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A new court filing hints that Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, who were charged with laundering $4.5 billion in hacked bitcoin back in 2016, appear to be gearing up to plead guilty.

Ellison fretted that the star-crossed lovers were at risk of “making things weird” and “causing drama."

Next week’s U.S. central bank interest rate decision and the bitcoin options expiry are unlikely to move markets, which have been stuck for weeks.

Human communication systems are under threat from linguistic robots (AI). But the same spammy problem helped lead to the creation of Bitcoin.

The pair will forfeit the proceeds from nearly 120,000 bitcoins they allegedly laundered from the hacked crypto exchange.

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for July 21, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

Several Bitcoin price indicators suggest that BTC’s narrow trading range could end soon, resulting in a volatile price move in BTC and altcoins.

Sam Bankman-Fried attempted to publicly discredit government witness Caroline Ellison, who was once his business ally and a romantic partner, the DoJ argued.

The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, established in 2021, will be merged with the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.

Criminals have moved away from using Bitcoin for money laundering, with stablecoins emerging as an alternative due to accessibility.

Vermont issued the investor alert after a 74-year-old man lost his life savings of over $340,000 in a crypto fraud orchestrated over Instagram and Telegram.

The platform, monitored by local regulators, will be the only space in the country where the legal exchange of digital assets is allowed.