Two New York City police detectives were placed on modified duty after the department learned they had a prior connection to a Manhattan townhouse where an Italian businessman was allegedly held and tortured. One off-duty detective drove the alleged victim from the airport to the SoHo townhouse on May 6, sources told ABC News. The
As 2025 unfolds, one presale is standing out above all others — MAGACOIN FINANCE. In a market saturated with hype and noise, this project has delivered real traction, rising over 2,500% for early participants and breaking past $10 million raised during its final presale phases. From analyst watchlists to wallet tracker dashboards, MAGACOIN FINANCE is
The story of the Italian tourist allegedly kidnapped by crypto businessmen keeps taking wild turns—the latest potentially implicating New York law enforcement in the ordeal. According to a report from local NBC affiliate station News 4 New York, two NYPD officers, including one who was serving as security detail for Mayor Eric Adams, have been
This was raw, gangland violence — adjacent to Little Italy, no less — playing out against the purported and inscrutable sophistication of the cryptocurrency markets. Increasingly, it seemed, the “Matrix”-y, clean-room culture of digital finance was falling prey to a lurid, visceral, old-fashioned style of criminality. In recent months, the French have witnessed a series
Cryptocurrency is no longer a niche technology – it is reshaping global finance and digital commerce. By December 2024, the number of crypto users reached 659 million, and experts predict a 30% increase in 2025, according to Statista. This rapid adoption is driven by both economic necessity and financial innovation. India, Indonesia, Nigeria, the United
Police in two cases in the United States, and one in France, allege that brutal assaults were tied to cryptocurrency-related crimes that have spilled out from behind computer screens and into the real world as the largely unregulated currency surges in value. The alleged attempted robberies fall into a category often described as a “wrench attack.” It’s
Finance Secretary Imdadullah Bosal on Thursday said that the ban on cryptocurrency was still in place across Pakistan, stressing the need for its regulation. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) does not recognise crypto assets, which are digital currencies in which transactions are verified and recorded by a decentralised system. The SBP issued a formal
Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. is embracing cryptocurrency like no other time in crypto’s brief 16-year history. And it’s not just Bitcoin (BTC -0.08%), either. It’s a full-spectrum embrace of everything crypto, including altcoins, stablecoins, and meme coins. Not surprisingly, crypto enthusiasts are proclaiming this to be a new “Golden Age” for cryptocurrency. But
Thursday, May 29, 2025 | 2 a.m. Editor’s note: Este artículo está traducido al inglés. The loudest applause during Vice President JD Vance’s speech Wednesday at the Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas came not from unveiling new policies but from celebrating the sweeping reversal by President Donald Trump’s administration of the previous administration’s cryptocurrency regulations.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man says he was tortured for weeks in a New York townhouse. Another in Paris was held for ransom and his finger cut off. A couple in Connecticut were carjacked, beaten and thrown into a van. All, authorities allege, were victims tied to cryptocurrency-related crimes that have spilled out from