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SEC Seeks Rejection of Coinbase’s Pushback Against Its Lawsuit

[Oct 4, 2023 6:30 PM] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a judge to reject Coinbase’s attempt to have the regulator’s lawsuit against it dismissed. The exchange had alleged that the agency overstepped its authority and abused its discretion in…

US Government Frames Bitcoin Privacy As “Criminal”

[Oct 2, 2023 10:00 AM] In another unfortunate turn of events for anyone hoping their right to privacy to be protected as guaranteed by the US Constitution, the UN Declaration of Human Rights, or applicable state and federal law, the US government has argued that the…

FBI Wanted Co-Founder of Crypto Exchange Wex Sentenced in Russia

[Sep 24, 2023 1:30 AM] Aleksey Bilyuchenko, co-founder of Wex, the successor of the infamous Russian crypto exchange BTC-e, will spend only a couple of years in prison. The Russian, who is charged in the U.S. with money laundering, has been sentenced in his homeland as…

Lawyer Who Laundered Onecoin Money Denied New Trial

[Sep 19, 2023 11:30 PM] A judge in the U.S. has rejected a request by a lawyer who laundered $400 million from the Onecoin crypto pyramid to have a new trial. The ruling clears the path for sentencing 54-year-old Mark Scott despite a key prosecution witness admittedly…

Report: Hodlnaut’s Judicial Managers Oppose OPNX Takeover

[Sep 19, 2023 2:30 PM] According to a recent court filing, interim judicial managers for the troubled crypto lender Hodlnaut oppose a takeover by the crypto firm OPNX, which is linked to the now-defunct crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital and its founders. OPNX…

SEC Denied Immediate Access to Binance US Infrastructure

[Sep 19, 2023 1:00 PM] In a setback for the government, a federal judge rejected a request by the U.S. securities regulator to inspect the technological infrastructure of Binance US. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accuses the American subsidiary of the…