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US removes sanctions against Tornado Cash crypto mixer
The U.S. Department of Treasury announced today that it has removed sanctions against Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer used by North Korean Lazarus hackers to launder hundreds of millions stolen in multiple crypto heists. The Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tornado Cash in August 2022 for helping launder over $7 billion since its creation in 2019. However, a Monday…
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The crypto bars are invading Washington, DC
In a true sign of a vibe shift in Washington, a DC bar beloved by Republican staffers announced that it was shuttering its doors – and will reportedly be replaced by a bar that only accepts cryptocurrency as payment. Local news site PoPville first reported on Thursday that a D.C. outpost of Pubkey, a bar located in Greenwich Village that…
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New RAT malware used for crypto theft, reconnaissance
Microsoft has discovered a new remote access trojan (RAT) that employs “sophisticated techniques” to avoid detection, maintain persistence, and extract sensitive data. While the malware (dubbed StilachiRAT) hasn’t yet reached widespread distribution, Microsoft says it decided to publicly share indicators of compromise and mitigation guidance to help network defenders detect this threat and reduce its impact. Due to the limited…
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Garantex crypto exchange admin arrested while on vacation
Indian authorities arrested Aleksej Besciokov, the co-founder and one of the administrators of the Russian Garantex crypto-exchange while vacationing with his family in Varkala, India. As infosec journalist Brian Krebs first reported on Tuesday, the 46-year-old Lithuanian national and Russian resident was apprehended on Tuesday afternoon by Kerala state police officers under the country’s extradition law. Besciokov (aka “proforg” and…
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US seizes $23 million in crypto stolen via password manager breach
U.S. authorities have seized over $23 million in cryptocurrency linked to the theft of $150 million from a Ripple crypto wallet in January 2024. Investigators believe hackers who breached LastPass in 2022 were behind the attack. Despite the threat actors’ efforts, law enforcement agents traced $23,604,815.09 of the stolen digital assets between June 2024 and February 2025 to the following…
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US seizes domain of Garantex crypto exchange used by ransomware gangs
The U.S. Secret Service has seized the domain of the sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex in collaboration with the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, the FBI, and Europol. Other law enforcement authorities involved in this action include the Dutch National Police, the German Federal Criminal Police Office, the Frankfurt General Prosecutor’s Office, the Estonian National Criminal Police, and the Finnish…
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Trump Vows to Make America the ‘Crypto Capital of the World’ With US Crypto Reserve
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on March 2 the first five cryptocurrencies that will form a U.S. strategic crypto reserve: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Solana, and Cardano. Bitcoin and Ethereum are the two largest cryptocurrencies in the world by market value. By establishing a crypto reserve, the U.S. becomes a direct stakeholder in the digital asset market, gaining leverage over global…
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Trump names Bitcoin and others as part of coming ‘Crypto Strategic Reserve’
In a pair of social media posts today, President Donald Trump named some cryptocurrencies he says will be part of a Crypto Strategic Reserve being created by an executive order he signed in January. Those include Bitcoin and Ether, which he says “will be the heart of the Reserve.” Under Trump, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has quickly backed…
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Cold Wallet’s director wanted to make a thriller for the crypto era
Cold Wallet, Well Go USA’s new darkly comedic home invasion thriller from director Cutter Hodierne, becomes increasingly more absurd as it unfolds. At every turn, the movie’s heroes — a group of excitable retail investors — make unhinged choices that make them feel more like cartoons than people who have complex lives outside of Reddit. But in the film’s story…
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