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...
Trump pardons BitMEX founders Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed, who previously pled guilty to federal criminal charges related to money laundering
Is Do Kwon Next? Associated Press : Trump pardons founder of electric vehicle start-up Nikola, Trevor Milton Assad Jafri / CryptoSlate : Trump exonerates BitMEX co-founder in landmark anti-money laund...
Do Kwon's criminal fraud trial in the US is scheduled for January 2026; prosecutors expect challenges accessing encrypted devices and translating communications
After the collapse of the crypto firm Terraform Labs, Inner City Press covered … Naga Avan-Nomayo / crypto.news : Do Kwon's fraud trial scheduled for 2026 Estefano Gomez / Crypto Briefing : Do Kwon's ...
A US judge delays the CFTC v. Gemini trial to January 21, after Trump's inauguration; CFTC alleged Gemini misled the agency in its 2017 bid to debut BTC futures
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Polymarket user Fredi9999, a self-described Frenchman, says he bet $30M+ on Trump after analyzing polls; he can't exit his wagers without crashing the market
Any Guesses? Hristina Vasileva / Cryptopolitan : Polymarket whale carries large unrealized loss after injecting $7M in new Trump bets Turner Wright / Cointelegraph : Frenchman behind Trump Polymarket ...
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...
A FINRA review of 500+ crypto-related retail communications finds that 70% of them contained claims that are false, misleading, or otherwise violated its rules
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Chainalysis says some recent media reports about the supposed use of crypto by terrorist organizations might be overstating metrics and using “flawed analyses”
But It's Deadly Hannah Lang / Reuters : US lawmakers urge White House crack down on Hamas use of crypto after Israel attack Assad Jafri / CryptoSlate : Chainalysis says crypto usage for terror financi...
Robinhood says the company paid ~$606M to repurchase shares held by an affiliate of Sam Bankman-Fried, set up via an agreement with the US Marshals Service
On August 30, 2023, Robinhood Markets, Inc. (the “Company") entered … Mike Millard / DL News : Ripple opposes SEC request to appeal judge's XRP ruling, HashKey fund to invest in altcoins CNBC : Robinh...
Filing: Bittrex agrees to pay $24M to settle US SEC claims that the crypto exchange failed to register with the agency; Bittrex doesn't admit to the allegations
Agrees to Pay $24 Million Rick Morgan / Seattle Business Journal : Seattle crypto exchange Bittrex reaches $24M settlement with SEC Dimitar Dzhondzhorov / CryptoPotato : Embattled Crypto Exchange to P...