Bankrupt Crypto Lender Genesis to Pay $21M to Settle SEC Charges March 19, 2024 By Chris Prentice Genesis Global Capital LLC has agreed to pay a $21 million civil fine to settle charges that it illegally sold...
Iowa Enters Settlement With Cryptocurrency Firm Abra February 26, 2024 The Iowa Insurance Division announced it entered a settlement in principle with a group of affiliated companies commonly known as...
Kansas Banker Charged With Embezzling $47M to Buy Crypto February 8, 2024 By Amanda Albright The former chief executive officer of a Kansas bank was charged with embezzling $47.1 million from the lender to buy...
North Korean-Linked Hackers Are Targeting Crypto Platforms More But Stealing Less January 29, 2024 By Sana Pashankar The number of North Korean-linked hacks of cryptocurrency platforms rose to a record high in 2023, though the actual amount...
SEC Approves Bitcoin ETFs in Watershed for Crypto Market January 11, 2024 By Hannah Lang The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday approved the first U.S.-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) to track bitcoin, in a watershed...
Sam Bankman-Fried Will Not Face a Second Trial January 2, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel U.S. prosecutors said they do not plan to conduct a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted last month...
SEC Says Its Binance Case Should Advance Despite DOJ Settlement December 12, 2023 By Chris Strohm The Securities and Exchange Commission says Binance Holdings Ltd.’s recent $4.3 billion settlement with the Justice Department and other US...
Hackers Stole About $1.7 Billion This Year From Crypto Projects December 12, 2023 By Olga Kharif The amount of funds crypto projects lost to hackers has declined by about half to around $1.7 billion so far...
Binance Was Used to Funnel Money to Hamas, Other Militant Groups November 22, 2023 By Allyson Versprille In February 2019, Binance Holdings Ltd.’s then-Chief Compliance Officer Samuel Lim acknowledged that the cryptocurrency exchange was being used to...
US Is Seeking More Than $4 Billion From Binance to End Case November 21, 2023 By Chris Strohm, Allyson Versprille and Olga Kharif The US Justice Department is seeking more than $4 billion from Binance Holdings Ltd. as part of a proposed resolution...