How the Feds Are Prosecuting NFT Insider Trading Scheme as Wire Fraud – and Why That Matters

According to the indictment, Chastain took advantage of the way OpenSea promotes NFTs on its site. Multiple times per week, OpenSea lists “featured NFTs” on its homepage. Featured NFTs usually appreciated in price after appearing on the homepage because of the “increase in publicity and resulting demand.” The Indictment alleges that Chastain knew which NFTs OpenSea would feature on its homepage, because he sometimes, in his role as an OpenSea employee, selected them.