BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, Travers Thorp Alberga
Blockchain Traceability Leads to Bust of Criminals in USD$3.6 billion bitcoin seizure
The US Department of Justice has arrested 2 individuals in New York, alleging they were conspiring to launder cryptocurrency stolen...
New technology not immune to the same old scams
Australian citizen Stefan Qin, aged just 24, has pleaded guilty in the USA to cheating 100 investors out of USD$90M invested into his...
Crypto crime concentrated in 270 connected wallets
Reading articles on digital currency in the business press, you would be forgiven for thinking that digital currency is just used by...
Chainalysis code to catch and keep captive seized digital assets
Recently, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis announced it was launching a program designed to manage and store cryptocurrency seized...
Big trouble for Bigatton with Bogus BitConnect scam prosecuted by ASIC
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) working with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Crown Prosecutors...
Punishing a ponzi scheme that used bitcoin as bait
The US District Court for the District of Colorado has entered a judgment against Venture Capital Investments for misappropriation of funds
Uncle Sam seizes a Billion in Bitcoin
Interest rippled through the bitcoin community recently when a digital wallet containing roughly $1 billion in stolen bitcoin — thought...