The US Department of Justice recently reported the largest seizure in cryptocurrency history to date. Investigators secured around 95,000 bitcoins worth around $3.6 billion at the time of the action and are even worth $4.2 billion at the current rate. A married couple – American-Russian citizen Ilya Lichtenstein and American Heather Morgan – have been named as the main suspects. The bitcoins come from the Bitfinex crypto exchange's hack of around 120,000 bitcoins (currently the equivalent of $4.5 billion) in 2016 and were worth around $70 million at the time. Still, the price has risen drastically since then. Author and
The Singapore-based crypto exchange Crypto.com, founded in 2016, is currently brutal to ignore in Europe. In addition to substantial banner ads from Formula 1 to soccer to basketball and ice hockey, a commercial clip by the company with Matt Damon, in which investing in cryptocurrencies is compared to achievements of civilization such as the first ascent of Mount Everest or the planned colonization of Mars, caused a stir. Austrian authorities determined As purposeful and professional as the crypto exchange is on the PR track, it has likely been sloppy in complying with national financial market regulations. For example, as the