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Investors in the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme OneCoin may finally get some relief through a Department of Justice program, some 12 years after the project launched. In the United States, victims of the $4 billion crypto Ponzi scam OneCoin are finally receiving compensation.  On April 13, the US Department of Justice said that $40 million in assets are available to anyone who purchased OneCoin between 2014 and 2019 and experienced a net loss. This program marks a milestone for OneCoin victims, most of whom had no recourse to get back what they lost, until now. Victims in the UK attempted a class action suit in 2024, but it fell apart when litigation funding was terminated. Read more

Australia’s A$24B digital asset opportunity hinges on regulation. Clear rules could drive tokenized markets, faster payments and institutional investment. Australia could generate A$24 billion, or about $17 billion, annually from digital assets and tokenized finance. But that opportunity depends on whether policymakers establish clear and supportive regulatory frameworks. Tokenization could transform financial markets by improving liquidity, automating settlement processes and expanding investor access to assets such as foreign exchange, equities, government debt and investment funds. Tokenized money, including CBDCs and stablecoins, could significantly reduce the cost and time of cross-border payments by minimizing reliance on traditional banking networks. Read more

The corrected filing details timeline, caveats and conditions tied to a potential Naver Financial IPO after the Dunamu share swap deal. South Korean tech company Naver and Upbit operator Dunamu said in a corrected filing that their planned share swap includes forming an initial public offering (IPO) committee for Naver Financial within one year of closing, outlining a path toward a future listing.  The disclosure, outlined in the corrected filing on Wednesday, said the companies would pursue a listing within five years, with a possible two-year extension. Naver said it plans to secure voting rights in Naver Financial so the fintech unit remains a consolidated subsidiary after the deal. The filing suggests the deal goes beyond a simple ownership change, outlining a structure that could eventually bring Upbit’s parent under a listed fintech group. The move indicates Naver and Dunamu are positioning any future South Korea listing at the fintech-parent level rather than through a standalone listing of Upbit’s par...

Упродовж квітня російські війська здійснили 61 обстріл Харкова. Інтенсивність атак зросла на 67,7% у порівнянні з аналогічним періодом минулого року. Про безпекову ситуацію в регіоні повідомив начальник поліції Харківської області…

A Chinese professor's incendiary claim that Bitcoin was engineered by the CIA as a surveillance tool just as BTC is fighting for a breakout. The post Bitcoin is CIA Operation: Professor Jiang Believes appeared first on Cryptonews.

Power Minister Awais Leghari on Thursday reiterated the government’s apology for excessive loadshedding, explaining that the external factor of the fuel supply crisis due to the Middle East war was one of the main reasons. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Leghari reiterated the apology for higher than promised “load management”, which the government had blamed on lower water availability for power generation. “If the public is facing any inconveniences due to us not providing electricity at night and during peak hours, I am directly answerable,” he said. “We apologise too but […] the circumstances are such that they are not in our control. Even then, we ought to apologise,” the minister noted. He said the country had a total shortfall of 4,000 megawatts (MW) due to two reasons: the shortage of fuel imports due to the ongoing Middle East war and reduced hydropower generation. Leghari said the required liquified natural gas (LNG) “stopped coming from abroad after April 1”. He pointed out that Qatar’s...

Aave (AAVE), down 1.1% from Wednesday, was also an underperformer.

DeFi fared pretty well under the House’s version of the CLARITY Act — but the Senate’s revised draft could throw a spanner in the works.

Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский в Нидерландах получил международную премию Four Freedoms Award, которую присудили украинскому народу за стойкость и борьбу против российской агрессии. Во время церемонии в Мидделбурге присутствовали король Виллем-Александр и премьер-министр Роб Йеттен.

De cao’s die in maart werden afgesloten, kennen een gemiddelde loonstijging van 3,1%. Werkgeversorganisatie AWVN maakt zich ‘grote zorgen’ over de ontwikkeling van de lonen en de loonkosten.

Спутник зафиксировал столб дыма над портом Туапсе в Российской Федерации, написало медиа "Радио Свобода". Фото сделали в полдень 16 апреля, через полсуток после атаки дронов. Черно-серое облако покрыло ощутимый кусок побережья, тем временем OSINTеры установили координаты точки попаданий. Что происходит в российском порту, из которого отгружали подсанкционную нефть?

Россияне заявили, что якобы капитан судна, гражданин Турции, госпитализирован в больницу.

Главным цветом смартфона Apple iPhone 18 Pro станет темно-красный, сообщают инсайдеры. Однако Pro-модели вновь могут не получить черного варианта.

Российский военный пилот и Z-блогер Алексей Земцов заявил, что планирует покончить с жизнью из-за конфликта с командованием и давления со стороны высокопоставленных чиновников. Об этом он сообщил в видеообращении, где также рассказал о преследовании после критических публикаций.

Блогер Николас Карма "поймал" в центре Львова супругов Садовых и традиционно поинтересовался, сколько стоят их образы. Вместе с этим, мэр Львова поделился секретами крепкого 25-летнего брака.

В Украине есть серьезная проблема с мобилизацией, ведь из 100 мужчин, которых находят ТЦК, только 15 попадают на линию фронта, заявила нардеп Анна Скороход. По ее словам, на это пожаловались рекрутеры.

The history of the European Union shows that all member states have benefited economically from their neighbors joining the EU, and in this context, Hungary should support Ukraine’s aspirations for European integration.

Ukrainian authorities detained a suspect linked to a $100 million cybercrime network targeting the US and Europe, seizing $11 million in assets, of which $3 million was in cryptocurrency. Ukrainian authorities have arrested a member of an international cybercrime network wanted by the FBI over allegations of fraud and money laundering tied to losses exceeding $100 million across the United States and Europe. The suspect was arrested in the Transcarpathia region during a joint operation involving the National Police of Ukraine and other internal security units, Ukraine police said on Thursday. Officials said the man had been wanted internationally for some time and was eventually found in Uzhhorod, where he was living under a fake identity using forged documents. “He issued fictitious documents about his own death and continued to live in Ukraine as a “new” person, using false documents,” prosecutors said, adding that he laundered illicit proceeds through property acquisitions, often using relatives as interme...

The money will be used by Drift to recover user funds after more than $270 million in clients assets were exploited this month, and will relaunch the protocol as a USDT-based perpetuals DEX on Solana.