Federal prosecutors have charged two founders of the Samourai Wallet crypto-mixing service with aiding in the laundering of $100 million in proceeds from criminal activities.
Sources have revealed that Founders Fund, the venture capital firm established by billionaire Peter Thiel, is once again allocating investments into bitcoin and ether, indicating a resurgence of interest in cryptocurrency markets within Silicon Valley. Between late summer and early fall of the previous year, the fund directed $200 million towards acquiring crypto tokens, with an even split between bitcoin and ether, as disclosed by two individuals familiar with the situation to Reuters.