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Crypto Queen, Who’s Wanted By The FBI, ‘Resurfaces’ After 5 Years

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Ruja Ignatova referred to herself as the Crypto Queen and she’s now back in the spotlight, at least sort of, when news about the sale of a posh London penthouse hogged the headlines.

Ignatova presented her company, OneCoin, as a profitable competitor to Bitcoin in the expanding cryptocurrency sector.

In June 2016, bitcoin was an emerging trend and investors were eager to capitalize. In October of 2017, Ignatova completely disappeared from public view.

That time, the 42-year old Bulgarian-born German citizen crypto entrepreneur was in the initial stages of what would become a $ 4 billion Ponzi scheme.  Read more...

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How Bankman-Fried Wanted To Attack Binance And Others In Today’s Hearing

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Even though Sam Bankman-Fried has finally been arrested, the founder of FTX continues to make headlines.

Crypto Twitter is currently philosophizing that it is strange timing that SBF is arrested by Bahamian authorities the day before his hearing in front of the US Congress.

Bankman-Fried is reportedly in custody awaiting extradition to the United States. As a result, Bankman-Fried will not be able to give his testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee.

Instead, new FTX CEO John Ray will replace his predecessor. Remarkably, however, SBF already had a speech prepared to give today. Forbes managed to get a hold of that document.  Read more...

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Do Kwon, Who’s Wanted By The Cops, Says He’s Not On The Run

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As of Sunday, Do Kwon, the disgraced co-founder of the Terra ecosystem which collapsed dramatically in May and for whom the Singapore Police Force had issued an arrest warrant, is no longer in the country.

Last Monday, Kwon and five others were named in an arrest order issued by South Korean prosecutors. He is largely responsible for creating two cryptocurrencies whose stunning demise in May shook the global crypto markets.

According to the Singapore Police Force:

“The SPF will assist the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) within the ambit of our domestic legislation and international obligations. Do Kwon is currently not in Singapore.”  Read more...

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LUNA Founder Do Kwon Wanted By Korea, Soon Interpol

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According to a report from a local news media, law enforcement agencies in South Korea issued an arrest warrant against LUNA Founder and Terraform Labs CEO Kwon Do-Hyeong also known as Do Kwon. The founder has been under authorities’ radar since the collapse of the Terra ecosystem in May 2022.

The arrest warrant was issued by the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office’s Financial and Securities Crime Unit, which is under the direction of Dan Seong-Han, the report claims. This institution has been investigating the LUNA Founder with its Financial Investigation Division and five prosecutors.  Read more...

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Bitcoin History Part 12: When No One Wanted Your BTC

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Bitcoin History Part 12: When No One Wanted Your BTC

Today, bitcoin is so precious that its hodlers are prone to locking their keys away inside nuclear bunkers, bank vaults, and military grade hardware wallets. But things weren’t always that way. Back in the early days, bitcoin was deemed so undesirable that you would have struggled to give it away, while exchanging it for fiat currency was out of the question.

Also read: Bitcoin History Part 11: The First Major Loss of Coins  Read more...

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Norway Bitcoin Investor Murder: Suspect on the Run, Wanted by Interpol

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The Oslo police department has released the name and photograph of the suspect that they believe is behind the grisly murder of Heikki Bjørklund Paltto, the 24-year-old cryptocurrency investor who was murdered last week shortly after completing a sizeable cash-for-bitcoin trade. According to Norwegian news outlet Verdens Gang, police have charged 20-year-old Swedish citizen Makaveli

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