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Craig Wright, who controversially claims to be Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, was called “a liar and a fraud” in a message signed by over 100 Bitcoin addresses that CoinDesk says he claims to own. CoinDesk says the message shows that Wright doesn’t control these addresses, which still holds Bitcoins mined in 2009.
Researchers from the cloud security firm Red Canary revealed that thousands of enterprise systems were infected with Monero-mining malware by the Blue Mockingbird group. Hackers exploited a vulnerability of some ASP.NET applications to plant web shells on servers and get admin-level access to install software that mines Monero.
California-based startup BitClave settled with the U.S. SEC to return $25.5 million that it raised in 2017 back to investors and pay an additional ~$4 million in fines and fees. The SEC claims that BitClave’s CAT tokens, sold during an ICO, were unregistered investment contracts. Uncirculated CAT tokens will be transferred for “permanent disabling”, and will be delisted from exchanges.
JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit for overcharging its customers for buying cryptos using Chase credit cards in 2017-2018. As a part of the settlement agreement, JPMorgan Chase has not admitting to any wrongdoing.