Wybo Wiersma – a 40-year-old Oxford University graduate – has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after scamming over $2 million in crypto from unsuspecting victims. Following his arrest in 2019, the Dutchman was extradited from the Netherlands back to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2021. Following a five-year investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU), he pled guilty on January 26 to the Oxford Crown Court. A Five-Year Investigation As reported by…
Transaction Fees
What Are Crypto Transactions Fees?
Cryptocurrency transaction fees are a small amount of cryptocurrency charged to the user when they initiate a transaction on a blockchain network. These fees are paid to the network's validators, also known as miners or nodes, as a reward for verifying and processing the transaction. The fee is typically a small fraction of the total transaction amount and is paid in the same cryptocurrency as the transaction. The user determines the fee amount, which can vary based on the current…
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