Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced in Nov. 2024 to five years in prison for hacking Bitfinex, has been released early due to First Step Act, Trump's prison-reform law
The Russian-U.S. national who hacked crypto exchange Bitfinex and stole nearly 120,000 bitcoin said he has been freed …
Stable, which is building a new Layer 1 blockchain for stablecoins, raised a $28M seed co-led by Bitfinex and Hack VC
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Sources: Cantor's Brandon Lutnick, the son of the US commerce secretary, seeks to form a $3B bitcoin acquisition vehicle with SoftBank, Tether, and Bitfinex
Investment vehicle backed by son of commerce secretary comes as US adopts more favourable policy on digital currency
Trump signs an EO to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a Digital Asset Stockpile using BTC and other digital assets forfeited in criminal or civil cases
Now, Trump wants to create a crypto “strategic reserve.” (1/2) @theangrydonkey : Earlier this week, Trump announced the names of five digital assets he expects to include in this reserve, spiking the...
Ilya Lichtenstein is sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring with his wife, Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, to launder money from the 2016 Bitfinex hack
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Ilya Lichtenstein is sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring with his wife, Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, to launder money from the 2016 Bitfinex hack
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Filing: US prosecutors ask a judge to sentence Ilya Lichtenstein, mastermind of the 2016 Bitfinex hack, to five years in prison; sentencing is due in November
- Ilya Lichtenstein pled guilty to 2016 Bitfinex exchange hack — He and rapper-wife Razzlekhan conspired to launder proceeds
Arkham: the US government appears to have transferred out about $922M worth of bitcoin from two crypto wallets that held funds seized from a 2016 Bitfinex hack
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Tether promotes long-time CTO Paolo Ardoino to CEO, starting in December, and plans to become a “tech-centric organization”; the current CEO will be an advisor
Tether Appoints CTO Paolo Ardoino as CEO Helen Partz / Cointelegraph : Tether stablecoin firm appoints CTO Paolo Ardoino as CEO Chayanika Deka / CryptoPotato : Paolo Ardoino Takes the Helm as CEO at T...
Ilya Lichtenstein, who earlier pled guilty to laundering $4.5B in bitcoin stolen via Bitfinex's 2016 hack, admits in court to being the original Bitfinex hacker
- A New York man admitted being the original hacker of bitcoin in the 2016 hack on Bitfinex he pleaded guilty in federal court …