Albanian authorities have detained the founder and chief executive of the Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, who allegedly fled Turkey with customer funds as the trading platform collapsed. Faruk Fatih Ozer was wanted for fraud with a red notice issued by Interpol. Albania Captures Alleged Crypto Fraudster, Prepares to Hand Him Over to Turkish Judiciary Police in Albania arrested 27-year-old Turkish businessman Faruk Fatih Ozer who founded and operated the now-defunct crypto exchange Thodex. Albanian law enforcement has been trying to locate him since he reportedly fled to the country with…
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Betting Platform BetDEX Labs Likes the Odds for Its Decentralized Sports Exchange
The decentralized sports betting exchange based on Solana is looking to build a global clearinghouse โwhere people can put up the bets they will take โฆ and the bets they will meetโฆ,โ BetDEX Co-Founder Nigel Eccles said, on CoinDesk TVโs โFirst Mover.โ Source
Brazilian Crypto Exchange Digitra.com Launches Trading Platform Using Nasdaq's Cloud-Based Technology
Nasdaqโs Marketplace Services Platform will support Digitraโs new Trade to Earn feature that awards tokens for every executed trade. Source
Indonesian e-commerce giant buys local crypto exchange for $8 million
Indonesian tech company PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo) bought PT Kripto Maksima Koin,ย a local crypto exchange, in a bid to diversify its assets. The deal makes a landmark in the merging of mainstream and crypto in the fourth most populated country in the world.ย As reported by Reuters, the sum of the acquisition of 100% shares by the countryโs โbiggest tech firmโ came to 124.84 billion rupiahs ($8.38 million). The deal was finalized on Aug. 25, according to Indonesian media. GoTo didnโt reveal any specific plans for PT Kripto…
Founder of Turkish Crypto Exchange Thodex Arrested in Albania
Faruk Fatih รzer’s exchange suddenly went offline last year, and the founder and CEO fled to Albania, leaving almost 400,000 members in the dark and without access to their funds. Users had deposited $2 billion in cryptocurrencies in the exchange, wrote Cumhuriyet, Turkey’s oldest newspaper, on Tuesday. Source
Wanted Turkish crypto exchange founder detained in Albania
The saga of the defunct Turkish crypto exchange, Thodex, continues as its fugitive founder is now in custody in Albania. Local law enforcement detained Faruk Fatih รzer in an operation carried out at 05:30 AM (UTC) on Tuesday, Aug. 30, in the countryโs capital city Tirana. According to a report byย Cointelegraph Turkey, รzer is currently held in custody. After initial questioning, the Turkish embassy in Tirana will be informed by local authorities. Both the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Albanian government are working together on the case. รzer…
Indonesia’s Biggest Tech Firm Enters Crypto With Purchase of Local Exchange: Report
Kripto Maksima is one of 25 crypto exchanges registered with Indonesia’s Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency, known as Bappebti. The regulator stopped issuing new registration certificates for crypto firms earlier this month, with the aim of making trading activities “transparent, efficient and effective,” Tech in Asia reported, referencing a Bappebti statement. Source
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Half a Billion XRP Worth Over $161,000,000 Leaves Crypto Exchange Kraken: On-Chain Data
On-chain data reveals that an XRP whale transferred more than $160 million worth of XRP from a top crypto exchange. According to blockchain tracker Whale Alert, XRP valued at approximately $161.2 million was moved from crypto exchange Kraken to an unknown wallet. โ500,000,000 XRP (161,221,368 USD) transferred from Kraken to unknown wallet.โ The transaction cost 0.000012 XRP or approximately $0.00000395 on the XRP Ledger. The XRP Ledger or simply XRPL is a decentralized blockchain which uses XRP as the native cryptocurrency. XRP is trading at $0.3295 at the time of…
Coinbase-Backed Crypto Exchange Cooperating With Investigators After Offices Searched by Authorities: Report
Indiaโs leading crypto app is reportedly cooperating with authorities after law enforcement officers searched its premises this week. Reuters reports that agents from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Indiaโs financial-crime agency tasked to investigate money laundering and foreign exchange offenses, raided the offices of crypto platform CoinSwitch on Thursday. An unnamed source with direct knowledge of the case claims that the search is related to suspected violations of the countryโs foreign exchange law. The agents reportedly asked about the companyโs foreign investments, income and outflows to check for compliance. CoinSwitch CEO…