Court Postpones First Hearing in Tornado Cash Developer’s Case in the Netherlands
The court in the Netherlands postponed the first hearing in the case of Tornado Cash cryptomixer protocol developer Alexei Pertsev until 2024. The decision was handed down on Wednesday, May 24, in Den Bosch. The local court explained that all hearing slots until the en ...
Crypto Regulation in the Spotlight: CFTC and SEC Gear Up for Oversight
The Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said she is ready to regulate cryptoindustry with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Christy Goldsmith Romero said the regulator is now conducting several major investigations related ...
Ledger CEO Confirms Authorities Can Access Private Keys via New Firmware
The CEO of Ledger confirmed that because of the new firmware of Ledger Nano X hardware cryptocurrencies, authorities will be able to access private keys for the sake of investigations. Last week Ledger announced the launch of Ledger Recovery service to restore access to c ...
Binance Conducts Offline Training in Ukraine to Combat Crypto-Crime
This is the first offline event from Binance since the war began It was attended by regulators, the National Police and cyber experts The company taught how to combat cryptocurrency crimes The Binance crypto exchange held training seminars for regulat ...
Ethereum Foundation Releases Software Update to Address Network Failures
The Ethereum Foundation developers have released a software update for Prysm and Teku clients to prevent further network failures. Large-scale outages occurred May 11 and 12, when the Ethereum network experienced block finalization problems twice in a 24-hour period. T ...