In February 2022, the Justice Department announced charges against Heather Morgan & Ilya Lichtenstein for their alleged roles in the conspiracy to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency.
Celsius Exchange Data Dump Is a Gift to Crypto Sleuths—and Thieves
By releasing half a million users’ transactions in a bankruptcy court filing, the company has opened a vast breach in its users’ financial privacy.
Hickenlooper calls for crypto securities rules from SEC
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) is urging the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) to issue regulations for digital asset securities through a transparent notice-and-comment regulatory process.
Pillow wants to make crypto saving and investing easy for new users
Pillow aspires to be an all-in-one platform that says it helps even newbie users save, spend and invest in crypto currency. The Singapore-based startup announced it has raised $18 million in Series A ...
Have U.S. Crypto Sanctions Gone Too Far?
The Treasury Department blacklisted an anonymizing service for transactions because of its ties to North Korea, and now the agency is getting sued.
Local IPO market stays lean
The IPO market in the tristate area has dropped dramatically so far this year as city companies put off their public debuts amid economic uncertainty and the less-than-stellar performance of last ...
Beamr Imaging IPO Set for Nasdaq Debut
The Beamr Imaging IPO is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq. In fact, this innovative company is gaining a lot of interest amongst investors who are looking for fresh opportunities in a difficult ...
Uniswap’s $155 million funding round a bright spot for DeFi in Crypto Winter
The funding round, one of the largest ever for DeFi, offers CEO Hayden Adams an opportunity to realize his vision of a decentralized web.
USW ratifies contract with Yokohama Virginia
Members of United Steelworkers Local 1023L ratified a new four-year labor contract with Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia L.L.C. ( read original story ...)
Here’s what you missed overnight from the cold and wet first round of the 2022 Zozo Championship in Japan
Like most of America, chances are you were sleeping during the first round of the PGA Tour’s. With the event being held at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Chiba, Japan, the broadcast aired ... ( read original story ...)
Sapporo man admits strangling university student
A 53-year-old man who was recently arrested for allegedly abandoning the body of a 22-year-old university student in Sapporo told investigators that he strangled the student indoors, according to ... ( read original story ...)
Israeli accused of drug smuggling in Japan found dead in prison
The prisoner's defense attorney claimed that he was held in conditions that did not suit his medical state and that the High Court refused to transfer him from there despite his complaints. ( read original story ...)
What chip bust? A Japanese semiconductor firm IPO jumps almost 15% in its trading debut
Shares in semiconductor firm Socionext surged 14.6% in their debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, defying both a drought in initial public offerings and a rapidly deflating chip market.
Japan’s Base Food, offering complete nutritional foods, files for IPO
Base Food Tokyo-based Base Food, developing and selling nutritionally complete food products, announced on Wednesday that its IPO application to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange had ...
Roundup: Japan’s Nikkei ends lower on renewed Fed rate hike concerns
Japan benchmark Nikkei stock index ended lower Thursday as investors were in a risk-off mood after the release of better-than-expecte ...
Win a room or bed on an overnight boat from Nagoya in ferry’s Boat Gacha campaign
Travel gacha capsule machines are becoming a fun and popular way to travel around Japan, with new options like the 5,000 yen (US$34.39) random-desination gacha that gets you a randomly chosen plane ... ( read original story ...)