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US, Canadian investors to get full compensation in GSB Group settlement

The German group is accused of running a multilevel marketing scheme that took in hundreds of millions of dollars in supposed crypto and metaverse investments.

Securities regulators in 12 US states have secured reimbursement for investors who lost money in an investment scheme that included the Lydian.World metaverse, cryptocurrency and the tokenized partial ownership of a metaverse skyscraper.

According to the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), the regulators reached a settlement with a group of German companies associated with Josip Heit and known collectively as the GSB Group for the return of all money and cryptocurrency deposited with GSB Group for any purpose.

According to a statement released by the legal representatives of Heit and GSB Group, US investors in the settling states will receive compensation and those states “will withdraw all prior allegations of fraud or dishonest practices.”

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South Korean Government Slaps Sanctions on 15 Individuals Allegedly Involved in North Korea’s Crypto Heists

Over $300M in BTC Stolen From Japanese Exchange DMM Bitcoin in Major Security Breach

Over 0M in BTC Stolen From Japanese Exchange DMM Bitcoin in Major Security BreachDMM Bitcoin, a subsidiary of DMM Group, has reported a significant security breach resulting in the theft of 4,502.9 bitcoin (BTC), valued at approximately $303 million. The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange detected the unauthorized transfer of funds from its wallet at 1:26 p.m. on Friday, May 31, 2024. In response, DMM Bitcoin has assured its customers […]

South Korean Government Slaps Sanctions on 15 Individuals Allegedly Involved in North Korea’s Crypto Heists

DAO Maker hack victims still await reimbursement 3 years later

Investors say they lost thousands of dollars from the 2021 hack and never received a portion of the funds they were promised as compensation.

The DAO Maker crypto fundraising platform, not to be confused with the MakerDAO stablecoin protocol, is attempting to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund new Web3 projects in 2024. However, victims of its August 2021 hack say the project never reimbursed them for the losses they suffered in the attack, even though its development team promised to make all victims whole again. 

Victims also claim that DAO Maker is liable for these losses, as the hack was allegedly the result of a private key compromise suffered due to its developers’ negligence.

DAO Maker was first exploited in August 2021, when approximately $7 million of users’ funds were stolen. The development team later acknowledged that the exploit had occurred because of a private key hack. At the time, it agreed to partially compensate investors with an immediate airdrop of 500 USD Coin (USDC) per person. The remaining compensation was to be paid through an IOU token called “USDR.” This token would become redeemable for the protocol’s native coin, DAO, at prevailing prices within one year.

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South Korean Government Slaps Sanctions on 15 Individuals Allegedly Involved in North Korea’s Crypto Heists

P2P Bitcoin Exchange Paxful Suspends Marketplace With Uncertainty of Return

P2P Bitcoin Exchange Paxful Suspends Marketplace With Uncertainty of ReturnAccording to a message from Paxful Founder and CEO, Ray Youssef, the peer-to-peer bitcoin trading platform is suspending its marketplace, and the company is uncertain if it will return. Youssef cited challenges such as regulations and some key staff departures, but he also noted that he could not share the full story at this time. […]

South Korean Government Slaps Sanctions on 15 Individuals Allegedly Involved in North Korea’s Crypto Heists

Report: Judge in MTI Liquidation Case Issues Order Designating Bitcoin an Intangible Asset

Report: Judge in MTI Liquidation Case Issues Order Designating Bitcoin an Intangible AssetA judge in the collapsed online bitcoin trading platform Mirror Trading International’s liquidation case has issued a provisional liquidation order that outlines the criteria to be used when reimbursing investors. The order also reportedly directs the liquidators to regard bitcoin “as [an] intangible asset that constitute[s] property.” Claims for Reimbursement Must Be Submitted in Local […]

South Korean Government Slaps Sanctions on 15 Individuals Allegedly Involved in North Korea’s Crypto Heists