SEC Sues Binance and Founder Zhao Over ‘Web of Deception’ June 6, 2023 By Hannah Lang, Jonathan Stempel and Tom Wilson U.S. regulators sued Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao on Monday for allegedly operating a “web of deception,” piling further...
Regulator Sues Top Crypto Exchange Binance, CEO for ‘Willful Evasion’ March 28, 2023 By Tom Wilson and Angus Berwick The world’s biggest crypto exchange Binance and its CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao were sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures...
Binance’s Books Are Black Box, Filings Show, as Crypto Giant Tries to Rally Confidence: Reuters December 19, 2022 By Tom Wilson, Angus Berwick and Elizabeth Howcroft The world’s biggest crypto exchange, Binance, is battling to shore up confidence after a surge in customer withdrawals and a...
FTX Was Run as ‘Personal Fiefdom,’ Faces Hacks and Missing Assets: Attorneys November 23, 2022 By Dietrich Knauth, Tom Hals and Tom Wilson FTX was run as a “personal fiefdom” of former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, attorneys for the collapsed crypto exchange said in...
Reuters: Crypto Exchange Binance Helped Iran Firms Trade $8B Despite U.S. Sanctions November 8, 2022 By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson Crypto giant Binance has processed Iranian transactions with a value of $8 billion since 2018 despite U.S. sanctions intended to...
How Crypto Giant Binance Became a Hub for Hackers, Fraudsters and Drug Traffickers June 7, 2022 By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson BRATISLAVA – In September 2020, a North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus broke into a small Slovakian crypto exchange...
Cryptocurrencies May Pose Risk to Wider Financial Stability: ECB May 25, 2022 By Francesco Canepa and Tom Wilson Cryptocurrencies will pose a risk to financial stability if the emerging sector maintains its rapid growth of the last two...
Crypto Market Risks Should Be Priority for Global Regulators: Financial Stability Board February 16, 2022 By Huw Jones and Tom Wilson Risks from the $2.6 trillion crypto market could grow quickly and regulators need pre-prepared measures to bring the sector to...
Crypto Platform Wormhole Says ‘Funds Are Safe’ After Hackers Steal $320M February 3, 2022 By Tom Wilson and Pushkala Aripaka Cryptocurrency platform Wormhole said on Thursday that “all funds are safe” after hackers stole more than $320 million from its...
UK Financial Watchdog to Curb Marketing of Cryptoassets, Other High-Risk Investments January 20, 2022 By Huw Jones and Tom Wilson Britain’s financial watchdog said on Wednesday it planned to curb the marketing of cryptoassets and other high-risk investments, a move...