Dutch Police Seize $33 Million in Bitcoin from Couple Accused of Money Laundering
Prosecutors from the Netherlands have seized 2,532 bitcoins worth $33 million after a couple was convicted of money laundering by the Rotterdam District Court. The man and his wife were sentenced to two years for illegal money transmission and the court claims the couple’s bitcoin stash was used on the deep web. Dutch officials recently arrested and charged a man and his wife for illegal money transmission and money laundering....
KPMG Expands Crypto Management Suite to Boost Institutional Adoption
KPMG’s cryptocurrency management suite has expanded with the company’s integration of Coin Metrics’ products. KPMG’s new tools are “designed to enable the increasing institutional adoption of cryptoassets.” KPMG Enhances Its Crypto Management Suite KPMG LLP announced Tuesday that it has formed a strategic alliance with the crypto market and network data provider Coin Metrics Inc. This enables the company to provide its clients with...
US Court Dismisses ‘Unique’ YTS Trademark Case Against Pirate Sites & Apps
Brands are important for most businesses. They identify a service or product and are often associated with certain qualities. The position is no different in the piracy ecosystem. Brands are essential there as well but are not always what they seem to be. YTS Copycats Given the nature of pirate sites, brand copying is widespread. This is also the case with YTS, the name of a long-defunct pirate release group. Today, there are still...
RIAA Obtains Subpoenas Targeting 40 YouTube-Ripping Platforms & Pirate Sites
Even erring on the side of caution with conservative estimates, there are at least hundreds of piracy-related sites on the Internet today that the RIAA would like to shut down. To have any chance of doing that, however, early work has to be done to collect various pieces of information. This can include the owners of the platforms’ domains, the IP addresses of their servers and where that hardware is physically hosted, plus any other...
My journey to becoming an open source mentor
I was just 16 when I made my first meaningful open source contribution. It was the first code contribution I ever made, and I learned a lot from it. I’m 20 now, and I’ve been strongly attached to free and open source software (FOSS) ever since. I strive to be a friend to my community colleagues and to help others continue growing, learning, and succeeding. read more Powered by...
