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I’m Glad There Are No Crypto Super Bowl Ads: Here’s Why

Sportswashing and crypto company hubris are no longer in play this year. And that's a good thing.

Super Bowl LVII: Kansas City Chiefs, the Philadelphia Eagles and no crypto ads (Peter Casey/Getty Images)

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EminiFX CEO Eddy Alexandre Set to Plead Guilty to Role in Alleged $59M Ponzi Scheme

Alexandre was arrested in May and charged with fraud for his role in the alleged pyramid scheme.

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My Big Coin Founder Gets 8-Year Jail Sentence for Fraud

Randall Crater, 52, was convicted in July of defrauding investors of more than $6 million.

French authorities sentenced two men to jail for using crypto to fund terrorism in Syria (Shutterstock)

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South Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb Under Investigation For Price Manipulation: RPT

The offices of Bithumb were raided on Thursday as part of an investigation into price manipulation of an unidentified coin listed on the South Korean crypto exchange, Yonhap reported. This comes as Bithumb Chairman Kang Jong-Hyun and two other executives were charged with fraud. "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest in the world of global crypto regulation.

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UK Man Sentenced to 4-1/2 Years in Jail for Stealing $2.5M in Crypto

Wybbo Wirsma, a Dutch native who lived in the U.K., was under investigation for five years before pleading guilty in an Oxford court on Thursday.

Wybo Wiersma (serocu.police.uk)

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Sam Bankman-Fried Again Defends FTX US, Saying It 'Was and Is Solvent'

In a new Substack post on Tuesday, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried reiterated his claims that FTX US "was and is solvent." "The Hash" panel discusses the latest from the fallen crypto entrepreneur who faces trial on fraud charges.

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Former Celsius CEO Mashinsky Sued by New York State for Defrauding Investors

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed the suit against the ex-head of the failed lending platform, accusing him of misleading investors about the firm’s health.

Alex Mashinsky, founder and CEO of Celsius Network, at Consensus 2019 in New York (CoinDesk)

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Former Bithumb Chairman Acquitted in $100M Fraud Case

Prosecutors in South Korea were seeking an eight-year prison sentence for Lee Jung-Hoon, who was acquitted in the first court hearing.

Bithumb is one of South Korea's largest crypto exchanges (Shutterstock)

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5 Crypto Things That Riled Me Up in 2022

In case you were living in a Wi-Fi-less cave, there was plenty of unsavory stuff to pick from!

An angry mob holding torches in a still from the film, 'Frankenstein,' directed by James Whale, 1931.