Weeks later after its supposed crackdown on the crypto industry, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is still making it into the headlines. On March 3, the regulator filed a complaint ag...
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Ripple case judge accused of being a ‘deep state’ operative
Ad John Deaton voiced his support for the judge overseeing the SEC vs. Ripple case, despite accusations she is a “deep state” operative. Epstein didn’t kill himself In Aug. 2019, Epstein was found unr...
Australian accused of $5 million bushfire crypto extortion scheme
A Melbourne man is currently facing extortion charges after allegedly threatening to start a bushfire if a considerable amount of cryptocurrency was not transferred to him within three days. The 27-y...
Charlie Javice, the 30-year-old Frank founder accused of fraud, says Jamie Dimon took a personal interest in her $175 million acquisition
Charlie Javice alleges it was Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase’s powerful billionaire CEO, who took a personal interest in the bank’s acquisition of her financial aid site Frank, telling her in July of 202...
SEC Is Accused Of Sneaky Overreach in the Insider Trading Lawsuit
Crypto analysts believe that the independent federal agency Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is creating a mess in the crypto space. This time the SEC is accused of unfairly trying to impose ...
Former Cohasset High School Employee Accused of Stealing Thousands in Electricity to Mine Bitcoin in School Campus Crawlspace – Bitcoin News
A former school assistant facilities director in Cohasset, Massachusetts, has been accused of operating a cryptocurrency mining operation inside a crawlspace at Cohasset High School. The Cohasset Poli...
Sam Bankman-Fried Accused of Conspiring To Make Illegal Political Donations, Hit With Four New Charges
The disgraced founder of bankrupt crypto exchange platform FTX is getting hit with a series of new charges related to allegedly making illegal political donations. New court documents reveal that form...
Bored Apes accused of stealing logo from online drawing tutorial
Yuga Labs has nixed its Bored Ape Kennel Club logo after it was revealed that it plagiarised an image from a drawing guide called Easy Drawing Tutorial. Yuga Labs co-founder, Greg Solano, seemingly di...
Gemini, crypto-exchange accused by SEC
The crypto-exchange of the Winklevoss twins, Gemini, has been accused by the SEC for offering “unregistered securities.” Gary Gensler, the chairman of the SEC, stepped up the scrutiny against what he ...
Yuga Labs accused of IP theft for trademarking BAYC wolf skull logo
Yuga Labs has been accused of Intellectual Property (IP) theft for allegedly illegally trademarking the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) iconic wolf skull logo without proper licenses. The wolf skull ima...
Do Kwon Accused of Withdrawing Bitcoin Worth $100 Million After Terra Collapse
The collapse of the Terra/Luna stablecoin ecosystem resulted in investors losing almost $40 billion, causing a significant and ongoing market decline. However, recent developments suggest that the fou...
Korean e-commerce exec accused of accepting LUNA for shilling Terra Labs
South Korean prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant for the former CEO of Tmon, a Korean e-commerce platform, after taking billions of South Korean won in Terra (LUNA), now known as Terra Classi...
Sequoia Capital, Paradigm, Thoma Bravo Accused of Promoting the Legitimacy of FTX (Report)
Leading venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital, Thoma Bravo, and Paradigm were reportedly indicted for adding an “air of legitimacy” to the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Sam Bankman-Fri...
Former FTX Executive Accused of Fueling a Charity Through Discounted FTT Purchase – Bitcoin News
A former executive of FTX allegedly earned profits for a charity by purchasing discounted FTX tokens, FTT, before they became available to the public at $0.05 per unit, according to a report citing an...
Waves team accused of dumping its stablecoin to stay afloat
Blockchain data suggests that the Waves team may have sold its own stablecoin, USDN, to top-up the bridge of its DEX and also buy back the debt accumulated by its Vires lending platform. A crypto anal...
3AC Founder Accused Of Obstructing Court Orders
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Three Arrows Capital (3AC) founder Kyle Davies has been accused of defying court orders after he refused to comply with a subpoen...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Accused By Activists Of Illegally Transporting Hazardous Materials As They Call For A Government Investigation
Topline Elon Musk’s Neuralink, which develops implants that enable a direct interface between the human brain and computers, is being accused by an animal-welfare group of violating hazardous ma...
Coinbase manager accused of insider trading moves to dismiss charges
Former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi has moved to dismiss the SEC’s insider trading charges. His lawyers have argued that the tokens allegedly traded by him and his accomplices are not securitie...
Argo Blockchain accused of misleading investors in class-action lawsuit
Investors of crypto mining firm Argo Blockchain have filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the miner of making untrue statements and omitting key information during its initial public offering (IPO) i...
$6.6 billion-worth fintech Wise accused by rival of harming competition
The Wise logo displayed on a smartphone screen. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Wise has been accused by a rival fintech company of undermining competition in the money tran...
One of Wall Street’s most feared short-selling research firms just accused Asia’s richest man of a multibillion-dollar fraud
Asia’s wealthiest person saw his fortune take a hit on Wednesday, after a famed U.S. short-seller accused him of “pulling the largest con in corporate history.” In a report published on Tuesday, Hinde...
A US research firm has accused Adani of pulling “the largest con in corporate history”
A US-based financial forensic firm has alleged that India’s Adani Group, led by the world’s third-richest person Gautam Adani, is involved in a massive and “brazen stock manipulation” and “accounting ...
Former FBI Official Accused Of Violating Russia Sanctions To Help Oligarch Oleg Deripaska
Topline A former FBI agent who once led counterintelligence in the bureau’s New York office was charged with money laundering and violating sanctions to benefit Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, prosec...
Accused Bitfinex Thief Lands Marketing Gig at Tech Firm
Accused Bitfinex thief Heather Morgan will soon start work as a tech company’s marketing and business development manager at their New York office, despite facing $4.5 billion in money laundering char...
Gemini & Genesis Accused of Offering Unregistered Securities
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced settled charges against Genesis Global Capital, LLC and Gemini Trust Company, LLC for selling unregistered securities linked to the Gemi...
SBF accused of “Gaslighting and Manipulation” by the former president of FTX US
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage On Saturday, Brett Harrison, the former president of FTX US, provided information about his time working for Sam Bankman-Fried wh...