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Crypto

February 11, 2023

Crypto Winter Victim! P2P Crypto Exchange Local Bitcoins Announced Shutdown!

LocalBitcoins, one of the most popular peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchanges, announced this week that it is shutting its business after more than ten years of operation. In its Twitter announcement, the P2P platform said that it can no longer provide its service due to the “challenges during the ongoing very cold crypto-winter.” They already stopped new signups. LocalBitcoins users will be able to withdraw their cryptos over the next 12 months.

Crypto

January 24, 2023

Reuters Claims Binance Processed $346 Million For Seized Crypto Exchange Bitzlato!

According to Reuters, Binance processed almost $346 million in bitcoin for the Russian crypto exchange Bitzlato. The company's founder Anatoly Legkodymov was arrested by U.S. authorities last week for allegedly running a money laundering scheme. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an order identifying Bitzlato Limited d/b/a Bitzlato (www.bitzlato.com) as a primary money laundering concern in connection with Russian illicit finance

Cryptonomics

August 23, 2019

UK High Court ruling in a crypto hack – Bitcoins are property subject to Asset Preservation Orders

London’s Commercial Court recognizes Bitcoin as “property” in an interim judgment on a cryptocurrency hacking case. A remarkable court ruling moves the crypto scene. At..

Urgent Warning: Beware of Suki Chen and the Streakk/Earn World Crypto MLM Schemes!

FinTelegram’s investigations, alongside whistleblower reports, reveal that Suki Chen (aka Sukijami Chendrawan) is the alleged founder of Streakk and successor scheme Earn.World. Both schemes are suspected to be pyramid or snowball schemes (MLM schemes) that have been promoting their own STKK token. These operations have been flagged as fraudulent and are under scrutiny for securities fraud and Ponzi-like activities.

Financial Intelligence Report: The Disappearance of Magua Pay and Black Rabbit – A High-Risk Payment Processor in the Scam Broker Ecosystem

Magua Pay Inc., a Vancouver-based money services business (MSB license M21111044) operating under the brand Black Rabbit, has vanished from the digital landscape as of March 2025. Both its primary website (magua_pay.com) and Black Rabbit’s site are either under construction or offline, signaling potential operational collapse or regulatory pressure. FinTelegram exposed Magua Pay as a payment facilitator of broker scams and unauthorized broker schemes,

Investor Briefing: SilverArrows Group and its Expanding Network

SilverArrows Capital Group, a global investment and advisory firm associated with high-profile figures such as Thomas Limberger, Robert Schimanko, and William H. Shawn, has recently come under scrutiny due to its proximity to the scandalous bankruptcy of Rene Benko’s Signa Group. The firm and its key personnel maintain strong ties to two seemingly influential yet opaque organizations in Germany and Austria.

Breaking: The World Economic Council (WEC), Rene Benko, and Israeli Services!

The collapse of the once-largest European real estate development group SIGNA of the Austrian Rene Benko continues to reveal new layers of intrigue, financial entanglements, and power struggles. While some focus on the billions lost by high-profile investors, the investigative platform Wiener Zocker has now uncovered a particularly exclusive network that has continued to thrive in Benko’s shadow – the World Economic Council (WEC).

Crypto investments

Investor Briefing: Binance’s $2 Billion Investment from MGX and Trump Family Rumors!

On March 12, 2025, Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, announced a landmark $2 billion investment from Abu Dhabi-based MGX, marking its first institutional funding in its eight-year history. This transaction, executed entirely in an unspecified stablecoin, represents the largest single investment in a crypto company to date and signals a significant shift toward institutional adoption of digital assets.