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$50 Million Gone? South African Police Probe Suspected Bitcoin Ponzi

As much as $50 million may have been lost by an international group of investors after putting their money into a bitcoin investment group.

By Nikhilesh DeMar 2, 2018

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The era of ‘suitcase money’ is over: Why your offshore crypto is no longer safe from the taxman

Holders with large troves of unreported crypto held offshore are rightly getting nervous about new and invasive tax-reporting regimes.

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Strategy raises STRC dividend as the preferred stock's price drifts below par

The dividend increase follows renewed pressure on STRC, which has been trading below its $100 par value.

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Single trader just lost $220 million as ether plunged 10%

A massive ETH liquidation on Hyperliquid led a leverage-driven wipeout that pushed total crypto liquidations past $2.5 billion in 24 hours.

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Tom Lee’s BitMine sits on $6 billion loss from ether bets

The firm’s recent ETH purchases came just ahead of a sharp market slide, pushing unrealized losses past $6 billion as liquidity thinned and liquidations picked up.

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