THE UK SEIZED 61,000 BITCOIN FROM A FRAUDSTER — A JUDGE JUST RULED THE 128,000 PEOPLE HE ROBBED HAVE TO PROVE IT IN CHINESE LAW
A judge ruled Chinese law governs claims to 61,000 BTC seized from Zhimin Qian. If the 128,409 investors he robbed can't...
THEY CALL IT A BITCOIN ATM. A 70-YEAR-OLD FED $45,000 INTO IT WHILE POLICE BEGGED HER TO STOP – AND THE COMPANY SAYS THE MONEY IS THEIRS
Missouri AG Catherine Hanaway calls crypto ATMs "the modern getaway car for fraudsters." $7 million gone in her state alone. CoinFlip...
THE ETF INDUSTRY JUST USED A HARDWARE HACK TO SELL YOU ETFs – AND THE WOMAN WHO SAID ‘HAND YOUR BITCOIN TO A SPECIALIST FIRM’ RUNS ONE
A Ledger hardware implant exposed a reseller, not self-custody. Within days an ETF issuer's co-founder said self-custody "will always be less...
THAILAND JUST OPENED ITS STOCK EXCHANGE TO BITCOIN ETFs — WHILE FRANCE WROTE A FORM TO MAKE YOU DECLARE YOURS
Thailand's SEC cleared Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs for the Stock Exchange of Thailand from October 16. In the same week, France's...
A BANK WILL LEND YOU MONEY AGAINST YOUR BITCOIN — A CUSTODIAN HOLDS THE KEYS AND A COURT SELLS THEM IF YOU MISS A PAYMENT
South Korea's Jeonbuk Bank is now lending won against Bitcoin. A custodian holds the coins and a court sells them on...
FRANCE JUST VOTED TO TAX YOU FOR LEAVING THE COUNTRY — AND TO MAKE YOU DECLARE EVERY BITCOIN YOU HOLD IN SELF-CUSTODY
France's National Assembly Finance Committee backed an exit tax on crypto above €800,000 and a 31.4% tax on swapping Bitcoin into...
A LENDER SAID IT OUT LOUD: ‘WE’RE VERY HAPPY TO TAKE OWNERSHIP’ OF YOUR BITCOIN WHEN YOU DEFAULT — AND THE BILLIONAIRE PITCHING YOU BITCOIN MORTGAGES HIDES HIS OWN FROM THE SAME LENDER
A Coinbase Asset Management president told a New York conference that lenders are "very happy to take ownership" of your Bitcoin...
THEY TOLD YOU WALL STREET OWNS BITCOIN NOW. THE DATA SAYS YOU STILL HOLD TWO-THIRDS — AND YOU SOLD THEM 696,000 COINS ANYWAY
Individuals still hold 13.9 million BTC — two-thirds of every coin that will ever exist. River data shows they net-sold 696,000...
COLDCARD SPENT YEARS TELLING YOU TO TRUST NOBODY — THEN ITS OWN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT POSTED A LINK ASKING FOR YOUR SEED PHRASE
Coldcard's own X account posted a link claiming a firmware bug. The page was built to collect seed phrases. Coinkite says...
THEY SOLD YOU A ‘FIXED SUPPLY’ — A COUNTING ERROR FROM 2015 COULD HAVE PRINTED BILLIONS OF XRP FROM NOTHING
RippleX quietly patched a decade-old flaw that could have created spendable XRP out of thin air. Here is the difference between...
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THEY’RE WRITING THE CONFISCATION RULES FOR 6.4 MILLION BITCOIN — AND A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IS FIRST IN LINE
Nine crypto firms launched the Quantum Alliance to "prepare" Bitcoin for quantum attacks. The alliance says 6.4 million BTC — 30.2%...
RUSSIA JUST BANNED PEER-TO-PEER BITCOIN AND TOLD YOU THAT YOU CAN’T MOVE YOUR COINS TO YOUR OWN WALLET — THEN GAVE ITS BIGGEST BANK A LICENSE TO HOLD THEM
The Bank of Russia confirmed direct peer-to-peer crypto trades end July 1, 2027 — and that individuals can't move coins from...