S. Border Is Dicey for Canadian Citizens Affiliated With Cannabis

I learned this firsthand when I helped plan a securities law conference in Portland last month. We had invited a number of Canadian...

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