Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is under yet another layer of legal pressure after a judge unsealed a superseding 12-count indictment against him on Thursday. The filing adds 4 new char...
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Cryptoqueen Ex-Boyfriend Slapped With 5 Years Prison Sentence
The ex-boyfriend of fugitive Ruja Ignatova (also known as Cryptoqueen) was sentenced to five years in prison for laundering $300 million in earnings from investors of the bogus crypto venture, OneCoin...
Logan Paul Slapped With Lawsuit Over CryptoZoo
CryptoZoo, an NFT project founded by Logan Paul, has been the topic of public debate after crypto journalist Coffeezilla exposed the shady crypto project. Now Paul and his mates are the latest targets...
Grayscale Slapped With Another GBTC Lawsuit – This Time From Osprey
A competitor of Grayscale Investments has sued the cryptoasset manager, claiming Grayscale has misled investors about its services in an effort to steal market share. In a suit filed Monday in C...
Argo Blockchain Slapped With Lawsuit Over Misleading Statements
Argo Blockchain has been accused of federal securities law violation during the initial public offering (IPO) of its American depositary shares (ADS) in 2021, according to a filing in the United State...
New York Bitcoin Mining Facility Slapped With $10,000 Per Day Fine
US Bitcoin Corp – a North American Bitcoin mining firm – has been ordered to cease operations by a State Supreme Court Justice, or face penalties of $10,000 per day. If the miner continues to operate...
Coinbase Slapped With a $3,620,000 Fine by Dutch Central Bank Over Non-Compliance
The Central Bank of the Netherlands (DNB) is hitting prominent crypto exchange platform Coinbase with a multimillion-dollar fine for failing to comply with its guidelines. In a new press release, the ...
DCG’s subsidiary Genesis Capital slapped with new class
A new class action lawsuit has been filed against the cryptocurrency corporation Digital Currency Group (DCG), making the company’s legal woes even more numerous. The claim was filed against DCG...
SBF slapped with $250M bail bond; FTX co-conspirators take plea deal; SEC declares FTT a security -CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily
The biggest news in the cryptoverse for Dec. 22 is dominated by FTX news as SBF lands in the US and is granted bail pursuant to house arrest, Caroline Ellison takes plea deal to avoid jail, Tornado Ca...
Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips Slapped With Shareholder Resolutions Over Secretive Tax Practices
Oxfam filed shareholder resolutions against oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM), Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), alleging a lack of transparency over their global ...
Crypto Exchange Bittrex Slapped with Massive Fine for Sanctions Violations
Alex Dovbnya Bittrex’s fine could have been much higher, but OFAC determined that its violations were “non-egregious” Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has been slapped with a $30 mill...
Coinbase Slapped With Another Lawsuit for Crashing During Market Volatility
Coinbase is being sued by one of its users for failing to keep its customers’ accounts accessible in periods of high market volatility. Acting on behalf of all Coinbase wallet and account holders, pla...
Billionaire Mark Cuban Slapped With Lawsuit For Promoting Voyager Products
Voyager Digital investors and Dallas Mavericks fans are lashing out at the NBA team’s owner Mark Cuban for his role in promoting the insolvent lending platform’s unregulated crypto products. The billi...
Robinhood Crypto Slapped With $30M Fine by New York Regulators
The New York Department of Financial Services has fined Robinhood Crypto $30 million for multiple regulatory violations. The department concluded after an investigation that the company had failed to ...
Binance slapped fine of more than 3 million Euro by Dutch Central Bank
Binance has remained resilient despite the ongoing changes in the market. Its head Changpeng Zhao has expressed his trust in the company and shared plans to expand further. He was one of those CEOs wh...
Celsius Slapped With Lawsuit Calling It A Ponzi Scheme
Beleaguered crypto lender Celsius was sued by a former asset manager on Thursday, who alleged that the firm was an elaborate “Ponzi Scheme.” In a court document filed in the New York state court in Ma...
‘Dogefather’ Elon Musk Slapped With Mammoth $258 Billion Lawsuit For Allegedly Pumping Dogecoin ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     One American citizen by the name of Keith Johnson is taking Elon Musk and his companies Tesla and SpaceX to court for allegedly orchestrating what he...
BitMEX Co-Founders Slapped with $30 Million Fine
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on Thursday that a New York court entered a consent order against all three co-founders of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, B...
Iran’s Illegal Crypto Miners To Be Slapped With Bigger Fines And Imprisonment
Since its inception in 2009, Bitcoin, as well as the succeeding cryptocurrencies, have generated controversy. Throughout the world, the majority of nations are attempting to establish rules and regula...
Former SEC Chair Clayton Slapped With Lawsuit Over Ripple
A class action lawsuit was filed against former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and executive Bill Hinman over their alleged mismanagement of the Ripple (XRP) case. The lawsuit alleges the two violated fede...
LAPD was ‘prepared’ to arrest Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock
Will Smith accepts the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for “King Richard” onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. Robyn Beck ...
Will Smith Slapped The Oscars Back Into The Spotlight
US actor Will Smith (R) slaps US actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby … [+] Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBY...
Ceremony bungled even before Will Smith slapped Chris Rock
Will Smith slaps actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. Robyn Beck | Afp | Getty Images Sunday’s 94th Academy Award cere...
Tesla gets slapped with more cautious comments from Wall Street
A growing chorus of Wall Streeters covering Tesla’s stock are becoming more cautious on the name heading into 2023, adding to a brutal month and year. EvercoreISI analyst Chris McNally slashed h...