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CRYPTO CURSE: Russian crypto billionaire dies in mysterious helicopter crash

December 04, 2022 - crypto businessman with likely ties to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service" who was "laundering Russian funds through a system of cryptocurrency operations." The said report by UNIAN offered no proof of this allegation, however.

Taran's widow responded by categorically denying the allegation as an "absolute and utter lie."Two other crypto bigwigs died suddenly over the past month

Taran's mysterious death was the third in a series involving ...

3AC crypto founders flee as multiple crypto Ponzi schemes collapse

July 13, 2022 - cryptocurrencies and the collapse of the terraUSD (UST) stablecoin project wiped out its assets."

"Prior to the bankruptcy filing, a court in the British Virgin Islands ordered the beleaguered fund to liquidate in order to pay back its debts."How many other crypto funds are scams in disguise?

Friday's court filing further shows that Zhu and Davies, both former traders at Credit Suisse, participated in an introductory Zoom call last week to discuss strategies ...

Crypto: A necessary scam?

June 16, 2022 - crypto melting down recently, it's worth revisiting Matt Stoller's essay about what the point of it is. I've posted it in full below. Before that, a quick, related word from our sponsor.

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California regulator to investigate crypto companies for not disclosing risks of crypto lending activities

July 26, 2022 -

Without naming which companies, the DFPI stated that multiple businesses engaged in providing interest-bearing cryptocurrency accounts are being investigated to determine whether they are violating laws under the department's jurisdiction. (Related: Founder of fraudulent crypto CONVICTED for stealing over $6 million from investors.)

In a recent statement, the DFPI noted that crypto-interest account providers "are not governed by the same rules ...

Crypto CONTAGION spreads as Ponzi-like elements of the crypto ecosystem start unwinding uncontrollably

June 14, 2022 -

If you had crypto deposited with Celsius, you no longer technically own it since you no longer control it. Celsius just halted all withdrawals, which is something banks do when they are on the verge of collapse. Now the only real question is how far this systemic purge of the crypto bubble will go: Is Tether about to crater? What about Microstrategies, the largest holder of Bitcoin? CEO Michael Saylor is now publicly trying to assure everyone that Microstrategies ...

Crypto “HODLers” getting SUICIDAL as entire life savings now VANISHING in accelerating crypto carnage

May 14, 2022 -

On Reddit, one person wrote that his friend and ex-manager of 15 years tried to commit suicide after moving basically all of his life savings to crypto in 2021.

"... Luna was a massive player in his portfolio," this person wrote.

Many other posts just like this one began appearing on the social media platform after the two "stablecoins" lost almost all of their perceived value in less than a week.

The Sun reported that after Terra Luna, one of the ...

The crypto apocalypse is here

June 16, 2022 -

(Article by Michael republished from EndOfTheAmericanDream.com)

Back on November 8th, Bitcoin was selling for more than $67,000.  If you sold your Bitcoin at that moment, I salute you.

On Tuesday, the price of Bitcoin actually dropped below $21,000 for a short period of time…

The world’s largest cryptocurrency was down around 7% and trading at $22,531.22 at around 05:13 a.m. ET, according to Coindesk data. Bitcoin is trading at its lowest level ...

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Crypto exchange giant Binance accused of seizing crypto funds of Palestinians at the behest of IDF

August 30, 2024 - cryptocurrency wallets and later seized by the Israeli Ministry of Defense and claims that the Dubai Exchange Company is a designated terrorist organization.

The anti-terror law cited by the ministry enables the IDF to issue orders to "temporarily" seize property tied to designated terrorist organizations.

This would not be the first time that the Israeli government has used its laws against so-called terrorism to seize cryptocurrency wallets.

According ...

“Crypto Nostradamus” John Perez: $2 trillion loss in value just the start, larger crypto crash coming

June 30, 2022 -

Latest reports by industry analysts have warned that cryptocurrencies have lost around $2 trillion in value since their peak in Nov. 2021.

This is according to crypto data website CoinMarketCap, whose investigation found that the market capitalization, or total value, or cryptocurrencies reached its peak on Nov. 10, 2021 at $2.977 trillion, just $23 billion short of breaching the $3 billion mark. Since then, the value of cryptocurrencies ...

Crypto expert: FTX collapse marks end of “cryptographic scam” that involves worthless crypto coins gaining immense value

December 05, 2022 - crypto asset FTT, was actually very valuable. But in reality, it was worthless.

"This is a whole cryptographic scam that's been going on with the crypto market, where individuals, he's not the only one, there are many people that create these old coins or scam coins … and then they list them on each other's exchange, and then they buy them from each other to create a price and then they use the enhanced price, which is now the collateral value, ...

Crypto stocks PLUMMET: Industry nearing collapse as financial analysts warn most crypto firms unlikely to survive long-term

December 06, 2022 -

Publicly-traded cryptocurrency companies like Coinbase Global Inc., Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. and MicroStrategy Inc. all had their stocks plummet in value by more than 25 percent in November.

The declines of these three largest publicly-traded crypto firms added to the pain of a very dismal year for the crypto industry. While they rallied during the early part of the week beginning on Dec. 5, their combined shareholder value is still down ...

Crypto executive dies in helicopter crash – the third crypto entrepreneur to die unexpectedly over the past few weeks

December 02, 2022 -

Vyacheslav Taran, 53, died after his helicopter crashed in good weather near the resort town of Villefranche-sur-Mer after taking off from Lausanne in Switzerland. Taran is the third such crypto entrepreneur to die unexpectedly over the past few weeks.

Before Taran's death, 30-year-old Tiantian Kullander died "in his sleep." And right before that, 29-year-old Nikolai Mushegian drowned on a Puerto Rico beach not long after tweeting that he feared he might be ...

CRYPTO CON: Disgraced Three Arrows Capital crypto hedge fund co-founders have a long history of questionable activities

August 16, 2022 - crypto, everyone thought they were geniuses.”

The duo then transitioned into trading crypto, where the same currency arbitrage tactics served them well initially, However, some investors started to suspect something wasn’t right about the company in 2019, when they offered to sell off their stake in the Deribit crypto options exchange for $700 million despite the value of the investment only being $289 million.

They would then go on to brag ...

Major crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital files for bankruptcy and fires 25% of workforce as crypto implosion spreads

July 04, 2022 -

Rumors that the embattled fund was in trouble started gaining steam early last month, and it was hit hard by the collapse of the Terra crypto and other issues. A court order in the British Virgin Islands ordered their liquidation after they defaulted on a loan worth $660 million to crypto brokerage Voyager Digital.

In the last few days, the company has brought on Teneo Restructuring to help with the liquidation process. Sources reported that they had entered ...

Crypto leaders laud Trump’s war against DEBANKING

February 18, 2025 -

Bigwigs in the cryptocurrency sector have praised President Donald Trump's war on "debanking" – the practice of canceling bank accounts for political or ideological reasons – with industry leaders seeing it as a long-awaited victory for fairness in the financial system.

The turning point came at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2025 last month, where Trump appeared virtually. During the conference held in the Swiss town of Davos, the president ...

Iran’s ILLEGAL crypto mining crisis threatens power grid

November 05, 2025 -

Iran has become an unlikely hotspot for Bitcoin mining, but its rapid rise as the world's fourth-largest crypto mining hub has come at a steep cost – massive electricity theft, blackouts and a destabilized power grid.

With over 95 percent of the country's 427,000 active mining devices operating illegally, authorities are scrambling to shut down unauthorized farms disguised as industrial facilities. These illegal mines are hidden in underground ...

Dollar under pressure amid gold and crypto growth

September 11, 2025 - crypto—recognizing that fiat currencies are on borrowed time.COMEX Silver Failures & Gold Revaluation

Recent COMEX silver deliveries revealed a 54-million-ounce shortfall, exposing the paper silver market as a fraud. Similarly, gold’s official valuation remains absurdly outdated at 42 per ounce, while market pricesexceed 2,400.

Rumors swirl that the Trump administration may push for gold revaluation—adjusting the Treasury’s books to reflect real prices—potentially ...

Survey: Nigeria leads the way in CRYPTO awareness

July 07, 2023 -

The poll by British market research firm YouGov and New York City-based blockchain company ConsenSys surveyed more than 15,000 people in 15 countries. It found that 92 percent of respondents around the world are aware of cryptocurrencies.

Of the 15 countries surveyed, Nigeria took the No. 1 spot with 99 percent of respondents from the country being aware of crypto. Brazil and South Africa tied for the No. 2 spot with 98 percent, while three nations – Mexico, ...

Recent regulatory crackdowns have crypto investors on edge

February 16, 2023 -

Until recently, regulators had not interfered much in the crypto industry. However, they have recently started cutting off access to services and products that are essential for the digital currency business.

This week, regulators in New York stopped new issues of BUSD, the world's third-biggest stablecoin, amid an ongoing probe. This led investors to flee the U.S. dollar-pegged coin and is causing major concerns about the future of the crypto exchange ...