Police arrest 2 suspects in killing of Montreal cryptocurrency influencer
Quebec provincial police have arrested two suspects in the death of 24-year-old cryptocurrency influencer Kevin Mirshahi(opens in a new tab). The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said Darius Perry, 27, of Châteauguay, and Nackael Hickey, 26, of Montreal, are expected to appear...
Crypto influencer’s death: Quebec police seek man in high-profile case
Quebec provincial police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man they allege was involved in the high-profile killing case of a cryptocurrency influencer. The Sûreté du Québec issued a notice Friday in search of 36-year-old Guillaume Nobert of Saint-Lazare,...
Facebook and Instagram launch celebrity scam ad crackdown
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is to introduce facial recognition technology to try and crack down on scammers who fraudulently use celebrities in adverts. Elon Musk and personal finance expert, Martin Lewis, are among those to fall victim to such...
Nigeria drops charges against Binance cryptocurrency boss
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad. Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested on a business trip to Nigeria in February and later charged alongside...
Man denies being mysterious inventor of Bitcoin
A new documentary claims to have solved the greatest mystery in cryptocurrency: the true identity of the inventor of Bitcoin. The question has captivated the internet since the digital currency was launched by an unknown person or persons calling themselves...
Man denies running illegal cryptocurrency business
A trader has pleaded not guilty to operating an illegal cryptocurrency ATM business after allegedly being ordered to halt the trade. Habibur Rahman, of East Ham, London, was charged with running the machine without registration from the Financial Conduct Authority...
Caroline Ellison sentenced to two years for role in FTX crypto fraud
Caroline Ellison has been sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which has been described as one of biggest financial frauds in US history. Ellison, 29, was a top executive...
Crypto world hoping for Trump election win
The cryptocurrency industry is “rife with fraud and hucksters and grifters”, one of the United States’ top financial regulators has told the BBC. The chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, says the “investing public around...
Guernsey Post plan for crypto stamps scrapped
Guernsey Post has called off the planned release of cryptocurrency stamps after concerns were raised by the financial regulator. It said the stamps did not meet the requirements of the Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2022. The...
Customers of failed crypto firm FTX set for refunds
Creditors of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX are poised to receive up to $16.5bn (£12.6bn) under a bankruptcy plan approved in the US on Monday. The agreement will put an end to a saga that started when the firm went...
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