Crypto

In brief A Nigerian national allegedly posed as a Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee official using a lookalike email to steal $250K in Ethereum-based USDT. AI and deepfake technology will “amplify the scale and sophistication of scam activity,” with effective prevention requiring a “cross-sectoral approach,” Decrypt was told. Industry observers warn that scams exploiting political events and

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Australian crypto billionaire Tim Heath narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt in Estonia last year by biting off part of the attacker’s index finger, an Estonian court has heard.  Heath, a long-time crypto investor, was attacked by two men posing as painters in the stairwell of his apartment building in July last year. There has been

Crypto firm Ripple Labs is applying for a banking license in the US, following a similar move by stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group as crypto firms look to be regulated to deepen ties with traditional finance.  Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse wrote to X on Wednesday that the company is applying for a license with the