Mashinsky Settlement Adds Personal Penalties to Celsius Fallout
Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky must pay $10 million to the Federal Trade Commission and is permanently barred from participating in crypto and related financial…
Regulation
How lawmakers and regulators are shaping crypto: SEC and CFTC actions, stablecoin laws such as the GENIUS Act, MiCA in Europe, and enforcement cases around the world.
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Bankman-Fried Loses Bid for New Trial in FTX Criminal Case
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion for a new trial in the FTX criminal case, rejecting the defense’s claims of newly discovered evidence…
Polymarket Seeks Full CFTC Clearance for Direct U.S. Access
Polymarket is pursuing broader approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to let American users trade directly on its primary on-chain prediction…
Wisconsin Sues Prediction Markets, Escalating State Fight Over Sports Event Contracts
Wisconsin’s Department of Justice has sued Kalshi, Polymarket, Coinbase, Robinhood, Crypto.com and affiliated entities, alleging that sports-related event contracts…
India Denies Crypto Payment Claims After Sanmar Herald Hormuz Incident
India has rejected claims that the Indian-flagged tanker Sanmar Herald made cash or cryptocurrency payments to secure passage through the Strait of Hormuz, after…
Russia’s Crypto Bill Would Put the Central Bank at the Core of a Newly Legal Market
Russia’s State Duma has advanced a first-reading bill that would turn cryptocurrency into recognized property while routing most lawful market activity through Bank of…
Crypto-Funded COVID Fraud Case Ends in Prison Sentence for John Gotti’s Grandson
Carmine G. Agnello has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after admitting he fraudulently obtained about $1.1 million through the U.S.
Gunman Posing as Courier Targets Crypto Worker in Southern France
A man posing as a delivery courier forced his way into a suburban Montpellier home on April 11 and tried to compel a 40-year-old cryptocurrency worker to surrender his…
Robert Dunlap Sentenced to 23 Years for $20M Meta‑1 Coin Fraud
Robert Dunlap has been sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for running the Meta-1 Coin scheme, a case that federal authorities say defrauded nearly 1,000 investors…
Virginia Moves to Protect Unclaimed Crypto From Immediate Liquidation
Virginia has taken a more deliberate approach to digital assets in state custody.
HSBC and Standard Chartered joint venture secure Hong Kong’s first stablecoin issuer licenses
Hong Kong has opened its regulated stablecoin era by granting its first fiat-referenced issuer licences to HSBC and Anchorpoint Financial, the Standard Chartered-led…
House and Senate Democrats Press CFTC Chair Over Insider Trading, War Bets on Prediction Markets
Democratic lawmakers have intensified pressure on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission after sending letters to Chair Michael S.
Third Circuit Bars New Jersey from Regulating Kalshi, Affirms CFTC Authority
Kalshi scored a major legal win when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled 2-1 that New Jersey cannot use state gambling law to block its sports…