RatEx42 has added Chainvalley to the RatEx42 Listings platform as part of our “scoreboard + decision tool” relaunch: turning investigations into a clear, comparable Risk Signal—and tracking how it changes over time. For the current evidence set, Chainvalley is rated ⚫ BLACK (Severe Risk), driven by repeated “fake-fiat / fake banking deposit” patterns reported in offshore casino cashier flows.
Kryptonim, a Poland-registered crypto on-ramp that markets itself as an “EU-regulated” service, has been added to the RatEx42 Listings platform. Based on the current evidence set and repeated adverse exposure in published investigative artifacts, RatEx42 assigns Kryptonim an editorial Risk Signal of RED (High Risk).
Peter Thiel and a coterie of tech heavyweights—including Palmer Luckey, Joe Lonsdale, and a pair of crypto-native operators—have filed for a U.S. national-bank charter for Erebor Bank, a digital-first lender built for startups and token-economy firms. If approved, the $2 billion-valued venture could become the first federally chartered bank with stablecoins on its balance sheet, rebooting the post-SVB innovation stack and pressuring legacy banks to move faster on crypto rails.
A7A5, a ruble-pegged stablecoin, is officially issued in Kyrgyzstan by the company Old Vector under the country’s new digital asset regulatory framework. Despite its...
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YoBit is a cryptocurrency exchange that has operated since 2014, officially registered in Panama as YoBiCrypto Corp. The platform is notable for...
A7A5, a rouble-pegged stablecoin launched this year in Kyrgyzstan, has processed ≈ $9 bn in cross-border transfers despite a market cap under $200 mn....
CoinJoin: Overview and Mechanism
CoinJoin is a privacy-enhancing technique developed for Bitcoin that allows multiple users to combine their transactions into a single, joint transaction....
On 16 June 2025 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) entered a stipulated order requiring Paddle.com Market Limited, the London-based “merchant-of-record” payments platform serving...
Malta’s Financial Services Authority (MFSA) is accelerating MiCA approvals for major crypto exchanges at a pace alarming EU regulators, reviving concerns about the island’s...
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RatEx42 is expanding its scope from rating cyber finance providers to also reviewing their core products—including tokens, wallets, trading apps, and smart contracts. These...
