BlockParty Co-founder Arrested and Accused of $1M Fraud
The FBI arrested and charged Rikesh Thapa, co-founder of the NFT ticketing platform and marketplace BlockParty, yesterday with stealing $1 million in cash and cryptocurrency...
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Ethereum and Ripple are Guilty of Securities Fraud, Michael Saylor Says
Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy and a Bitcoin enthusiast, discussed Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Ripple (XRP) and how they are classified as assets in...
The US Federal Trade Commission Probes Crypto Firms Over Misleading Ads
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the United States consumer protection agency, is looking into many cryptocurrency companies for what it believes to be fraudulent or...
Bitfront Crypto Exchange Shuts Down, Announces Withdrawal Deadline
The U.S. crypto exchange, Bitfront backed by the Japanese social networking company Line Corp, announced it has halted new sign-ups and credit card payments and...
BlockFi Has Filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
BlockFi Inc., a cryptocurrency lender, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, following FTX into insolvency and drawing attention to the ripple impact that FTX’s...
Billionaire Bill Ackman Says Crypto Industry Needs to Self-Police
A warning has been issued by the billionaire Bill Ackman that the cryptocurrency industry must self-police or run the danger of being shut down....
Binance Releases Merkle Trees Proof of Reserves System; Here’s What You Need to Know
Following the recent publication of its hot and cold wallet holdings, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, Binance, has now taken the next step...
IOSCO Seeks to Regulate Cryptocurrency Sites After FTX Crash
The new chair of global securities watchdog International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), Jean-Paul Servias said in an interview that the recent sudden collapse of...
Hodlnaut is Being Investigated by Singapore Authorities
According to a press release, the Singapore Police have initiated an inquiry into the failed cryptocurrency platform known as Holdnaut....
Crypto Will Survive FTX as It Survived Mt.Gox: Chainalysis
Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics firm, made the Mt.Gox comparison showing the FTX fall was not the first time the crypto community had been jolted by...