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Btc-e
Bitcoin From Defunct BTC-e on the Move Again: Report
Someone is trying to cash out bitcoin from an exchange the U.S. shut down in 2017.
By
Anna Baydakova
Sponsored
Mar 24, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 24, 2023
BTC-e
Wex
Bitcoin
Technology
Btc-e
Bitcoin Wallet of the Failed BTC-e Exchange Wakes Up
Someone transferred 10,000 BTC from a previously sleeping wallet identified as holding the treasury of the failed BTC-e exchange.
By
Anna Baydakova
Sponsored
Nov 23, 2022 at 4:49 p.m. UTC
Nov 23, 2022
BTC-e
Wex
Crime
Mt. Gox
Finance
Dmitri vasilev
Former CEO of Russian Crypto Exchange WEX Is Arrested in Warsaw: Report
Dmitri Vasilev may now be extradited to Kazakhstan after managing to return to Russia following his first arrest.
By
Nate DiCamillo
Sponsored
Sep 17, 2021 at 8:26 p.m. UTC
Sep 17, 2021
Dmitri Vasilev
Wex
Arrest
Markets
Exchanges
Bomb Threats Demanding Bitcoin Force Evacuations Across Russia
Someone has been sending bomb threats across Russia for a month, demanding $870,000 worth of bitcoin supposedly stolen from the defunct cryptocurrency exchange WEX.
By
Anna Baydakova
Sponsored
Dec 24, 2019 at 4:45 p.m. UTC
Dec 24, 2019
Exchanges
BTC-e
Wex
Markets
Crime
Criminal Case Against Failed WEX Crypto Exchange Points at Russian Law Enforcement
The administrator of failed crypto exchange WEX has reportedly told Russian police that he was forced to hand over users' holdings to the FSB.
By
Anna Baydakova
Sponsored
Nov 15, 2019 at 9:22 p.m. UTC
Nov 15, 2019
Crime
Exchanges
BTC-e
News
Police Investigations
Alexander Vinnik
Wex
Markets
Crime
$2 Billion Lost in Mt. Gox Bitcoin Hack Can Be Recovered, Lawyer Claims
A Russian law firm says it can help Mt Gox creditors recover up to $2 billion worth of bitcoins stolen in the 2014 hack.
By
Anna Baydakova
Sponsored
Sep 12, 2019 at 9:45 p.m. UTC
Sep 12, 2019
Crime
Mt Gox
BTC-e
Legal
Wex
Markets
Btc-e
Ex-CEO of Crypto Exchange WEX Arrested In Italy
Dmitri Vasilev, the former CEO of now-defunct crypto exchange WEX, has reportedly been arrested in Italy.
By
Anna Baydakova
Sponsored
Jul 19, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 19, 2019
BTC-e
News
Wex
Markets
Crime
Crypto Exchange WEX Linked to Iranian Ransomware Operators, Says PwC
Cryptocurrency exchange WEX, formerly called BTC-e, may have been used to launder illicit gains from the SamSam ransomware, according to PwC.
By
Yogita Khatri
Sponsored
Mar 5, 2019 at 12:40 p.m. UTC
Mar 5, 2019
Crime
Exchanges
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BTC-e
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PwC
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Wex
Markets
Crime
Data Shows Millions Leaving Crypto Wallets Tied to Long-Troubled Exchange
Binance has frozen accounts that received more than 93,000 ether (over $18.9 million) from wallets indirectly linked to troubled Russian exchange WEX.
By
Anna Baydakova
Sponsored
Oct 30, 2018 at 7:15 p.m. UTC
Oct 30, 2018
Crime
Exchanges
BTC-e
Ethereum
Wex
Binance
Markets
Exchanges
Police Filings Mount as Investors Demand Funds from WEX Exchange
Users of the WEX exchange have begun filing police reports after more than three months of being unable to withdraw major cryptocurrencies or fiat.
By
Anna Baydakova
Sponsored
Oct 23, 2018 at 1:07 a.m. UTC
Oct 23, 2018
Exchanges
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