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Consensus Magazine

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.

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Tech

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.

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Finance

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.

Dmitrii Vasilev, ex-CEO of the crypto exchange WEX, during and interview with Michael Chobanyan in Kiev, Ukraine

Markets

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.

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Markets

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.

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Markets

$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.

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Markets

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.

Dmitrii Vasilev, ex-CEO of the crypto exchange WEX, during and interview with Michael Chobanyan in Kiev, Ukraine

Markets

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.

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Markets

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.

Attackers drained all liquidity from the affected QuickSwap pool. (Shutterstock)

Markets

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.

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