For Sale: Trump leveraging power of his office to reap profits for family businessesDonald Trump's second term is marked by unprecedented leveraging of his office for personal gain. Trump family businesses have amassed hund...
18 Jul, 2025, 05.35 PM IST
Thai police bust multi-million dollar investment scam, arrest 13 including 5 Australians from a luxury mansionThai police, aided by Australian intelligence, raided a Bangkok mansion. They arrested thirteen foreign nationals. The group, including Aus...
19 Jun, 2025, 10.03 AM IST
Queensland hacker Shane Duffy loses $4.5M in cybercrime asset seizure, including BitcoinsAustralian authorities have successfully seized over $4.5 million in assets from Shane Stephen Duffy, a Queenslander accused of cybercrime....
19 May, 2025, 02.38 PM IST
This crypto presidency should worry us allDonald Trump's administration has reversed crypto regulations, dismantling the SEC's crypto enforcement efforts while his family launches c...
19 Apr, 2025, 02.29 PM IST
Intel agency pins 'suspicion' of crypto being used for terror financing, drugs trafficking in IndiaA federal financial intelligence unit in India suspects that cryptocurrency is being used for serious criminal activities such as terrorist...
12 Mar, 2025, 05.52 PM IST
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months for allowing money launderingZhao pleaded guilty in November to one count of failing to take required anti-money-laundering measures and stepped down as Binance agreed ...
01 May, 2024, 07.48 AM IST
Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison"There is absolutely no doubt that Mr. Bankman-Fried's name right now is pretty much mud around the world," Kaplan said of the 32-year-old ...
29 Mar, 2024, 09.11 AM IST
Led by Elon Musk, Silicon Valley inches to the rightLong considered non-identifiable ideologically, Musk's politics are now hardline right-wing as he uses his platform (now called X) to stoke...
10 Mar, 2024, 09.19 AM IST
Sam Bankman-Fried's trial: five key moments from the first weekBankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to charges of stealing billions of dollars in customer funds to prop up his crypto-focused hedge fund,...
06 Oct, 2023, 09.40 PM IST
Sam Bankman-Fried's trial: four key points raised in opening statementsThe trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried began with opening statements from both the prosecution and defense. Prosecutors accused Bankman...
05 Oct, 2023, 10.44 AM IST
Sam Bankman-Fried used $100 million in stolen FTX funds for political donations, US saysSam Bankman-Fried used money he stole from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange to make more than $100 million in political campaig...
15 Aug, 2023, 11.06 AM IST
Time to reassess what is good, what is bad and what is ugly about India's tech regulationsThree sets of issues emerge here - understanding the nature of technology-linked risks, assessing the challenges to governance, and being i...
14 Mar, 2022, 12.03 AM IST
Russians liquidating crypto in the UAE as they seek safe havensOne crypto firm has received lots of queries in the past 10 days from Swiss brokers asking to liquidate billions of dollars of bitcoin beca...
11 Mar, 2022, 10.39 PM IST
Amid crypto's Wild West, Binance says a sheriff is neededBinance's call for regulation reminds some on Wall Street of the playbook that companies have followed in other disruptive industries after...
17 Nov, 2021, 12.30 PM IST
I spy TeslaIn today’s ETtech Evening Briefing: Hackers breach cameras at Tesla, banks, jails, and more in the US; Netflix pilots Mobile+ subscription ...
13 Mar, 2021, 03.30 PM IST
Money must be simple, bitcoin isn’tIn one of the most dramatic economic bubbles, Bitcoin has now fallen to under $3,300.
14 Dec, 2018, 01.05 PM IST
This asset class turned Rs 1 lakh into Rs 625 crore in 7 years; make a wild guess!Deutsche Bank recently joined the ranks of those warning against this asset class.
27 Nov, 2017, 12.30 PM IST