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Coinex Settles With NY Attorney General, Pays $1.7M in Penalties; Announces Exit from US Market
16.6.2023
According to a press release issued on June 15 by the Office of the New York State Attorney General, the cryptocurrency exchange Coinex has reached a settlement with Letitia James, the chief law enforcement officer. The attorney general stated that Coinex will pay $1.7 million in penalties...
French Investigation Targets Binance: Allegations of Money Laundering and Regulatory Violations
16.6.2023
Binance, the crypto exchange with the highest trade volume globally, is currently facing an investigation for suspected money laundering activities, as reported by the French publication Le Monde. The finance judicial investigation service of France is currently scrutinizing the actions...
Mango Markets Manipulation: Trader Avraham Eisenberg To Stand Trial in December for $100 Million Crypto Scam
16.6.2023
Avraham Eisenberg, a trader accused of manipulating the decentralized exchange Mango Markets in a massive multi-million dollar scam, is slated to stand trial on Dec. 4 in New York.
The scam was carried out on October 11, 2022, with Mango Markets tweeting at the time that a hacker had manipulated...
OKCoin Accused by FDIC of Making False Claims About Customer Protections
16.6.2023
OKCoin must scrub misleading statements that suggest its customers’ accounts are protected by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), the U.S. banking regulator ordered late Thursday, complaining the company is making false claims
Ripple, SEC Seem to Agree About Not Taking Hinman Speech Seriously
15.6.2023
Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seem to be on the same page about the documents known as the Hinman Emails: The former official’s past remarks shouldn’t govern current policy
Binance's Emergency Fund Shrinks Amid SEC Legal Pressure
14.6.2023
The entire crypto market slid last week after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed back-to-back lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase – two of the world’s largest digital asset exchanges by trading volume. ...
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An In-Depth Look at Binance’s TRO Opposition, Filing Insists SEC Manufactured an Emergency ‘for Its Own Purposes’
14.6.2023
Binance fired back at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s temporary restraining order (TRO) request on Monday, assuring the court that “there is no risk” to customer assets. The exchange’s legal team dismissed the notion of an “emergency,”...
XRP Prices Jump as Hinman Speech Released in Ripple Labs Filing
13.6.2023
Hinman suggested in his 2018 speech that bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) were not securities, in his view
UN report highlights ‘serious and urgent’ concerns about AI deepfakes
13.6.2023
The UN wants to address AI-generated fake news and information as the organization looks to bring in voluntary guidelines for the technology
Binance.US Adds to Its Legal Defense in Wake of SEC Lawsuit: Bloomberg News
12.6.2023
Binance.US has bulked up its legal expertise and added four lawyers to fight recent charges from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
One of those lawyers includes former co-director of the SEC’s enforcement division, George Canellos, according to Bloomberg News.
Canellos was also...
Notions of DAO Immunity Sink as CFTC Lawsuit Declares Ooki DAO a ‘Person’ Under the Law
11.6.2023
On June 9, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) declared victory in a lawsuit against Ooki DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization. According to the CFTC, the judge’s ruling that the Ooki DAO is a “person” under the Commodity Exchange Act sets a new legal...
SEC Lawsuits Fuel Bitcoin and Ethereum Exodus From Exchanges: Nearly $1 Billion Withdrawn in 7 Days
11.6.2023
It has been six days since Binance faced a lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and five days since Coinbase encountered a similar legal challenge. In the wake of these events, a substantial amount of bitcoin and ethereum has been withdrawn from exchanges, with data...
Digital Asset Trust Firm Bitgo Sets Sights on Prime Trust Acquisition
9.6.2023
In a recent development, Bitgo, the digital asset trust firm, disclosed that it has penned a letter of intent to acquire Prime Trust, a crypto custodian based in Nevada. Should the acquisition proceed, Prime Trust would become an integral part of Bitgo’s network of regulated trust companies....
SEC Pursues 'Alternative Means' to Serve Legal Documents to Binance CEO
9.6.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking for other ways to serve legal papers to Binance and its CEO, Changgpeng Zhao (CZ), whose location is often hard to track down. ...
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Former CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert Joins Circle as Chief Legal Officer
9.6.2023
Tarbert will guide the company’s global strategy as it contends with regulatory issues in the U.S
Circle USDC-Issuer Taps Ex-Regulator as Chief Legal Officer in Regulatory Push
9.6.2023
Circle, the US-based company behind the stablecoin USDC, has tapped former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chair Heath Tarbert as its new Chief Legal Officer as it pushes for more regulatory clarity in the US.
In a press release, Circle said Heath Tarbert will help Circle build...
Binance.US Suspends Use of Fiat as Legal Troubles Mount
9.6.2023
The exchange says users should withdraw USD as soon as possible as the Securities and Exchange Commission engages in "extremely aggressive and intimidating tactics" against the company
SEC Chair Gensler’s Alleged Past Interest in Advising Binance Surfaces Amidst Legal Battle
8.6.2023
Lawyers for Binance claim that current U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler once sought to become an advisor for the exchange back in 2019. This purported application occurred while Gensler was teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and coincided...
Circle hires former CFTC, US Treasury executive as chief legal officer
8.6.2023
Heath Tarbert will serve as the company's chief legal officer and head of corporate affairs, bringing experience with all three branches of government
Today in Crypto: US Court Issues a Summons for Binance's CZ, EU Targets Instagram, YouTube, TikTok & Twitter Over Crypto Ads, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Limits Customers' Ability to Send Money to Crypto Exchanges
8.6.2023
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