U.S. Lawmakers Visit Detained Binance Exec in Nigeria, Call for Release
The two House members said Tigran Gambaryan is being wrongfully detained and should be freed.
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Winklevoss Twins Say They Each Gave $1 Million to Trump Presidential Campaign
Gemini CEO Tyler and his twin brother Cameron Winklevoss, the company’s president, have made two of the first major presidential contributions from prominent crypto executives, favoring former President Donald Trump with $1 million each in support, Tyler explained Thursday in a extensive posting on X.
California Judge Breaks With New York Counterpart, Sends Ripple Securities Lawsuit to Trial
A California judge has ruled that a civil securities lawsuit against Ripple will proceed to trial, denying in part the crypto firm’s motion for summary judgment in a suit alleging that Ripple’s CEO violated state securities laws in 2017.
Mexican Cartels Using BTC, ETH, USDT, Other Tokens to Buy Fentanyl Ingredients: U.S.
Criminal organizations in Mexico have been using several popular digital assets to buy the materials needed to make the drug fentanyl, according to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which cited the use of bitcoin and other tokens in a Thursday advisory.
UK Regulator FCA Arrests Two People Associated With 1B-Pound Illegal Crypto Business
The two suspects were interviewed under caution by the FCA and then released on bail.
Italy to Increase Surveillance of Crypto Market With Fines as High as 5M Euros: Reuters
Italy is set to adopt measures that will include high fines for those who manipulate the crypto asset market as part of a wider scheme to beef up surveillance of risks tied to the sector.
Swiss National Bank and SDX Delve Deeper Into CBDCs, Tokenized Securities
The next two-year phase of Project Helvetia will see other financial institutions and types of transactions join the party.
Binance Fined $2.2M by India’s Financial Intelligence Unit
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has been fined approximately $2.2 million (18.82 crore INR) for providing services to Indian clients without adhering to the nation’s anti-money laundering rules, India’s anti-money laundering unit announced Thursday.
Jump Crypto Adds $10M to Industry’s U.S. Political War Chest, Raising PAC to $169M
Jump Crypto put another $10 million into the U.S. political action committee (PAC) that’s seeking to rush as many pro-crypto members into Congress as possible to achieve legislation the industry is after, a spokesman for the PAC confirmed.
SEC Ends Probe Into Consensys, Won’t Sue Over Ethereum
The U.S. regulator closed its investigation into “Ethereum 2.0,” Consensys said.