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UK Man Charged with Bitcoin Scam, Incurs Huge Financial Penalty
Cryptocurrency fraud is and always has been a problem in the financial space, but it’s rare that a scam of this magnitude comes along. A man in the U.K. is...
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Cryptocurrency fraud is and always has been a problem in the financial space, but it’s rare that a scam of this magnitude comes along. A man in the U.K. is...
Nick Marinoff · March 31, 2021 · 1:00 pm+
Popular leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is getting some guff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the form of a $6.5 million penalty. Coinbase Is Forced to Pay a...
Nick Marinoff · March 29, 2021 · 1:00 pm+
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed charges against four individuals – three in Texas and one in Florida. All four of the figures have been accused of defrauding...
Nick Marinoff · September 16, 2020 · 5:00 pm+
For some time now, people within the crypto space have been stating that institutional investors are rushing into the crypto arena and looking to trade digital assets. Following news that...
Nick Marinoff · September 6, 2020 · 3:00 pm+
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have charged both Abra and Plutus Technologies for swapping securities and selling unregistered shares to retail customers....
Nick Marinoff · July 15, 2020 · 5:00 pm+
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says it is having trouble locating a man named Benjamin Reynolds, a person allegedly responsible for a bitcoin theft of $147 million or more....
Nick Marinoff · July 11, 2020 · 5:00 pm+
Bitcoin is a complicated asset, but nothing appears more complicated about bitcoin than what category it should fall into. So, What IS Bitcoin, Exactly? Everywhere you look, attorneys, regulators and...
Nick Marinoff · March 4, 2020 · 3:00 pm+
BitMEX – one of the world’s largest and most prominent bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges – is being sued by one of its early investors over potential fraud and lost equity....
Nick Marinoff · December 15, 2019 · 5:00 pm+
U.S.-regulated bitcoin derivatives exchange Ledger X has been saying for the last few weeks that it will be the first crypto exchange to allow investors to purchase derivatives that “pay...
Nick Marinoff · August 3, 2019 · 5:30 pm