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Crypto Exchange BitMEX Pleads Guilty to Violating the Bank Secrecy Act From 2015 to 2020
Four BitMEX executives have previously pleaded guilty to the same charge.
As DOE Preps for Take Two of Controversial Crypto Mining Survey, Industry Weighs in
The DOE dropped an earlier attempt to compel commercial crypto mining outfits to cooperate with an “emergency” energy-usage survey.
Former FTX Execs Nishad Singh, Gary Wang to Be Sentenced Later This Year
The duo pled guilty to criminal fraud charges and testified against their former boss, Sam Bankman-Fried, last year.
Sacked Northern Data Execs File Suit Against Tether-Backed Company, Alleging Fraud
The two executives, Joshua Porter and Gulsen Kama, say they were fired for attempting to blow the whistle on alleged accounting and securities fraud at the company.
DCG, Top Executives Renew Push to Get New York AG’s Civil Fraud Suit Dropped
The late-night messages NYAG alleged were evidence of a fraudulent conspiracy were, according to DCG’s lawyers, “lawful, good-faith efforts by DCG to support a subsidiary.”
Ripple’s Big Court Win Nonetheless Muddied Waters on Whether XRP Is a Security Deserving Tougher Regulation
In a near-vacuum of legal and regulatory clarity for crypto, district judges’ opinions on whether a given token is a security or not – which determines the level of regulation – can vary from court to court.
Supreme Court Rules to Overturn the Chevron Doctrine, Curbing Federal Agencies’ Power
Created by the Supreme Court in the 1980s, the Chevron deference gave regulators leeway to interpret the laws they are responsible for implementing.
U.S. Supreme Court Says No More In-House Tribunals for the SEC, Other Federal Regulators
The decision strips the federal securities regulator of a key enforcement power.
Abra Settles With 25 States for Operating Without Licenses, Will Return Up to $82M to U.S. Customers
As part of the settlement agreement, Abra pledged to stop accepting crypto deposits from U.S.-based Abra Trade customers.
U.S. State Department Offers New $5M Reward for Missing ‘Cryptoqueen’
OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova went missing in Athens in 2017.
