The case of the woman who stole billions and vanished refers to Ruja Ignatova, also known as the “Cryptoqueen”. As the founder of the fraudulent cryptocurrency OneCoin, she scammed investors out of an estimated $4 billion to $15 billion before disappearing in 2017. Despite being on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, her exact whereabouts remain a mystery.

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Russian cryptocurrency scammer Roman Novak and his wife were reportedly found dead in the United Arab Emirates under mysterious circumstances. Novak, who was previously linked to multiple large-scale crypto fraud operations, had been living abroad to avoid legal scrutiny. The sudden discovery of the couple’s bodies has raised questions regarding potential financial disputes, criminal retaliation, or internal conflict within international scam networks, as authorities continue to investigate the cause of death

Thailand’s Ministry of Finance has issued a regulation exempting personal income tax on capital gains from cryptocurrency and digital token trades for a five-year period from 2025 through 2029. The exemption applies only when digital asset transactions are conducted through licensed exchanges, brokers, or dealers under Thai law. This policy is intended to make Thailand a more attractive hub for digital asset investment and to encourage compliant trading within regulated platforms. Download the Movement Market app in my bio and start launching your own memecoins 🚀

Elon Musk – who is worth over $260 billion and donated over $100 million to a pro-Trump super PAC – is now poised to be the incoming president’s most influential political and business adviser. Trump promised Musk the position as head of a new Department of Government Efficiency during a September appearance at the Economic Club of New York. Musk has nicknamed the not-yet-formed department DOGE, a nod to his meme cryptocurrency, causing the coin to jump in market capitalization over 6% in the last 24 hours. Trump promised Musk the position as head of a new Department of Government Efficiency during a September appearance at the Economic Club of New York. The role could give the billionaire executive the power to recommend deep cuts to what he thinks of as a “vast federal bureaucracy…holding back America in a big way.” Read more on what Trump’s win might mean for Elon Musk at the link in the bio 👆 Article by Rebecca Bellan and Aria Alamalhodaei Image Credits: Getty Images #TechCrunch #technews #artificialintelligence #AI #ElonMusk #Tesla #X

The CEO of Canadian cryptocurrency firm WonderFi was kidnapped and held for ransom on Wednesday, according to CBC. Dean Skurka was reportedly shoved into a vehicle in downtown Toronto during rush hour, only to be released uninjured after electronically sending $1 million (presumably CAD) to his captors. The WonderFi CEO is the latest crypto celebrity to fall victim to a violent robbery. This is the 171st incident of physical violence to steal cryptocurrency, a security firm tells the CBC. Skurka’s company reported third-quarter earnings a day before the incident, generating $41 million CAD in revenue during the last nine months. Meanwhile, the price of Bitcoin soared above $76,000 this week, reaching a new record high for the digital currency. Article by Maxwell Zeff Image Credits: Tumisu / pixabay #TechCrunch #technews #crypto #bitcoin #startup #founder

He's baaaaack 👀 Variety reports that Lena Dunham is working with Apple and production studio A24 to adapt Michael Lewis’ book “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon,” which chronicles the life of Sam Bankman-Fried and the implosion of his company, FTX. FTX, once one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, stunningly collapsed in 2022 in a saga that enthralled the tech world and resulted in the criminal indictment of Bankman-Fried for money laundering and fraud. It was almost guaranteed he would get the Hollywood treatment, same as others, like Elizabeth Holmes, before him. Variety also reported that Amazon and another unnamed streamer are working on a limited series about Bankman-Fried and FTX, too. Image Credits: Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images #TechCrunch #technews #SBF #FTX #crypto #SamBankmanFried

President-elect Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk will co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency, the acronym of which spells out DOGE, Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency. The CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, and owner of X, Neuralink, and The Boring Company, will lead the department alongside biotech entrepreneur and former presidential hopeful, Vivek Ramaswamy, to pave the way for Trump’s administration to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” Notably, DOGE will “provide advice and guidance from outside of Government,” which suggests it will not be an official government agency that requires legislative approvals and funding. Rather, DOGE will partner with the White House and Office of Management & Budget, according to the press release. Read more on DOGE and Musk's appointment at the link in the bio 👆 Article by Maxwell Zeff Image Credits: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post / Getty Images #TechCrunch #technews #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump #government #policy

🐕 DOGE 🐕 President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that one of his top donors, Elon Musk, will co-lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. It’s a not-even-thinly-veiled nod to the popular Doge meme, depicting a cute Shiba Inu, which is also the inspiration behind the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin. The commission, which will advise Trump, isn’t an actual government department — those have to be affirmed by Congress. But Musk seems to have successfully turned a joke he made on X in August into an actual advisory role in the Trump administration. Musk has been a known proponent of the Doge meme for years. Read more on DOGE at the link in the bio 👆 Article by Amanda Silberling Image Credits: Anna Moneymaker, edited by TechCrunch / Getty Images #TechCrunch #technews #artificialintelligence #DOGE #ElonMusk #crypto

The adoption of cryptocurrency-linked consumer products continues to gain momentum as traditional payment networks and fintech providers expand their reach into digital assets. Fold Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: FLD), a bitcoin-focused financial services company, announced on Sept. 23 that it has partnered with Stripe and Visa to introduce the Fold Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card. The new offering aims to make bitcoin accumulation a natural extension of everyday spending, highlighting broader demand for simplified access to digital currencies in mainstream finance.