Two Estonian nationals who co-founded the cryptocurrency mining service HashFlare are scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. In a Monday filing, US prosecutors pushed back against many of the claims made by lawyers for HashFlare co-founders Sergei Potapenko…
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Roman Storm’s legal team and US prosecutors have agreed to extend procedural deadlines that could affect retrying the Tornado Cash co-founder on conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate sanctions. In a Monday filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Judge Katherine Failla approved a schedule…
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Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon has changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on two counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud. According to reporting on Tuesday from the US District Court in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Kwon waived his right to go to trial on two of the nine…
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A federal judge overseeing the case against Do Kwon has scheduled a Tuesday conference at which the Terraform Labs co-founder “may enter a change of plea.” In a Monday filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Judge Paul Engelmayer ordered the parties to appear in court on Tuesday,…
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With Congress not scheduled to return from recess for a few weeks, some US lawmakers are already signaling how they plan to address crypto-related legislation passed by the House of Representatives in July. In a Sunday MSNBC Interview, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the more outspoken voices associating digital assets with illicit activities, said…
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Though possibly not its first foray into crypto, Harvard’s reported stake in BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund represented a significant investment. Source link
A 12-person jury, including a member who celebrated her 90th birthday, deliberated this week in the complex case of Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash. They convicted Storm on one count of running an unlicensed money transmitting business, while remaining unable to reach a decision on other charges. According to court documents released on Thursday…
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Investors who were parties to a 2022 lawsuit may be closer to pursuing legal action against celebrities who promoted the EthereumMax (EMAX) token after a recent decision by a California judge. In a Wednesday filing in the US District Court for the Central District of California, Judge Michael Fitzgerald granted a motion allowing class-action lawsuits…
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The filing came precisely one year after Ripple had been ordered to pay $125 million as part of an enforcement action over the company using XRP as unregistered securities. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED The civil lawsuit between the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple Labs appears to be finished after a…
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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, have reportedly invested in American Bitcoin, the mining company tied to the US President Donald Trump’s family. According to a Thursday Bloomberg report citing Hut 8 CEO Asher Genoot, the Winklevoss twins invested an unknown amount in American Bitcoin, the mining company co-founded by Donald…
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