A Russian darknet counterfeit cash ring that sold over 1 billion fake rubles for cryptocurrency has been busted by local authorities. Russian authorities have arrested a group of several dozen individuals who allegedly sold more than 1 billion counterfeit rubles (roughly $13.6 million in nominal value) for crypto assets over the dark web. The Russian…
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Could 11 class-action lawsuits filed against major players from the crypto space do damage to the industry, or will they help it mature? Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP, working with Selendy & Gay PLLC, filed 11 class-action lawsuits on April 3 in the Southern District of New York against seven token issuers and four of the…
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Gibraltar’s digital and financial services minister has revealed updates to the territory’s regulation of DLT firms, with new rules addressing market manipulation. Gibraltar’s minister for digital and financial services, Albert Isola, has announced forthcoming regulations to reduce market manipulation among blockchain firms. In an interview with The Banker published April 10, Isola also discussed his…
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Could past mistakes may be catching up with Binance? Binance is one of several large cryptocurrency firms named in a series of recent class action lawsuits. If the lawsuits go south for this global company, it could end up costing them billions of dollars. Class action is looking for new members Roche Cyrulnik Freedman has…
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Nonbank fintechs may be left unable to contribute to the United States government’s relief plan for small businesses hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Nonbank fintechs may be left unable to contribute to the United States government’s relief plan for small businesses hit by the COVID-19 crisis. On April 3, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)…
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In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the IRS is taking some important measures but taxpayers could be under threat. The United States Internal Revenue Service delayed tax day this year from April 15 to July 15, and perhaps that means many Americans aren’t thinking about taxes during this very strange time. Indeed, they seem understandably…
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As the European Commission finished its crypto consultation in March, France’s major financial regulator expressed its stance on the matter. As the European Commission finished its public consultation on cryptocurrency assets in March, France’s major financial regulator stepped in to express its stance on the matter. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the stock market…
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Former Bakkt CEO and Georgia senator Kelly Loeffler announced that she and her husband will liquidate all their holdings. Following major accusations of insider stock trading during the coronavirus-induced market crash, Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), the former CEO of Bakkt, is liquidating her holdings along with her husband. In an April 8 tweet, Loeffler said…
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Cointelegraph spoke to Chuck Young of the US Government Accountability Office to learn about the agency’s exploration into DLT. The supreme audit institution of the United States, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), posted two job positions with its Innovation Lab concerning the development of prototype applications for blockchain technology during March. Cointelegraph spoke to Chuck…
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Sentencing for the co-founder of major alleged crypto scam OneCoin has been postponed for a further three months at the request of the U.S. government. Sentencing for the co-founder of the major crypto scam OneCoin has been postponed for a further three months at the request of the United States government. On April 7, the…
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