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Consumers lost a whopping $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023, according to the FBI’s latest Cryptocurrency Fraud Report. By far the most prominent kind of scam was investment fraud – which ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Cryptocurrency Market Size, Share, Growth Analysis, By Type, By Process, By Application - Industry Forecast 2022-2028" report has been added to ...

The last few years have been absolutely fantastic for investors. Almost every major asset class was positive in 2023 and 2024. Stock investors saw the S&P 500 produce a total return of 26% in 2023, ...

The elderly were the most vulnerable, and crypto ATMs have a variety of illicit uses, the report found. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center has ...

A record number of people who invest in decentralized currency complained to the FBI when hackers stole their funds. (Image: Shutterstock) Cryptocurrency scams skyrocketed across the United States in ...

The DOJ is reviewing whether Binance has honored its 2023 settlement, with possible Iran sanctions violations at the center ...

FinCEN said concerns about legitimate privacy use and compliance burdens contributed to its decision on mixing. The move follows a broader change in ...

Cryptocurrency prices have recovered considerably since the summer. By October 6, the global market was worth approximately ...

The U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has withdrawn its proposal for a rule that would require financial institutions to report on cryptocurrency transactions that they ...

FinCEN withdrew proposed rules targeting unhosted wallets and CVC mixing, ending years of uncertainty over self-custody reporting duties.

One of the four men who prosecutors say flew from Florida to Portland in 2023 to kidnap a local man and steal his cryptocurrency, ultimately binding the man naked to a post in a rural Washington ...