Maria Garcia is an award-winning journalist with expertise in international crime and justice. She brings human-centric stories to the forefront of complex legal and financial topics.
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Do Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for orchestrating a fraud that led to the $40 billion collapse of TerraUSD and Luna.
A global crackdown on crypto-related crime is accelerating, with South Korea indicting police in a $186M laundering scheme and Australia introducing a major regulatory bill.
China's cybersecurity agency has accused the US government of orchestrating the 2020 theft of $13 billion in Bitcoin, linking the hack to a major US criminal case.
D-Wave Quantum Inc. announced a 100% increase in Q3 revenue to $3.7 million, but also reported a significantly wider net loss of $140.8 million.
Global authorities are escalating their crackdown on illicit crypto activities, targeting North Korean hackers, non-compliant exchanges, and privacy tool developers.
International police operations in Europe and Hong Kong have led to dozens of arrests in connection with crypto scams totaling nearly $900 million.