Cryptocurrency news
Dozens of millions of dollars in crypto hidden: Suspect entangled in massive case
Joint investigation by Tax Authority and Lahav 433 leads to arrest of suspect in large-scale money laundering and tax offenses. He allegedly hid foreign accounts and used strawmen to disguise assets.
Great comeback: Has crypto winter really ended?
Crypto companies spend record $640 million buying back own tokens
Israel’s crypto market set for major overhaul with stricter regulations
Surge in global bitcoin ATMs: How many are in Israel?
Bitcoin ATMs increased by 18% globally to around 37,000 in the past year. How many are in Israel and which cities have them? An unexpected demographic emerges as heavy users.
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin hits new all-time high
Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency in what has become a widely expanding field with many more types of digital currency.
New crypto front emerges in Israel's terrorist financing fight
Quicker and cheaper than its larger rival Bitcoin, Tron has overtaken its rival as a platform for crypto transfers associated with terrorist groups.
Sam Bankman-Fried asks judge for suits to wear at trial
Bankman-Fried also asked to be given four dress shirts, three ties, one belt, four pairs of socks, two pairs of shoes and "appropriate undergarments."
Bankman-Fried loses bid to get out of jail, appeals court will hear case
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Aug. 11 revoked Bankman-Fried's $250 million bail after finding that the former billionaire likely tampered with witnesses at least twice.
Sam Bankman-Fried must be jailed, is intimidating witnesses, prosecutors say
"What the defendant may not do... is seek to corruptly influence witnesses and interfere with a fair trial through attempted public harassment and shaming," prosecutors said.
US wants FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried jailed pending trial
The purpose of Wednesday's hearing was in part to consider what Kaplan called "the adequacy and continuation of the current bail conditions."
'Verified human': Worldcoin users queue up for iris scans
Worldcoin's data-collection is a "potential privacy nightmare," said the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a US privacy campaigner.
Prosecutors accuse FTX's Bankman-Fried of witness tampering
The prosecutors argued that Bankman-Fried was trying to malign Ellison's credibility, and that such conduct could chill witnesses from testifying and taint the jury pool.
Israel seized Binance crypto accounts to 'thwart' Islamic State - report
The owner of the two Islamic State-linked Binance accounts seized by Israel was a 28-year-old Palestinian called Osama Abuobayda.
