Q: DeFi was going to be the future of finance, open, trustless, unstoppable. I was completely on board, planting yields like some kind of digital Johnny Appleseed. My collateral secured with Bitcoin was humming along on my favorite lending platform, earning me passive income while I slept. In came the flash loan attack. One moment, I had six figures securely staked; the next, my positions were liquidated at the speed of regret. My loans, my collateral, my well-thought-out portfolio, poof. Panic came faster than an Ethereum gas spike. I scanned Twitter, hoping it was FUD. Not a chance. Smart contract compromised. Funds stolen. The protocol team acted swiftly to do something, but damage was already done.

Q: I believe that I am a victim of a crypto scam. I met a girl on a dating app in December and she onboarded me to a crypto platform helping me invest using step-by-step screenshots. I was consistently asked to deposit USD 20k money, however, raised USD 5k and she deposited USD 15k in my crypto account. My withdrawal was declined and customer services asked me to pay 12k USD in tax on profit made in order to access these funds. I arranged 9k and the lady paid 3k for me. Since 3k was not from my account, customer service asked me to pay it from my account which I duly did. Then I was asked to deposit USD 15k as security since the initial funds were from someone else. I did that and my withdrawal got approved but I was informed that the fund release is stuck as I need to pay USD 8.3k as a large channel fee and I would be upgraded to a premium client. Post this payment, now I am being asked for USD 6.3k as a miner's fee on my whole account balance to get my withdrawal

Q: Good day, We are a group of people and residents of the UAE who invested in an international company that called themselves an investing company and promised their investors a big return. In the end, we realized that the company was a scheme/pyramid, but unfortunately, it was late as we faced a company scam. And we lost a lot of money. Cases were opened all over the world against them. The leaders of the company who called them "10* stars" were residents of the UAE; some of them still live here and they introduced us to Finiko schemes. We need advice on where to start the case in the UAE and what is the right department to go to as the partners who were the main people of the company are hiding in the UAE with all the money? Kindly note that all investments were done by crypto in bitcoin currency. All victims have the evidence. We have sent complaints to e-crime, but the applications of all the victims got rejected and we cannot understand why. Thanks in advance!

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The new law is applicable to all entities dealing with virtual assets that are set up on the mainland as well as free zones, including special development zones. However, it does not apply to the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), which will have its own set of rules and regulations governing all virtual assets entities registered with the DIFC.

The law promulgates UAE Civil Procedures Code (Civil Procedure Law) which governs civil procedures in the United Arab Emirates, including the prosecution before the courts, litigation and execution.

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