The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), Securities Division, has warned about crypto investment fraud following a complaint from a resident regarding their investment in the Miami Foundation Equity Fund 005 (or Miami Equity Fund Institute 005). The investor had deposited funds on the now-inaccessible Vims.one platform through a Whatsapp group led by “Mark”…
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Hive Digital, a public green bitcoin mining company, announced plans to build a 100MW site in Paraguay, having connected with President Santiago Peña and his cabinet. Hive stated that stability in government fiscal policies, such as energy pricing and taxation, will be a key factor in the expansion and completion of these plans, likely referring…
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Steven Drawdy, 40, of Grovetown, Georgia, has been sentenced to 32 months in U.S. prison for wire fraud after defrauding over 40 customers in a cryptocurrency computer scheme. Drawdy, who participated in an online cryptocurrency discussion forum, received more than $1.1 million from victims between August 2021 and April 2022, promising to deliver cryptocurrency mining…
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Anthony Scaramucci, founder of Skybridge Capital, believes that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is open-minded about crypto. Criticizing the narrative that her administration is hostile toward cryptocurrency, he predicted that SEC Chair Gary Gensler will be fired and Senator Elizabeth Warren will be sidelined as financial services czar in a Harris administration. “Let’s keep crypto…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Coinbase’s payments arm, CB Payments Limited, £3,503,546 for breaching compliance rules by serving high-risk customers despite restrictions. The regulator explained that this marks the FCA’s first enforcement action against a firm facilitating cryptoasset trading. The violations involved significant transactions undetected for almost two years. FCA Fines Coinbase’s…
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Japan’s SBI Holdings plans to create a new investment management company in collaboration with major U.S. asset manager Franklin Templeton by the end of the year. This joint venture will focus on managing digital assets. The new entity will be 51% owned by SBI Holdings and 49% by Franklin Templeton. This move aligns with the…
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris “has an incredible opportunity to provide a reset on critical issues for U.S. competitiveness (like crypto regulation).” He noted that she is no stranger to Silicon Valley. Moreover, he cautioned against making assumptions based on political affiliation, warning that it could hold the crypto…
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Justin Sun, the founder of the Tron cryptocurrency ecosystem, mocked the current U.S. Vice President and favorite to be designated as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency, Kamala Harris. He joked about a possible slogan for her upcoming campaign. Sun mixed the well-known “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) slogan, coined by former President Donald…
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Following the announcement that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris won’t attend the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss said the crypto industry will “show no mercy in November.” Gemini’s Winklevoss Criticizes Harris Over Bitcoin 2024 Conference Decision Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss reacted to the news of Kamala Harris’s decision not to participate…
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Even though the crypto market has been quite unstable, Ethereum Name Service (ENS) has been showing a lot of growth potential. ENS has shown it can bounce back with an almost 4% rise in the last week. Its success over the last 30 days has been even better, with a 15% increase. People think that…
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