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Roger Ver, a prominent early investor in Bitcoin and famously dubbed “Bitcoin Jesus,” has been indicted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on charges of mail fraud, tax evasion, and filing false tax…
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against TradeStation Crypto for reportedly operating a crypto lending product without possessing an appropriate securities license. The SEC argues that TradeStation Crypto…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused SafeMoon, its creator Kyle Nagy, CEO John Karony, and CTO Thomas Smith of orchestrating a colossal fraudulent scheme. This scheme was executed through the unregistered…
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John A. DeSalvo, a former lieutenant at the New Jersey Department of Corrections, has been charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for orchestrating a crypto scam that specifically targeted police…
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Jinwook Shin, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Bitsonic, has been apprehended by South Korean law enforcement on August 7th. He is currently being investigated for allegedly embezzling investments and deposits from users of the…
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Top Stories This Week Judge rules XRP is not a security in SEC’s case against Ripple Ripple Labs scored a victory in a district court in New York on July 13, with Judge…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Tuesday that ex-Coinbase manager Ishan Wahi and his brother, Nikhil Wahi, agreed to settle charges for insider trading using knowledge from the exchange. The former…
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An NFT collection centered on former U.S. President Donald Trump is gaining traction amid his historic indictment on 34 felony counts. But it’s not the one he’s endorsed, rather an unauthorized riff that…
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Top Stories This Week Silvergate stock plunges after delayed filing raises doubts over future Silvergate made headlines this week after postponing the filing of its annual 10-K financial report, raising fears of an…
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The Superior Court of the District of Columbia has dismissed a civil complaint against American business intelligence company MicroStrategy, which alleged that the firm helped its co-founder Michael Saylor evade income tax payments….
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Top Stories This Week Unsealed superseding indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried includes 12 criminal charges Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was charged on four new criminal counts by a federal judge presiding over…