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Jake Paul, Akon, Lindsay Lohan, Ne-Yo, charged in illicit crypto scam
The other celebrities accused include DeAndre Cortez Way (Soulja Boy), Austin Mahone, Michele Mason (Kendra Lust) and Miles Parks McCollum (Lil Yachty)
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Bitcoin hits $28,000, taking the global crypto market size to $1.16 trillion
The price of the largest digital currency Bitcoin is expected to hit $30,000 soon
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Dubai offers up $5m to attract new crypto firms
DMCC and Digital Wave Finance team up to attract new crypto businesses
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India surprises with having 6th highest crypto ownership globally despite ban threats: Research
China, despite widespread bans on crypto services and transactions in the country, has the largest proportion of its population owning cryptocurrency, followed by the US, while UAE fails to figure in top 10
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Beware of getting ‘hooked, lined and sinked’ into cryptocurrency scams
As cryptocurrency trading reaches new heights, users need to be more aware of ever-present scams
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UAE has been ‘proactive’ in positioning itself as a crypto hub: AB UAE Conference
The panellists talked about the need for crypto regulations, and how the UAE has unlocked ‘intelligent energy’
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Industry cheers as crypto market crosses crucial $1 trillion mark
The total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours was to the tune of $56.97 billion, up by 1.19 percent from the previous day, the CoinMarketCap data showed
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The Middle East is critical to the future of crypto
While 2022 was challenging, 2023 is an opportunity for the crypto industry to come of age
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Bitcoin bull run: Cryptocurrency breaches $21,000 with experts predicting end of crypto winter
The crypto market started 2023 on a highly positive note with Bitcoin breaching the $17,000 mark last Monday, January 9, and sustained the upward trajectory throughout the week
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Charged with ‘epic’ fraud, FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried released on $250mn bail
Two of his top executives pleaded guilty to various criminal charges related to fraud at FTX and are cooperating with the federal government
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Binance withdrawals reach $3.7bn in a week
Binance net outflows hit $1.9bn in just one day say analysts
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Dubai’s crypto push in spotlight after $32bn FTX collapse
Dubai has positioned itself as a crypto-hub – what does that mean after the collapse of FTX?
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Binance chief Zhao seeks Middle East investors for crypto recovery fund
Zhao’s move comes after the world witnessed FTX’s bankruptcy earlier this month
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US seizes $1 billion in crypto from dark web drug marketplace
Supposedly the largest amount of illicit finds ever recovered by federal law enforcement, the bitcoins were stolen from the dark web
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Why MENA is fastest-growing cryptocurrency market in the world
Cryptocurrency is emerging as a $566bn market in the MENA region and is set to get even bigger
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Bitcoin predicted to hit $35,000 while Ethereum expected to exceed $2,000: Research
The predictions are expected through March 2023 based on surveys of over 200 professionals