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NFT market sees first insider trading case in US

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Nathaniel Chastain was charged with wire fraud and money laundering. NFTs are tokens linked to digital images, collectible items, and avatars. Paris Hilton, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Serena Williams have boasted. In what they called the first insider trading case utilizing non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, US officials charged a former manager at a digital exchange platform … Read more

Cryptocurrency theft outpours, losses hit $4.4 billion: report

Cryptocurrency theft outpours, losses hit $4.4 billion: report

Cryptocurrency theft has surged in 2019 compared with last year, with more money flowing through digital exchanges and criminals looking to carry out bigger heists, according to a report from blockchain forensics company CipherTrace. Losses from digital currency crime soared to CipherTracein the first nine months of the year, up more than 150% from $1.7 … Read more