Thursday, 30 September 2021 (YJC)_ The Iranian intelligence ministry (VAJA) says it has busted a large fraud ring which duped people to invest into a fake cryptocurrency dubbed King Money.
Tuesday, 21 September 2021 (YJC)_ The United States imposed sanctions against a Russia-based cryptocurrency exchange platform SUEX OTC over what it claims was facilitation of financial transactions.
Saturday, 06 March 2021_The Justice Department announced Friday that John McAfee, the founder of anti-virus software company McAfee, has been indicted on alleged fraud and money laundering charges tied to a cryptocurrency investment scheme.
TEHRAN, December 15 - Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced plans to issue a cryptocurrency for use in cross-border transactions.
TEHRAN, August 20 - Chinese police have arrested three suspects alleged to have stolen assets worth 600 million yuan ($87 million) through hacking, state media reported Sunday, as cyber criminals target holders of bitcoin and other virtual currencies.
TEHRAN, August 18 - Caracas has launched in February its own Petro cryptocurrency backed by the country's oil reserves amid country's severe economic meltdown. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Friday night that the country would create a single exchange rate that would be linked to petro.
TEHRAN, July 21_Coinbase has formed a political action committee (PAC) to raise money to spend on U.S. elections, the cryptocurrency exchange said here in a filing made public on Friday.
TEHRAN, July 03 - As of last month, more than 1,000 cryptocurrencies have failed this year, while Bitcoin has fallen roughly 70 percent off its pinnacle from last year.
TEHRAN, April 12 - JPMorgan Chase & Co has been hit with a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court accusing it of charging surprise fees when it stopped letting customers buy cryptocurrency with credit cards in late January and began treating the purchases as cash advances.
TEHRAN, March 15 -The cryptocurrency market crashed on Thursday with bitcoin plunging to a five-week low. The broad sell-off followed Google's plan to ban cryptocurrency advertising the day before.
TEHRAN, March 13 -Japan will urge its G20 counterparts at a meeting next week to beef up efforts to prevent cryptocurrencies from being used for money laundering, a government official with direct knowledge of the matter said.
TEHRAN, February 28 - Microsoft founder Bill Gates has expressed major reservations about cryptocurrencies, warning that due to their use in the purchase of illegal dangerous drugs, crypto is actually killing people “in a fairly direct way.”
TEHRAN, February 24 - Bank of America considers cryptocurrency a material risk to its business, public records reveal. The bank has made efforts to restrict its customers’ use of bitcoin and other virtual currencies.
TEHRAN, February 21 -A Japanese cryptocurrency exchange undergoing checks by regulators has said a system failure let investors briefly trade a digital currency for zero yen, highlighting security concerns about such assets after last month’s cyber heist at Coincheck Inc.
TEHRAN, February 21 -President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that Venezuela had received $735 million in the first day of a pre-sale of the country’s “petro” cryptocurrency , aimed at pulling the country out of an economic tailspin.
TEHRAN, February 8 - The head of the World Bank compared cryptocurrencies to “Ponzi schemes,” the latest financial voice to raise questions about the legitimacy of digital currencies such as Bitcoin.
TEHRAN, February 7 - The mass sell-off in the cryptocurrency market, which has lost nearly $500 billion of its value over the past month, could get a lot worse, according to the global head of investment research at Goldman Sachs.