BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, Travers Thorp Alberga
Punishment pending for PlusToken crypto conspirators?
The Chinese Ministry of Public Security has confirmed the arrest of 109 individuals suspected of involvement in the PlusToken scam
Celebrities sue Youtube over clickbait giveaway scams - what happens next will SHOCK you
Steve Wozniak and others are suing Youtube, claiming that Youtube has failed to prevent the proliferation of crypto scams
Alexander Vinnik, alleged money launderer, charged in France following Greek extradition
Alleged operator of notorious digital asset exchange BTC-e, Alexander Vinnik has been extradited from Greece by French authorities
Project Participate; the secret indicators of suspicion
Project Participate is a collaboration of the world's leading digital asset companies to discuss indicators of suspicion.
New Zealand Police net NZ$140M from alleged digital currency money launderer
NZ Police have frozen US$90M of funds linked to the alleged MtGox theft money launderer, Mr Alexander Vinnik
Chainalysis expands services to cover zcash and dash
Chainalysis has expanded its service offerings to cover multiple new tokens, including Algorand, and privacy tokens zcash and dash
Litigation likely as Steemit saga continues, with stakeholders' Steem "stolen"
Issues in the Steemit community continue to escalate, with a class action or other significant legal action fast becoming the only possible
Another (alleged) criminal caught courtesy of cryptocurrency
Blockchain records have been used as evidence in the arrest of an alleged money launder who liked to post pictures of cash on social media..
Arrest for unauthorised Australian digital currency exchange operator
In an Australian first, an individual has been arrested and charged with operating an unregistered digital currency exchange
Chinese Court decides that Bitcoin is property
Another Chinese court has recognised Bitcoin as a digital asset entitled to protection as a property under Chinese Law
Hacking a decentralised exchange: Bisq spills the secrets on their recent hack
A hacker has exploited a security vulnerability in the trading protocal of decentralised Bitcoin exchange Bisq, stealing approx USD$150,000
CFTC demands default after failing to find $147M bitcoin ponzi operator
The CFTC has requested that the alleged founder of the crypto $147 million Ponzi scheme Control-Finance be declared a default.
Lloyds of London launches crypto wallet liability insurance
Insurance giant Lloyds has launched a new liability insurance policy to protect digital currencies held in hot wallets from theft and hacks
FinCEN rehires Chainalysis executive to confront cyber crimes
Chief Technical Counsel of Chainalysis, Michael Mosier, will return to FINCen in a new role as Deputy Director.