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A Definitive Ruling on Usmanov's Alleged Ties to Putin As reported by FinCrime Observer, the Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov secured...

Reuters published an interesting report about the world's largest crypto platform Binance. According to the report, Binance processed transactions totaling at least $2.35 billion stemming from hacks, investment frauds, and illegal drug sales between 2017 and 2021. Crypto researcher Chainalysis concluded in a 2020 report that Binance received criminal funds totaling $770 million in 2019 alone, more than any other crypto exchange. The Reuters article is certainly worth reading.

That's at least strange! The leading but highly disputed crypto exchange Binance will make a $200 million investment in Forbes, the media company announces, as it prepares to go public via a SPAC. This transaction is reminiscent of the New Economy in 2000 when the Internet company AOL acquired the Time Warner media group. It was a sign to many that the old economy was being taken over by the Internet and tech companies. Now crypto is taking on the world!

The security news and investigation platform KrebsOnSecurity uncovered vast cybercrime activities on Facebook early April 2019. Almost 120...