Tagged: greece

February 24, 2019 @ 10:20 am By Cali Haan  |  

Alexander Vinnik, a Russian citizen accused of laundering billions while allegedly running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange in London, has ended his 80-day hunger strike, Urdu Point reports. Vinnik was detained in the summer of 2017 after being arrested while vacationing in Greece with his family…. Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 2:27 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Plaintiffs who pressed criminal fraud charges in Cyprus against accused former BTC-e crypto exchange administrator Alexander Vinnick have withdrawn the charges, TASS reports. “A court session of the Limassol District Court was held on November 27, 2018, where the plaintiffs withdrew the action to accuse… Read More

November 25, 2018 @ 6:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alexander Vinnik, the alleged former BTC-e crypto exchange operator, is going to stop eating according to a report in RIA Novosti. Vinnik was arrested in Greece while on vacation in 2017 at the behest of the US Justice Department.  Vinnick has allegedly committed money laundering… Read More

November 21, 2018 @ 5:14 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The legal rights of a man at the centre of an international tug-of-war have been violated by the Greek justice system, a lawyer for accused BTC-e administrator Alexander Vinnik argued in court this week. “You have violated the rights of Alexander Vinnik, who hasn’t received… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 2:24 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Alexander Vinnik, a Russian national accused by the US government of laundering $4 billion dollars of cryptocurrency proceeds of crime will be extradited from Greece to France to face charges there, CNN Greece reports. An unsealed US government indictment charges Vinnik with 21 counts of… Read More

May 7, 2018 @ 4:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hellas Direct, a Greece-based insurtech platform, announced last week it has teamed up with Revolut to “shake up” the insurance industry in Greece and Cyprus. According to Hellas, the new partnership is aiming to improve customer experience and further drive transparency. The announced of Revolute partnership… Read More

July 24, 2017 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd Dialog Europe 2017 will take place in Athens, Greece this coming September. The EU sponsored event will have the participation of crowdfunding experts from across all 28 EU member states. Organizers expect over 400 representatives from business, academia and politics will convene to discuss the most current… Read More

October 18, 2016 @ 11:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday morning, crowdfunding platform Crowdrise announced the launch of a new 24-hour flash fundraiser. This new raise is seeking funds for 1,200 displaced Syrian refugees that are currently in Greece. TV personality, former pro soccer player, and two-time cancer survivor Ethan Zohn and his new… Read More

September 28, 2016 @ 8:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Centaur Analytics, a Greece-based AgTech IoT startup that provides real-time stored agriproducts monitoring and protection solutions, announced on Wednesday it has raised $1.3 million during a recent funding round, which was led by seed-stage venture fund OurCrowd First. The company stated the funds will be used… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

His recent “Greece Bailout” Indiegogo campaigns quickly gained attention worldwide, but while both his campaigns were not as successful as he hoped, Thom Feeney believes that his projects (along with others) do not require a large campaign team. According to GrowthBusiness, Feeney stated while speaking… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Londoner named, Thom Feeney, has launched a nine-day crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise €1.6 billion so that the small country’s residents can be free of the crazy debt. The campaign read: “All this dithering over Greece is getting boring. European ministers flexing their muscles and posturing over whether… Read More

July 2, 2015 @ 12:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to gather more backers to the cause, Indiegogo revealed how much a campaign supporting Greece has raised since the country missed its €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion) payment due to the International Monetary Fund. The famous crowdfunding platform shared: “The debt crisis in Greece has been all over the news… Read More

June 30, 2015 @ 12:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In order to save Greece from its bad financial situation, a young Londoner named, Thom Feeney, has launched a nine-day crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise €1.6 billion so that the small country’s residents can be free of the crazy debt. Last week, the country missed its €1.6 billion ($1.8… Read More

February 10, 2013 @ 2:39 am By TheNextWeb  |  

In 2011 the leading French newspaper Liberation published an extensive report on the Greek economic crisis as well as what happened to the global financial markets following former Prime Minister George Papandreou’s decision to call for a referendum. The referendum asked Greek citizens to vote… Read More