Crypto

Montenegro says it has arrested Korean Crypto fugitive Do Kwon

Kwon is accused of 'orchestrating a multi-billion-dollar crypto asset securities fraud', according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission

Crypto rallying: With certain cryptocurrencies gaining steam again, investors turn to smart tokens

Hooked on high growth, some are turning away from the original cryptocurrency - designed as an alternative to regular cash - in favour of its descendants created as native tokens of blockchain platforms that host smart contracts and apps.

Meet 'Cryptoqueen', one of FBI’s Most Wanted fugitives and scammer behind OneCoin’s $4 billion fraud

Ignatova established OneCoin in 2014 with the goal of dethroning Bitcoin from its stature of being the most popular digital currency.

What meltdown? As scandals rise, cryptocurrency believers' faith remains unshaken

Once touted as the future of money, a challenge to the world’s central banks, not to mention a clever investment, crypto now carries the odour of disaster. But some crypto faithful see an upside to the wipe-out of 2022

Crypto in 2023: What is the Pig Butchering Crypto Scam that security experts want investors to look out for

Although Pig Butchering isn’t exactly a new scam, in recent months, it has grown substantially complex and is set to explode massively in 2023, targeting new crypto investors who are new, by honey-trapping them into making unsafe investments.

Explained: How the collapse of FTX is giving Binance a chance to become the new face of crypto

Binance began taking steps in the past year to scrub its reputation as a shadowy giant with no headquarters that doesn’t always follow the rules. Now that FTX has failed, Binance has an opportunity to publicly establish its credibility with investors and regulators

How crypto meltdown is bad news for global terrorism

At a time when terrorists had found an easy and untraceable funding network based on cryptocurrencies, the global crypto meltdown comes as bad news for terror organisations

MoS Chandrasekhar on Crypto meltdown: Indian investors saved by govt's prudent guardrails of taxation, exchange control

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar took to his Twitter handle and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his ‘foresight’ and saving many Indian investors from going bankrupt

Downfall of FTX head, Sam Bankman-Fried, sends shockwaves through crypto world

Under Bankman-Fried, FTX quickly grew to be the third-largest exchange by volume. The stunning collapse of this nascent empire has sent tsunami-like waves through the cryptocurrency industry, which has seen a fair share of volatility and turmoil this year

Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old crypto CEO who lost his billionaire status overnight?

Dubbed as the ‘king of crypto’, Sam Bankman-Fried studied physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2019, he joined hands with another MIT graduate Gary Wang to launch FTX. His assets worth $16 billion have now completely wiped out, following which the company declared bankruptcy