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ForkLog 41 29.11.2023

DevTernity 2023 IT Conference Cancelled Over Fake Female Speakers

Programmer Gergely Orosz exposed the organisers of the Latvian IT conference DevTernity for deception — the event site lists non-existent speakers.

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ForkLog 30 27.11.2023

Forbes reveals the locations of Bhutan’s bitcoin farms

The Kingdom of Bhutan has become a crypto Shangri-La thanks to government land, financing and energy for Bitcoin mining. Journalists from Forbes shared the results of their investigation.

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ForkLog 10 22.11.2023

What lies ahead for Binance and CZ? Experts assess the exchange’s prospects after deal with U.S. authorities

Given the scale of Binance's operations, the outcome of the investigation will undoubtedly affect the entire crypto industry. ForkLog discussed the situation with experts.

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ForkLog 37 06.10.2023

Binance’s story as told by Forbes — from ICO to a multi-billion-dollar business

Forbes conducted an investigation into the rise of the leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance—from a virtually failed ICO in 2017 to large holdings of digital assets.

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ForkLog 57 05.10.2023

Media report Russians’ sanctions-busting via crypto firms in Estonia and Lithuania

VSquare experts analysed around 300 crypto companies registered in Estonia and Lithuania and found dozens of cases of fraud, money laundering, sanctions evasion and illicit financing of criminal organisations.

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ForkLog 8 29.09.2023

Media reports of searches at Nvidia’s French office

French authorities conducted searches at Nvidia's local office as part of an antitrust investigation into the cloud-computing sector.

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ForkLog 22 25.09.2023

Wallets linked to Bitmama, accused of cryptocurrency fraud, identified.

The BitOK service identified key addresses linked to the activities of Valeriya Fedyakina, accused of cryptocurrency fraud and known by the nickname Bitmama.

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ForkLog 11 25.09.2023

US trains Ukraine to detect sanctions evasion through cryptocurrencies

Ukrainian law enforcement completed the second stage of online training focused on tracking cryptocurrencies to combat sanctions evasion.

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ForkLog 11 20.09.2023

Media: Ukrainian official reports disappearance of $647,000 in cryptocurrency

Maxim Kiselyov, head of the Department of the Executive Service at Ukraine's Ministry of Justice, told cyberpolice about the theft of $647,000 in cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 32 15.09.2023

Journalists reveal the role of SBF’s parents in building the FTX empire

Bloomberg: the parents of former FTX head SBF — Stanford professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried — played a key role in turning their son from a bookish student into a well-connected crypto magnate.

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ForkLog 9 13.09.2023

Pre-trial investigation opened in Ukraine into crypto-market participants

The Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine will review bitcoin exchanges whose owners and founders are residents of Ukraine.

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ForkLog 61 07.08.2023

Huobi faces funds outflow amid insolvency rumours

From August 5 to 6, the crypto exchange Huobi faced a large outflow amid rumours of potential bankruptcy, with its TVL falling by almost $54 million.

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