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Texas promoter behind $20M Meta‑1 Coin scam gets 23‑year prison term A Texas man who helped run a multimillion‑dollar cryptocurrency scam built on fake claims of gold and fine art reserves has been sentenced to more than two decades in federal prison. Robert Dunlap, portrayed as a trustee and leading promoter of the Meta‑1 Coin…

Pakistan Eases Crypto Banking Clampdown For Licensed Firms Banks in Pakistan are now officially allowed to open accounts for licensed cryptocurrency companies, ending a years‑long blockade that had effectively shut the sector out of the formal financial system since 2018. The shift follows the country’s new legal framework for digital assets and marks the first…

US urged to abolish crypto capital gains tax to unlock real currency competition A policy scholar at the Cato Institute is calling for a sweeping change to how the United States taxes Bitcoin and other digital assets, arguing that the current capital gains regime effectively prevents cryptocurrencies from functioning as real money. Nicholas Anthony, a…

$9.5M vanishes via fake Ledger Live app tied to 150 KuCoin addresses A counterfeit version of the Ledger Live wallet app listed on Apple’s App Store has been linked to a sophisticated crypto theft totaling around $9.5 million, affecting more than 50 victims across multiple blockchains. The scam ran for roughly a week, from 7…

South Korea’s Third-Largest Crypto Exchange Hit With Major AML Sanctions Coinone, one of South Korea’s biggest digital asset trading platforms, is under heavy regulatory fire after authorities uncovered extensive anti-money laundering (AML) lapses. The exchange, ranked third in the country by size, now faces millions in fines, a temporary business restriction, and a formal reprimand…