Former FTX Customer Sues Hedge Fund, Says It Reneged on Bankruptcy Payout Deal
Alexander Nikolas Gierczyk of California says the hedge fund he sold his FTX bankruptcy claim to isn’t paying out what it promised.
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SEC Sues Crypto Market Maker Cumberland DRW
The regulator alleged the company “bought and sold” crypto assets that were sold as securities, but did not register as a securities dealer.
Ripple Plans ‘Cross-Appeal’ in SEC Case
The SEC announced it was filing an appeal last week.
Heather ‘Razzlekhan’ Morgan Should Spend 18 Months in Prison, Prosecutors Tell Court
Prosecutors have requested that Heather Morgan – better known by her rap moniker “Razzlekhan” – be sentenced to just 18 months behind bars for her role in laundering 120,000 bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in a 2016 hack.
Dubai’s VARA Fines, Issues Cease-and-Desist Orders Against 7 Crypto Entities
Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) issued cease-and-desist orders and accompanying fines to seven entities for operating without the required licenses and breaching marketing regulations.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler on Crypto: ‘It’s Unlikely This Stuff Is Gonna Be a Currency’
Gensler also called out fraud in crypto: “With all respect, the leading lights of this field in 202[4] are either in jail or awaiting extradition right now.”
Prosecutors Charge Four Crypto ‘Market Makers,’ Employees With Market Manipulation, Fraud
Gobit and ZM Quant were secretly offering market manipulation services to projects that wanted to artificially inflate their trading volume, prosecutors allege.
India’s Crypto Discussion Paper on Hold Due to Other Priorities
India’s planned discussion paper outlining its policy stance on cryptocurrencies has been held up due to other priorities, two people familiar with the matter told CoinDesk.
The DPRK’s Deep Roots in Crypto
Last week, CoinDesk’s Sam Kessler reported that developers and IT workers employed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – i.e. North Korea – had managed to get themselves hired by a number of crypto projects, giving them two different ways of raising funds for the national regime.
Hong Kong Gearing up to Approve More Cryptocurrency Exchange Licenses by Year End: SFC
HKVAX is the latest exchange to receive approval.