Cryptohack Roundup: Bitcoin Jesus to Settle $50M Tax Charges

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Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, "Bitcoin Jesus" paid $50M to settle tax charges, a trader lost $21M after private key compromise on Hyperliquid, Ethereum Foundation and Keyring launched a fund for Tornado Cash developers, India started probe into Binance traders for alleged crypto tax evasion, hackers' $32.5M dump marked the largest crypto liquidation and New York City launched the nation's first mayoral office for digital assets and blockchain.

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Early bitcoin investor Roger Ver, known as "Bitcoin Jesus," entered a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle federal tax charges. Ver paid nearly $50 million in back taxes, penalties and interest for failing to report his ...