U.S. authorities have charged a New York man with wire fraud for scamming users in a digital currency scheme dubbed Igobit. The Office of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations and prosecutors for the Southern District of New York have indicted a man for allegedly participating in a cryptocurrency scheme dubbed Igobit. […]
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U.S. regulators seek to curb binary options scams as they are entering the crypto sphere and becoming more clever. Mainstream finance and cryptocurrency are becoming more closely intertwined with each passing day. Just over a year ago, the idea of centralized financial behemoths trialing blockchain or crypto solutions would have been unthinkable. Currently, cryptocurrency is […]
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission suspended trading in the securities of 271 issuers this year, including some digital assets. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suspended securities trading of 271 issuers this year, including some digital assets. The SEC released its annual report for the fiscal year of 2019 on Nov. […]
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Chinese president’s embrace of blockchain tech triggered a recent surge in Bitcoin’s price, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said. China’s President Xi Jinping gave credibility to blockchain and crypto by calling the country to accelerate blockchain adoption, said Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz. The cryptocurrency investor delivered his remarks speaking at the Reuters Global Investment […]
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The U.S. SEC has set an extremely high bar for BTC ETF applicants, but new proposals keep coming. What will it take for one to be accepted? October has been a busy month in the race to register the first crypto exchange-traded fund compliant with the requirements of United States regulators. Following the Chicago Board […]
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A U.S. court has ordered defendants in a fraud case to pay over $4 million in penalties for running a scheme with the “worthless” ATM Coin. A New York court has ordered defendants to pay $4.25 million in penalties for investment fraud involving the cryptocurrency ATM Coin. Case first brought by the CFTC in April […]
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Institutional investors are increasingly more interested in crypto businesses, but how do they approach them? Learn more about venture capital investing here. What are some examples of popular venture capitalists and crypto startups benefiting from VC? From Andreeseen Horowitz to Sequoia Capital, some of the largest tech-oriented VC firms are turning their attention toward crypto […]
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Even though cryptocurrency exchanges claim to not call them listing fees, they still accept payments before adding tokens to their platforms. Visit the website of any stock exchange platform, like the Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange, and the listing fees for new companies are there to see. There is hardly any controversy when […]
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Telegram’s cryptocurrency wallet Grams Wallet is now available for MacOS, Windows and Linux in test mode. Telegram’s crypto wallet Grams Wallet is now available for MacOS, Windows and Ubuntu in testing mode, with the source code published on GitHub. Grams Wallet users can get test tokens Users can now download the test wallet client from […]
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Veritaseum has been ordered to pay an $8 million disgorgement fine for selling unregistered securities by a New York Eastern District Court. The CEO of Delaware-registered blockchain firm Veritaseum LLC and New York-registered Veritaseum Inc., Reggie Middleton, was ordered to pay $8.4 million in disgorgement, according to a new court order. Additionally, Middleton is liable […]
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