An Alabama man is sentenced to 14 months in prison for hacking SEC's X account in 2024 and posting a false announcement that the SEC had approved bitcoin ETFs
And Exposed Cybersecurity Flaws Logan Hitchcock / Decrypt : Man Who Hacked SEC's X Account to Pump Bitcoin Gets 14 Months in Prison Owotunse Adebayo / Cryptopolitan : Hacker of the US SEC X account se...
Indian authorities have seized nearly $190M in cryptocurrency linked to the BitConnect Ponzi scheme, one of the country's largest crypto enforcement actions
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A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit claiming Elon Musk and Tesla pumped up Dogecoin into a “pyramid scheme”, finding that Musk's statements were “aspirational”
Federal Judge Dismisses Class Action Lawsuit Accusing Tesla, Musk of Market Manipulation Involving Dogecoin Anan Ashraf / Benzinga : Tesla CEO Elon Musk Wants To Bring Back Dogecoin As A Payment Optio...
Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into Telegram allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderation
Related by education: Saint Petersburg State University BBC : Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport Jones Hayden / Politico : Telegram CEO reportedly arrested at French airport Jennifer ...
Gemini will return ~$50M of digital assets to investors who were locked out of their accounts when Gemini Earn collapsed, to settle a lawsuit by New York's AG
Bans the Exchange From Crypto Lending in the State Jonathan Stempel / Reuters : New York recovers $50 mln for defrauded Gemini Earn crypto investors Mike Millard / DL News : New York recovers $50m for...
The US SEC rejects Coinbase's petition for formal digital asset rules, because the “existing securities regime appropriately governs crypto asset securities”
Exchange Responds by Taking the Regulator to Court Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel / crypto.news : SEC chair, lawmakers are ‘gaslighting,’ CryptoLaw founder says Maxwell Mutuma / CoinGape : Coinbase CEO Sees S...
FTX co-founder Gary Wang testifies that Alameda Research had “special privileges” that afforded a $65B line of credit, of which the firm ultimately withdrew $8B
and then lied about it Owotunse Adebayo / Cryptopolitan : FTX co-founder makes shocking revelation at SBF's trial New York Times : New Details About FTX Emerge as Bankman-Fried's Trial Begins Chimaman...