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‘Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde’ Plead Guilty to Billion Dollar Crypto Laundering Scheme
On Thursday, Heather Morgan, a.k.a. Razzlekhan, and her husband pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive money laundering scheme. Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein became known as the modern-day “Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde” after they were linked to the 2016 theft of $US4.5 billion in crypto from the Hong Kong-based exchange Bitfinex. The FBI cornered and arrested the…
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It Only Took 3 Days for Netflix to Order a Docuseries on the Bonnie and Clyde of the Crypto World
The news of one of the biggest money laundering schemes in history captivated the world on Tuesday, not so much because of the crime — which involved $US4.5 ($6) billion in bitcoin and is, yeah, a big deal — but rather because of the couple accused of carrying it out. They are the weirdo Bonnie…
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The Feds Wants Stablecoin Companies to Register as Banks: Report
As the Biden administration wrestles with plans to wrangle the notoriously under-regulated world of cryptocurrency, some officials are apparently taking cues from the tightly-controlled world of banks. That’s according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal claiming that some members of the administration are looking to impose “bank-like regulation” on crypto companies that…
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Is A Potentially Fraudulent Crypto Company Behind The Bitcoin Rebound?
After a precipitous crash, cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been heartened to see a steady climb in the value of frontrunner coins since yesterday. What’s driving the rebound in an increasingly harsh regulatory climate might be a so-called “stablecoin” widely suspected to be fraudulent.