China remains a major player in the Bitcoin mining industry despite imposing a blanket ban on cryptocurrencies in 2021.
Crypto Law Articles
Bankroll Network DeFi hacked, $50M phisher moves crypto on CoW: Crypto-Sec
Bankroll Network is reportedly drained of $230,000 through a loan exploit, while a phishing scammer used CoW protocol for laundering.
Digital Asset, DTCC complete collateral tokenization pilot
The project aimed for speed, privacy and legal compliance while using highly accessible and desirable US Treasury bonds as a collateral asset.
Slow FCA processing at odds with UK's crypto ambitions — Report
Crypto firms may want to register somewhere they can receive more prompt attention, law firm warns.
Judge orders ex-FTX exec to appear after request to vacate guilty plea
Despite withdrawing a petition to void his guilty plea, Ryan Salame must appear in a New York courtroom on Sept. 12 as scheduled.
Zero-day vulnerability in Chrome exploited by North Korean hackers
A hacker group is using its signature trojan malware to infect users of web browsers with Chromium engines.
Brazilian judge suspends X after Elon Musk refuses to name representative
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes began investigating the spread of misinformation during the government of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Scientific paper argues Bitcoin mining can reduce methane emissions
According to a United Nations report, Methane gas runoff is “80 times more harmful than CO2 for 20 years after it is released.”
Elon Musk, Tesla beat Dogecoin manipulation lawsuit
A US district court judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying that “no reasonable investor” could rely on Musk’s Dogecoin tweets for investment decisions.
Chinese ‘CoinGecko’ investigated by local police — Report
Launched in 2017, Feixiaohao is one of the many Chinese websites that remained operational even after the major cryptocurrency ban was enforced in China in 2021.
Crypto bankruptcies net law firms $751M in fees
Four law firms collectively earned $484 million from their work on the crypto bankruptcies, representing 64% of all fees requested and received in these cases.
9 months after SBF conviction, Peter Singer defends effective altruism in debate
According to the prominent voice for effective altruism, Sam Bankman-Fried’s version of the philosophy was only one among many.