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3 days ago
2 min

Tales of a Florida Boy: Alleged Twitter hacker's arrest and not guilty plea

Following the infamous Twitter hack 15 July 2020 with a 2x Bitcoin scam in July, three individuals have been arrested and charged in the US

3 days ago
3 min

Is Bitcoin beginning to broach the boundaries of money in Australia?

Could a recent Australian decision, as well as a similar US decision, provide further support to digital currencies being treated as money?

7 days ago
2 min

Punishment pending for PlusToken crypto conspirators?

The Chinese Ministry of Public Security has confirmed the arrest of 109 individuals suspected of involvement in the PlusToken scam

Jul 31
1 min

Cybersecurity, CBDCs and digital transformation: Blockchain Australia webinar

Blockchain Australia recently hosted a webinar discussing the blockchain use case in cybersecurity

Jul 29
2 min

Chainalysis launches free Market Intel

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has launched Market Intel, a data platform with metrics and insights across Bitcoin, Ethereum and more

Jul 23
2 min

Celebrities sue Youtube over clickbait giveaway scams - what happens next will SHOCK you

Steve Wozniak and others are suing Youtube, claiming that Youtube has failed to prevent the proliferation of crypto scams

Jul 21
1 min

Alexander Vinnik, alleged money launderer, charged in France following Greek extradition

Alleged operator of notorious digital asset exchange BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik has been extradited from Greece by French authorities

Jul 17
2 min

Project Participate; the secret indicators of suspicion

Project Participate is a collaboration of the world's leading digital asset companies to discuss indicators of suspicion.

Jul 9
1 min

Centre blacklists a digital wallet at law enforcement request

CENTRE has blacklisted an Ether address with $100,000 in what seems to be one of the first interventions requested by law enforcement

Jul 2
1 min

Tax Time: The most wonderful time of the year?

Who doesn't like tax time? Digital currency and tax is still an evolving area.

Jun 23
1 min

New Zealand Police net NZ$140M from alleged digital currency money launderer

NZ Police have frozen US$90M of funds linked to the alleged MtGox theft money launderer, Mr Alexander Vinnik

Jun 12
2 min

Chainalysis expands services to cover zcash and dash

Chainalysis has expanded its service offerings to cover multiple new tokens, including Algorand, and privacy tokens zcash and dash

May 28
3 min

Litigation likely as Steemit saga continues, with stakeholders' Steem "stolen"

Issues in the Steemit community continue to escalate, with a class action or other significant legal action fast becoming the only possible

May 20
2 min

Another (alleged) criminal caught courtesy of cryptocurrency

Blockchain records have been used as evidence in the arrest of an alleged money launder who liked to post pictures of cash on social media..

May 18
2 min

Arrest for unauthorised Australian digital currency exchange operator

In an Australian first, an individual has been arrested and charged with operating an unregistered digital currency exchange

May 8
2 min

Chinese Court decides that Bitcoin is property

Another Chinese court has recognised Bitcoin as a digital asset entitled to protection as a property under Chinese Law

Apr 22
2 min

Theft and giving it back: $25M stolen and returned in Lendf.me debacle

Decentralised lending protocol Lendf.me, operated by dForce, has had approximately USD$25 million stolen, then returned

Apr 14
2 min

Hacking a decentralised exchange: Bisq spills the secrets on their recent hack

A hacker has exploited a security vulnerability in the trading protocal of decentralised Bitcoin exchange Bisq, stealing approx USD$150,000

Apr 7
1 min

CFTC demands default after failing to find $147M bitcoin ponzi operator

The CFTC has requested that the alleged founder of the crypto $147 million Ponzi scheme Control-Finance be declared a default.

Mar 5
2 min

Lloyds of London launches crypto wallet liability insurance

Insurance giant Lloyds has launched a new liability insurance policy to protect digital currencies held in hot wallets from theft and hacks

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BITS OF BLOCKS

BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION

Michael Bacina, Partner

Piper Alderman Lawyers