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Crypto Broker Fined Nearly $1.7M for Illegally Providing Access to Digital Asset Exchanges
15.5.2024
On May 13, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it had fined crypto brokerage firm Falcon Labs Ltd. approximately $1.7 million. The fines are penalties for the firm’s illegal facilitation of U.S. residents’ access to digital asset derivative exchanges. The commission has urged digital...
South Korean Ex-Police Officer Denies Crypto ‘Bribery’ Charges
10.1.2024
Source: vectorfusionart/Adobe The trial of a former South Korean police officer has begun in Gwangju. The ex-law enforcer denies taking bribes during a suspected crypto fraud investigation. Per the news broadcaster YTN, the former police sergeant is accused of receiving bribes from a crypto...
Crypto Broker sFOX Offers Commission-Free Blockchain Staking from Regulated Custody
7.11.2023
“We are providing a gateway to staking without stepping in the middle or taking any revenue or profit,” founder Akbar Thobhani said
7 Senators Urge Treasury and IRS to Rapidly Implement Crypto Tax Reporting Rule
13.10.2023
Seven U.S. senators have called on the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to “implement the proposed crypto broker reporting rule as rapidly as possible.” The lawmakers stressed: “We are alarmed by the self-inflicted two-year delay for the rule’s implementation.” Senators...
Kraken to Expand Its Presence in Europe With Acquisition of Dutch Crypto Broker
7.10.2023
Crypto exchange Kraken has unveiled its plan to acquire Dutch crypto broker Coin Meester B.V. (BCM). Kraken explained that the Netherlands is a key market in its European expansion plans. “We are committed to growing our business in compliance with European regulations,” the exchange...
Zodia Markets Receives In-Principle Approval as Crypto Broker-Dealer in Abu Dhabi
6.9.2023
Zodia Markets, a digital asset marketplace backed by Standard Chartered Ventures, has been granted In-Principle Approval to operate as a crypto broker-dealer in Abu Dabhi
Robinhood to Buy Back SBF’s Stake for Over $605 Million
3.9.2023
Online broker Robinhood is going to buy back the stake purchased by a company of crypto exchange FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). The fintech intends to pay $605.7 million for the shares that were transferred to the custody of the U.S. government after the bankruptcy of SBF’s businesses....
Binance to offer crypto broker-dealer services in Dubai with new license
31.7.2023
Binance is now officially allowed to offer crypto services to institutional and qualified retail investors in Dubai
Crypto Broker Hidden Road Collaborates With Confidential Exchange Enclave Markets
27.7.2023
Enclave’s Fully Encrypted Exchange, or FEX, creates a confidential trading environment rather like a dark pool in traditional markets
U.S. Senator Tuberville Asks DOJ, SEC to Investigate Crypto Broker Prometheum
10.7.2023
U.S. Senator Thomas Tuberville (R-Ala.) wrote an open letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler asking them to investigate Prometheum, a special-purpose broker that recently secured federal permissions to offer crypto trading services
Investment Firm Republic Buys Stake in Crypto Broker-Dealer INX at $50M Valuation
19.6.2023
Republic will acquire around a 9.5% stake in INX following the initial investment, with a commitment to acquire of 100% of equity at a valuation of $120 million as early as Q3 this year
Crypto Broker FPG Suspends Services After $15 Million Cyberattack
15.6.2023
Floating Point Group (FPG), a crypto prime brokerage, has suspended all withdrawals, deposits and trading on its platform after suffering from a $15 million cyberattack over the weekend.
The firm said in a Twitter thread on Wednesday that although it had managed to limit the overall impact of...
Institutional crypto broker FPG halts withdrawals after $20M cyberattack
15.6.2023
Floating Point Group informed customers that withdrawals had been halted after experiencing a security breach on Sunday evening
Ryuk Ransomware Gang’s Crypto Broker Gets Light Sentence After a Guilty Plea
18.4.2023
Denis Dubnikov, a founder of two OTC trading desks in Russia tied to ransomware attacks, was sentenced to no jail time and forfeiture of $2,000 last week after a guilty plea, court documents show
Crypto Broker Voyager Digital Sends $121M in Crypto to Exchanges, Sells Ether, Shiba Inu Holdings
28.2.2023
Blockchain transaction data by Arkham Intelligence shows that Voyager Digital transferred some $121 million of crypto assets to exchanges in February and received some $150 million in USDC stablecoin in the last four days
SEC to up scrutiny of firms offering or giving advice about crypto
8.2.2023
Registered crypto brokers and advisors may need to be on edge when giving advice this year, after a recent warning from the SEC
Crypto Markets Today: Crypto Broker Genesis Asks for Clients’ Patience
5.1.2023
ALSO: Bitcoin rose and most other, major cryptocurrencies spent much of Wednesday in the green
Wanted Russian Parliament Member May Own a Crypto Broker in Moscow: Report
19.12.2022
Local media connected Andrei Lugovoi, a Russian politician accused of serious crimes in the U.K., to a cash-based OTC in Moscow
US IRS Can Issue Summons to Bank Serving Crypto Broker SFOX Customers in Search of Tax Evaders
23.9.2022
The John Doe summons will require M.Y. Safra Bank to provide information about SFOX customers who used the bank and may owe taxes on crypto transactions
Crypto Broker Genesis Cutting 20% of Workforce as CEO Michael Moro Exits
17.8.2022
Michael Moro, the CEO of crypto broker Genesis has quit as the company cuts 20% of jobs