Robinhood said on Monday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had closed its probe into the firm’s crypto trading arm with no action, signaling further regulatory changes in the crypto industry since President Donald Trump took office. The retail trading …
When the Trump administration’s crypto czar, David Sacks, recently held a news conference to announce a new congressional working group to advance cryptocurrency regulation, many digital asset enthusiasts were unimpressed and underwhelmed. “There were a lot of people on X …
U.S. Representative French Hill, a Republican who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, said on Tuesday lawmakers from both chambers of congress would form a working group to develop policy favoring development of digital assets. New legislation will deliver “clarity …
Funds stolen by hacking cryptocurrency platforms surged 21% from a year ago to $2.2 billion in 2024, a report from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis showed on Thursday. The hacking amount exceeded $1 billion for the fourth straight year and the …
The amount of cryptocurrency stolen in hacks globally more than doubled in the first six months of 2024 from a year earlier, driven by a small number of large attacks and rising crypto prices, blockchain researchers TRM Labs said. Hackers …
Crypto exchange Binance on Wednesday sought to throw out the vast majority of a London lawsuit worth up to 10 billion pounds ($12.8 billion) over claims it and other exchanges colluded to “delist” the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) cryptocurrency. Binance …
Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive of Binance, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating U.S. laws against money laundering at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Once considered the most powerful crypto industry …
U.S. prosecutors said they do not plan to conduct a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted last month of stealing from customers of his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange. In a letter filed on Friday night in federal court …
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday denied a petition by Coinbase Global seeking new rules from the agency for the digital asset sector, which the country’s largest crypto exchange then sought to challenge in court. The five-member commission, …
They range from the brainchild of a winner of computer science’s most prestigious award to a crypto token supporting the biggest blockchain-based video game. But they all have one thing in common, according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission: …
