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Trump Seizes Bitcoin Moment, Vowing To Stop “Digital Dollar Danger”

You are here: Home / News / Trump Seizes Bitcoin Moment, Vowing To Stop “Digital Dollar Danger” Former President Donald Trump recently inserted himself into the debate around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. At a campaign event last week, Trump promised supporters he would “never allow the creation of a central
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FBI seizes Blackcat ransomware’s server and site

The Federal Bureau of Investigation hacked into and seized the Russia-based ALPHV, or Blackcat, ransomware's darknet website and infrastructure, according to a Department of Justice announcement Tuesday.  WHY IT MATTERS Alongside FBI Miami, the U.S. Secret Service and numerous foreign law enforcement partners supported the Blackcat disruption campaign. As a result, the FBI can provide
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Germany seizes the world’s largest, longest-serving dark web market

Authorities aren't done busting dark web crime operations this week. German federal police (the Bundeskriminalamt) working with US law enforcement have seized Hydra Market, billed as the world's largest and longest-serving dark web marketplace. It reportedly accounted for about 80 percent of all dark web-linked cryptocurrency transactions and had taken about $5.2 billion in crypto…
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HMRC Seizes Three NFTs in Fraud Crackdown

Reading Time: 2 minutesHMRC has seized three NFTs in a UK first The three assets were taken as part of a fraud investigation The NFTs will likely be auctioned once they have been valued HMRC, the UK’s tax authority, has seized three NFTs as part of an investigation into a suspected fraud scheme involving 250…
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