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FTX's Nishad Singh Gets No Prison Time for Role in Crypto Exchange Collapse
Singh, who was sentenced to time served, is the fourth FTX executive to be sentenced for his role in the fraud.
President Biden Thanks Nigerian President for Binance Exec’s Release: White House
In the Tuesday phone call with President Bola Tinubu, Biden praised the creation of a new bilateral working group focused on crypto and illicit finance.
Who's Afraid of Gary Gensler? Not Don Wilson, the Trader Who Beat the Regulator Once Before
Gensler's SEC has been vague about how crypto firms can register to legally trade digital assets in the U.S. Chicago-based markets giant Don Wilson thinks that’s a strategy, not an accident.
NYSE, Cboe Win SEC Approval for Bitcoin ETF Options
The decision follows Nasdaq recently also getting permission for options on spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S.
Bitfinex Hacker Ilya Lichtenstein Should Serve 5 Years in Prison, DOJ Says
Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to stealing nearly 120,000 bitcoins from Bitfinex in 2016, and then conspiring with his wife, Heather “Razzlelkhan” Morgan, to launder a portion of the funds.
Heather 'Razzlekhan' Morgan Should Spend 18 Months in Prison, Prosecutors Tell Court
Heather Morgan, who was accused of helping launder proceeds from a 2016 Bitfinex hack, provided “substantial assistance” to prosecutors, according to the government’s sentencing memo.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler on Crypto: ‘It’s Unlikely This Stuff Is Gonna Be a Currency’
Gensler also called out fraud in crypto: “With all respect, the leading lights of this field in 202[4] are either in jail or awaiting extradition right now.”
Prosecutors Charge Four Crypto ‘Market Makers,’ Employees With Market Manipulation, Fraud
Gotbit, CLS Global, MyTrade, and ZM Quant were secretly offering market manipulation services to projects that wanted to artificially inflate their trading volume, prosecutors allege.
Former Bitcoin Dev Peter Todd Denies He's Satoshi Hours Before HBO Documentary Airs
"Of course I'm not Satoshi," Todd told CoinDesk Tuesday, saying that filmmaker Cullen Hoback was "grasping at straws."
Delaware Judge Approves FTX Estate’s Bankruptcy Plan
Most FTX creditors will get all their money back in cash, and then some.
