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August 3, 2018

REGULATORS AND MEDIA MUST RALLY AGAINST CRYPTO GRIFTERS

It is crypto grifter season. No day goes by without a newly uncovered scam. How can get-rich-quick scammers continue finding victims without opposition? Fintelegram believes..

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July 19, 2018

US FED CHAIRMAN: CRYPTO IS GREAT FOR MONEY LAUNDERING

The Federal Reserve’s new chairman Jerome POWELL made a strong point on cryptocurrencies. He does not see cryptocurrencies as a currency In his view, cryptocurrencies..

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June 30, 2018

AUSTRIAN REGULATOR PLANS TO REGULATE CRYPTO-EXCHANGES AND ICO’S

The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has already been noticed several times in recent weeks that it has set milestones in the regulation of cryptocurrencies...

June 29, 2018

FINTELEGRAM PROJECT: “SHIT COINS” AND ICO EXPERTS’ LIABILITIES

The ICO Ruins, Dead Coins, and the Legacy The era of the ICO’s is obviously coming to an end and leaves behind a terrible legacy...

June 28, 2018

THE END OF THE COMPROMISED ICO SERVICES INDUSTRY: ADVISORY AND BOUNTY CAMPAIGNING MAY BE A REGULATED BUSINESS

The McAfee Way to Exploit The ICO Hype Times are changing rapidly for ICO advisors and cheerleading ICO bounty hunters. Regulators may consider them as..

June 22, 2018

REGULATORY AML-CRACKDOWN ON CRYPTO-EXCHANGES IN JAPAN

We already reported today that the market capitalization of the cryptocurrencies lost almost US$ 17 billion within 24 hours. Analysts do not believe the ground..

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June 21, 2018

BELGIUM FSMA UPDATES LIST OF FRAUDULENT CRYPTO-SCHEMES

The Belgium Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has updated its list of unlawfully operating crypto-schemes along with an article headlined “CRYPTOCURRENCY TRADING PLATFORMS: BEWARE..

June 21, 2018

PROHIBITED CRYPTO-MINING SCHEME VIA STOPPED PAYOUTS TO INVESTORS EVEN THOUGH THE AUTHORITY HAS NOT FROZEN FUNDS

Following many inquiries by clients of INVIA GmbH the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) would like to had to clarify that the prohibiting of INVIA’s..

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June 11, 2018

UPDATE ON REGULATORY HYPOTHESES FOR BLOCKCHAINS AND CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Over the last couple of weeks, regulators and financial market authorities in many jurisdictions have issued decisions regarding blockchains and cryptocurrencies. Just a few days..

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June 7, 2018

A REGULATOR’S STRONG WARNING TO FRAUDULENT ICO ISSUERS

That’s excellent news for investors protection but probably not so good news for crypto-issuers aiming at ICOs. According to a Bloomberg report, the US SEC..

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June 6, 2018

MARSHALL ISLANDS INSTALLED CRYPTO AS LEGAL TENDER REPLACING US DOLLAR

Just in case you missed it. In February 2018, the small Republic of Marshall Islands, an island country located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean..

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June 4, 2018

EVENT: CRYPTO-REGULATION MEETUP ANTE PORTAS

That’s good news to crypto-investors and the crypto-space. The German Blockchain Bundesverband will present and discuss their ideas around crypto-regulation. They call it “Token Regulation”..

The Unraveling of Rabidi and the Rise of the SoftSwiss Network: Our Updated Forensic Report

A few months ago, FinTelegram released a first forensic report on the bankruptcy of Rabidi N.V., a Curacao-registered online casino operator with hundreds of millions in revenues — and no traceable assets by the time of its collapse in May 2024. That report already raised serious questions about the opaque structures behind Rabidi’s operations and its successor, Liernin Enterprises Ltd.

DeFi Decoded: Smart Contracts – The Code Behind the DeFi Revolution

Smart contracts are the invisible architects of decentralized finance. These self-executing lines of code run everything from token swaps to lending platforms without middlemen. But while they offer autonomy, they also introduce new risks—bugs, exploits, and irreversible mistakes. In this fourth installment of our FinTelegram DeFi Series, we explain what smart contracts are.

CFTC

Despite New Crypto Friendlyness: No Settlement Between U.S. CFTC And KuCoin?

A planned settlement between the U.S.CFTC and crypto exchange KuCoin is now in limbo due to a reported policy shift within the CFTC. This change is attributed to the Trump administration’s new approach, which deprioritizes enforcement actions against crypto companies. As a result, a CFTC attorney said that it is "unlikely that such authorization will be granted in the near term" regarding the settlement approval.

SEC’s New Era: Paul Atkins Sworn In—Will Crypto Finally Get the Regulatory Clarity It Deserves?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has entered a new chapter with the swearing-in of Paul S. Atkins as its 34th Chairman, a move widely anticipated to mark a dramatic pivot in how the agency approaches crypto and DeFi regulation. For years, the financial industry—especially the burgeoning digital asset sector—has bristled under the SEC’s “Regulation by Enforcement” strategy.

Crypto Mogul Changpeng Zhao – Fallen, Rich, and Rising Again?

As spring 2025 blooms and Easter’s themes of rebirth fill the air, Changpeng Zhao emerges as one of the most controversial figures of startup mythology: a man who fell spectacularly, paid a price—then rose again, wealthier and louder than ever. Once the almighty architect of Binance, CZ now resides in Dubai with a net worth that Forbes estimates at $63 billion.