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Homeowners Insurance Does Not Cover Cryptocurrency Theft, 4th Circuit Affirms
A federal appeals court has affirmed that a homeowners insurance policy does not cover the theft of cryptocurrency because the loss of a digital currency does not involve a "direct physical loss" as ...
Crypto Ransom Attack Payments Hit Record $1B in 2023
Payments from crypto-related ransom attacks nearly doubled to a record $1 billion in 2023, blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said on Wednesday. Scammers targeting institutions such as hospitals, ...
Investors Step Up Risk Management After Last Year’s Crypto Meltdowns
Cryptocurrency investors have grown more cautious about who they do business with after being burned last year by sudden collapses of Celsius Network, Voyager Digital, FTX and others, and fearing a ...
FTX Liability Tentacles Spread Far
As the spectacle knowingly or unwittingly orchestrated by Sam Bankman-Fried, cofounder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading and cryptocurrency trading firm ...
Elon Musk Sued for $258 Billion Over Alleged Dogecoin Pyramid Scheme
Elon Musk was sued for $258 billion on Thursday by a Dogecoin investor who accused him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency. In a complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan, ...
FTC Says $1 Billion Lost in Cryptocurrency Scams Since 2021
According to a report from the FTC, over 46,000 people lost over $1 billion in cryptocurrency from scams since the start of 2021. The losses in 2021 ($680 million) were nearly six times what they ...
World’s First Crypto Mortgage? Homeowners Insurers Don’t Hate It
If homeowners insurance carriers weren't facing enough issues this year, here's one more to think about: A Miami company is now offering cryptocurrency-based mortgages. Some insurance representatives ...
Cryptocurrency Crime Hit Record $14B in 2021
Crime involving cryptocurrencies hit an all-time high of $14 billion last year, according to blockchain researcher Chainalysis — a record that comes as regulators call for more powers over the ...