The defendants agreed to forfeit assets valued at over $400 million as part of their please, according to the DOJ.
Peer-to-peer marketplace Huione Guarantee has become a go-to place for crypto scammers for infrastructure and money laundering.
A Washington D.C. district judge has allowed Binance and the SEC to stay their legal dispute for the next 60 days.
Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst James Seyffart alluded to the filing being the first ETF to file with the SEC to allow for staking.
Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s former Head of Financial Crime Compliance, has openly criticized the Nigerian authorities for deliberately scapegoating the exchange for the country’s economic challenges. In a Feb. 12 statement on X, Gambaryan, recently released from detention in Nigeria, claimed that Nigeria’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu targeted the exchange instead of addressing corruption […]
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President Trump has reportedly tapped former blockchain executive Jonathan Gould to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
The former operator of the BTC-e crypto exchange was charged with violating U.S. anti-money laundering laws and pleaded guilty in 2024.
U.S. lawmakers are taking different approaches to regulating stablecoins and crypto — revealing political divides.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Binance have jointly requested a 60-day suspension of their ongoing lawsuit, according to a Feb. 10 filing. Both parties explained that this decision was made because the SEC established a dedicated crypto task force under Acting Chair Mark Uyeda. According to the filing, the task force’s work […]
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During a press conference last month, Powell said banks can serve crypto customers as long as they can manage the risk.
The joint request was made in consideration of the SEC’s new crypto task force and its potential impact on the crypto regulatory landscape.
A subsidiary of the New York Stock Exchange, on behalf of Grayscale, filed to create a spot Cardano exchange-traded fund.
Top Democrat Rep. Waters released a discussion draft on Monday to regulate stablecoins, according to a copy obtained by Punchbowl News.
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Eric Council Jr., pleaded guilty for his part in the hack of the SEC's social media account last year about spot bitcoin ETFs.
James Howells is attempting to buy the landfill site he thinks still holds a hard drive containing a lost fortune of £620 million in bitcoin.
A government think tank has urged the Department of Justice and the US Office of Government Ethics to investigate whether former President Donald Trump violated federal laws prohibiting government officials from soliciting gifts. The complaint, filed by Public Citizen on Feb. 5, centers on Trump’s promotion of the Official Trump Memecoin (TRUMP) launched last month. […]
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Roman Storm, one of the developers behind the Tornado Cash privacy protocol, has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to halt a district court order that would compel him to reveal his defense strategy to the government before trial. The move, first reported by The Rage, argues that such a disclosure would violate longstanding legal […]
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The SEC delayed a decision on Friday on whether to approve BlackRock's proposal to list and trade options on its spot Ethereum ETF.
House Financial Services Committee Republican Chair French Hill released draft legislation to regulate stablecoins.
Pertsev said on X that he’s set to be freed from pretrial detention on Friday in the Netherlands under the condition of electronic monitoring.
Alex Pertsev, co-founder of the crypto mixing service Tornado Cash, announced that a Dutch court has suspended his pretrial detention, allowing him to move to electronic monitoring while he prepares an appeal. On a Feb. 6 X post, Pertsev shared: “Dear Friends, on Friday 7 February at 10 am I will be free! It is […]
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Lawyers for former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky have asked a federal judge to postpone his sentencing by one month, citing the complexities of the case and the volume of material requiring review, according to a Feb. 5 court filing. Mashinsky, who pleaded guilty in his fraud case, is scheduled to be sentenced on April […]
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U.S. lawmakers were divided during a congressional hearing focused on crypto debanking, revealing scars from FTX and concerns over why the industry was cut off from the bank sector.
Judge Ana Reyes began the hearing with a blistering series of questions and noted FDIC lawyers may face "serious sanctions."
The U.S. SEC is weighing a proposal to change BlackRock's spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund to allow in-kind redemptions.
The U.S. SEC asked the public to comment on a proposal for converting Grayscale's Litecoin trust into an exchange-traded product.
Coinbase has stepped into the Prime Trust bankruptcy case, filing an amicus brief to push back against a motion that could threaten customer asset protections. In a Feb. 5 court filing, the exchange has urged the court to uphold Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Article 8, a legal framework that ensures custodial assets remain customers’ property. […]
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Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky's lawyers asked for his sentencing to be pushed back a month later to May.