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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻“This year, a single French gang cut off the finger of an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/entrepreneur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#entrepreneur</a>, doused an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/influencer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#influencer</a>’s father in gasoline and tried to snatch a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CEO</a>’s daughter from the streets of Paris, according to French police. An Italian <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/investor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#investor</a> was tortured with a chainsaw and taser for weeks in a New York City townhouse, local police said. A British <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/trader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trader</a> was allegedly held captive in a Spanish hotel room. A popular influencer in Houston, Texas, was held at gunpoint and pistol-whipped in her own home while her three assailants demanded millions in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryptocurrency</a>, according to local news reports. The list goes on.As the industry matures, so does the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> guarding <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/exchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exchanges</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/wallets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wallets</a>. The value stored within these <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DigitalVaults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalVaults</a> is soaring. The result: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacks</a> are becoming <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/heists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heists</a>. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cryptocurrency</a> has long suffered from sophisticated and devastating <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DigitalAttacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalAttacks</a>. Now, however, thefts are manifesting in the offline world, too. For the industry’s high-rollers, the targets on their backs have never felt heavier.”The influence gap is narrowing between the digital on the physical world.<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RealWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RealWorld</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IRL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IRL</a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/28/cryptocurrency-hacks-kidnappings-crime" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/28/cryptocurrency-hacks-kidnappings-crime</a>>

Dimly Lit Corners<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@molly0xfff</a> This is why we can't have nice things. This proposal was written by the rent-seeking <a href="https://c.im/tags/middlemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#middlemen</a> running the exchanges while murdering the original <a href="https://c.im/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryptocurrency</a> idealsJust as in the EU … this would reduce cryptocurrency to a transfer system between <a href="https://c.im/tags/exchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exchanges</a>/banks… No citizen may own their own assets in any real sense, they just have a statement by their exchange/bank, middlemen who promise them an asset… which is even worse than we had beforeAt that point… why even bother? As always middlemen extract a profit while making everything worse, as they collude with clueless authorities to make themselves irreplaceable<a href="https://c.im/tags/NoMiddlemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NoMiddlemen</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.nl/@Paul_Harts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Paul_Harts</a> <a href="https://social.lol/@techlore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@techlore</a> granted the only reason the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UAE</a> and espechally <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dubai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dubai</a> banned <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monero</a> is to "protect" it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TradFin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TradFin</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MoneyLaundry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoneyLaundry</a> that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hawala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hawala</a>:<ul><li>Cuz <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hawaladars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hawaladars</a> have shops, addresses, names and thus are easy to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/coerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coerce</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blackmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blackmail</a> frim the position of the Government. Same with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shitcoins</a> and their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Exchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exchanges</a>: They don't give a shit about <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KYC</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AML</a> when it comes to high-rollers...</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotFinancialAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotFinancialAdvice</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotLegalAdvice</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crime</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhiteCollarCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteCollarCrime</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TraditionalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TraditionalFinance</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoneyLaundering</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/2063080/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/2063080/</a> Why Litecoin Caught Wall Street’s Eye » World Business Outlook <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bitcoin</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cointelegraph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cointelegraph</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crypto</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DigitalSilver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalSilver</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/exchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exchanges</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/investors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#investors</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/litecoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#litecoin</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#markets</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MemeCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MemeCoin</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WallStreet</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/wallets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wallets</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/wbo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wbo</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.online/@Sibshops" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Sibshops</a> not really, it keeps stable at the €250-ish mark, so it's simply a jump in value tuat seems persistent. Whereas any ML would spike it for a bit and/or go down afterwards... <ul><li>I don't have the necessary time nor resources to check for that, and given the rampant use of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shitcoins</a> and the fact that "Non-KYC Crypt-to-Crypto exchangers" have changing wallets as they don't want to tumble clean coins, it's really hard to evidence that.</li></ul>If anything, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/delisting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#delisting</a>|s of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monero</a> made it harder to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AML</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CTF</a> investigations since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Exchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exchanges</a> did keep record on the exact "coin" (like a Serial Number on a banknote), allowing for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cash</a>-like tracing based off known date/time, wallet & coin correlation.<ul><li>Kinda how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LEA</a>|s inject small amounts of cash into organized crime to track correlations.</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cryptocurrency</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shitcoin</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptocurrencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cryptocurrencies</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@briankrebs</a> nothing new. <a href="https://social.bund.de/@BaFin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@BaFin</a> actively pursues not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Exchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exchanges</a> doing undocumented, unregulated and illegal <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptocurrencyExchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CryptocurrencyExchanges</a> but also holds <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ladlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ladlords</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/businesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#businesses</a> in contempt for even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hosting</a> "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bitcoin</a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ATM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATM</a>|s" and similar <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Exchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exchange</a> options without explicit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/permission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#permission</a>...See <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShitcoinsClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShitcoinsClub</a> and others. <a href="https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Veroeffentlichungen/EN/Verbrauchermitteilung/unerlaubte/2020/meldung_200304_KKT_UG_Berlin_en.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Veroeffentlichungen/EN/Verbrauchermitteilung/unerlaubte/2020/meldung_200304_KKT_UG_Berlin_en.html</a>

Daniel AJ Sokolov2/2 Actually, <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceX</a> raised $1.7 billion at the time, at a valuation of 127 billion.That valuation is very different from market capitalization of a stock exchange traded company like Bell Canada.<a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Stock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stock</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Exchanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exchanges</a> are not perfect when it comes to finding the correct <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/price" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#price</a>. But <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VentureCapital</a> funding rounds are outright terrible at pricing.Also, the total funding that SpaceX has obtained is in the single digit billion. That pales in comparison to <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Bell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bell</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canada</a> 's total investment.

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