The United States Justice Department and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) have reportedly launched inquiries into the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) — which was shuttered by regu...
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SEC, DOJ Investigating Insider Stock Sales at Silicon Valley Bank: WSJ
The U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, according to a report today from The Wall Street Journal. The investi...
Coinbase Files Amicus Brief in Insider Trading Case
Coinbase has filed an amicus brief in the industry’s first case of insider trading involving cryptocurrencies. The exchange has called on the SEC for proper guidance and rules in its filing. Crypto ex...
Is the SEC Overreaching in Crypto Enforcement? Coinbase Weighs in With Amicus Brief in Insider Trading Case
Coinbase, a leading digital currency exchange, has filed an amicus brief in the insider trading case against its former employee, Ishan Wahi, and his brother. While Wahi has admitted to insider tradin...
Coinbase Files Amicus Brief in Insider Trading Case: ‘We Need Rulemaking’
“Such behavior is improper for a government agency, and is irreconcilable with due process concerns,” it argued in its brief. “The SEC’s motive, then, is merely to backdoor a precedent that can be use...
Insider Trading? Early SHIB Trader Nets $4M+ Trading ETH During USDC De-pegging
Lookonchain disclosed that the unknown investor’s funds are now parked in USDT across the 15 addresses. An early Shiba Inu investor and trader recently bagged over $4 million in profits from trading E...
Selling The Top: Silvergate Execs Cashed Out $103M As Bitcoin Peaked
Silvergate is over. Investors are likely sad, short sellers probably grinning, but 11 insiders at the one-time major crypto bank sold out big at the top — raking in more than $103 million. Former chai...
Former Coinbase Employee Guilty of Insider Trading; Will Be Sentenced in May
Not that long ago, Live Bitcoin News published an article talking about how the brother of a former Coinbase employee was found guilty of insider trading in what was arguably the first-ever insider tr...
Cassava Sciences stock price outlook is bearish despite insider buy
Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ: SAVA) stock price has been in a steep sell-off in the past few months as the enthusiasm of its pipeline wanes. Shares of the biopharmaceutical company were trading at $24.9 o...
SEC’s Coinbase Insider Trading Case Is ‘Backdoor Rulemaking,’ Trade Association’s CEO Says
Join the most important conversation in crypto and web3! Secure your seat today The Chamber of Digital Commerce is trying to stop a case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ag...
Increased Insider Selling and S&P Valuation Are Waving Big Yellow Flags
As another trading week plays out let’s take a tally of the market. Most major equity indexes closed near their intraday highs Thursday as three of the charts managed to close above their near-t...
Crypto Trade Group Files Brief Urging Court to Dismiss Coinbase Insider Trading Case
The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a non-profit trade association that engages government officials on the use of crypto and blockchain, has urged a federal court to dismiss a case brought by the U.S. S...
Trade group accuses SEC of ‘stealthy’ overreach in Coinbase insider trading case
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has again been accused of overstepping its authority and unfairly labeling crypto assets as securities, this time in its insider trading case again...
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 ...
Blockchain Association Lends Support to Former Coinbase Executive Involved in Insider Trading
Crypto lobbying group Blockchain Association has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against a former Coinbase executive and two other individuals. Las...
Ex-FTX executive’s charity made millions from insider deal on FTT
Polaris Ventures reportedly sought to receive roughly $150 million from FTT’s sales. The foundation has made millions of dollars selling the tokens after they were publicly traded at $1 in 2019 and 20...
Former FTX Executive Generated Millions for His Charity Via FTT Insider Trading: Report
Ruairi Donnelly, former chief of staff at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, used insider trading information of FTX tokens (FTT) to enrich his charitable foundation, Polaris Ventures. A majority of Polari...
Blockchain Association Files Amicus Brief in Insider trading Case
Blockchain Association has filed an amicus brief in an insider trading case. The SEC allegedly denied the creators of the tokens in question the opportunity to present a defense. This case is the late...
4 hot insider trades: B. Riley chief buys $6M of shares after plunge
By Davit Kirakosyan Investing.com — Here is your weekly Pro Recap of some of the biggest insider trading headlines you may have missed on InvestingPro. Start your free 7-day trial to get this ne...
The Impact of the Coinbase Insider Trading Case on Crypto
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Ishan Wahi, a former employee of Coinbase, entered a plea of guilty on Tuesday to two counts of conspiring to commit wire fraud i...
How the Coinbase Insider Trading Case Will Change Crypto
Former Coinbase employee Ishan Wahi pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud Tuesday in connection to an insider-trading scheme at the exchange. But while the Department of Just...
Ex-Coinbase Employee Moves To Dismiss Insider Trading Case
Former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi and his brother are looking to get the insider trading charges leveled against them dropped, as their lawyers argue they did not have the “culpable state of ...
Former Coinbase Product Manager Seeks to Dismiss SEC Charges of Insider Trading
A former product manager at the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has made a formal request to have the allegations of suspected illegal insider trading dropped against them. Since the tokens that are ...
Ex-Coinbase manager pleads guilty to insider trading charges
A former employee of global crypto exchange Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) has pleaded guilty to charges related to a crypto insider trading case. Ishan Wahi, who was charged with participating in...
Former Coinbase Employee Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading
– Advertisement – The United States Department of Justice announced that former Coinbase employee Ishan Wahi pled guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The DOJ announced...
Former Coinbase product manager pleads guilty in insider trading case
Ishan Wahi, a former product manager at Coinbase Global Inc., has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a case that United States prosecutors have labeled the first inside...
Former Coinbase Executive Challenges Insider Trading Charges By SEC
In the latest update regarding the SEC’s insider trading charges against the former Coinbase Manager Ishan Wahi, the defendant requested the court to dismiss the case. According to the recent filing, ...
Crypto exchanges tackle insider trading after recent convictions
In January, the brother of a former Coinbase product manager was sentenced to 10 months in prison for wire fraud conspiracy in what prosecutors called the first case of insider trading involving crypt...
Former Coinbase Product Manager Admits Insider Trading
3 hours ago | 2 mins read Editors News Ishan Wahi gave confidential information about the upcoming announcement to his brother. This announcement made to generate illegal gains of at least $1.5 millio...
Coinbase Manager Faces up to 4 Years in Jail For Insider Trading
Former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi has pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud connected to an insider trading scheme at the U.S. exchange. In a Feb. 7, 2023 court hear...