Yuga Labs, the blockchain business behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) Non-Fungible Token (NFT) collection, has launched a lawsuit against digital artist Ryder Ripps and his colleagues for creating a Bored Apes knockoff.
Do Kwon, the once cherished developer who gained prominence with the rise of Terra Blockchain protocol is now being dragged on Twitter for a series of alleged financial misconducts that possibly led to the collapse of UST and LUNA.
While the heat with respect to the Terra protocol collapse is cooling off, global experts, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva waded in to express her feelings about the LUNA and UST crash, calling it a ‘Pyramid’ scheme.
Do Kwon’s scandal seem to be deepening. Prosecutors are investigating whether they will file Ponzi fraud charges against him following the Terra crash, according to The Korea Times.
The challenges ahead for Terra’s co-founders are notably more than just reviving the protocol after UST and LUNA coins collapsed last week.
Activist investor Bill Ackman weighed in on the recent Terra crisis, calling the protocol a crypto version of a pyramid scheme.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to enlarge its special team tasked with investigating cryptocurrency fraud and other criminal actions.
Popular exchange Binance has helped retrieve funds worth $5.8 million that was a part of the $625 million exploited from the Ronin Bridge, known as the home of Axie Infinity.
In their investigation into cybercriminals' activities, the US Secret Service confiscated up to $102 million in cryptocurrency assets.
Christian Devolu of Vice claims that cryptocurrency has fundamentally altered the way cybercrime is perpetrated.
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