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Former Coinbase employees settle insider trading case with SEC
Ishan Wahi, a former product manager at Coinbase crypto exchange, and his brother Nikhil Wahi have reportedly settled…
SEC accepting ethereum for penalty payment
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will now accept ethereum as part of a penalty payment in…
CFTC charges 5 in fraudulent digital asset trading scheme
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action against five individuals, accusing them…
HitBTC site cloned, $15m in crypto stolen by scammers
A crypto scammer stole around $15 million worth of cryptocurrencies after cloning the user interface of HitBTC, a…
Kraken creates dummy crypto account to ‘bait’ con artists
Kraken exchange has created a phony cryptocurrency to bait crypto scammers as per recent developments. This action comes…
Philippine police release over 1,000 prisoners forced to perform crypto scams
Police in the Philippines have rescued 1,090 people forced to run online crypto scams in the Philippines. Tis…
New York AG proposes ‘nation-leading’ crypto regulation
New York State Attorney General (NYAG), Letitia James, is urging the state’s legislature to pass a standard-setting law…
UK to ban “cold calls” offering insurance and cryptocurrency
The U.K. plans to outlaw “cold calls” offering insurance and crypto to curb fraud. The National Crime Agency…
One wallet conducted 114 meme coin scams, ZachXBT’s findings
According to ZachXBT, one address has been involved in 114 memecoin scams in the previous 45 days. The…
South African scammers behind Africrypt being investigated in Switzerland
Africrypt founders who defrauded South African retail investors 70,000 BTC in 2021 are being investigated by Swiss authorities…