Sam Bankman-Fried Barred From Sending Encrypted Messages To FTX Employees

On Wednesday, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered that Sam Bankman-Fried was no longer permitted to use encrypted communications with employees of FTX and Alameda Research. The restrictions came after prosecutors had claimed on Friday that the co-founder of FTX and Alameda had used Signal, an encrypted messaging platform, earlier this month to reach out…

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Mad Money’s Host Advises Investing In Gold Instead Of Cryptocurrencies

Jim Cramer Advises Investing In Gold Rather Than Crypto On 23rd January 2023, the globally popular host of ‘Mad Money’, Jim Cramer, was seen advising investors where to put their money. While addressing investors, Cramer suggested that they should immediately put their money into Gold. He strictly advised them also not to engage with cryptocurrencies…

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Senator Elizabeth Warren Believes Crypto Industry Afraid Of A Strong SEC

On Wednesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren had some strong words to say regarding the crypto industry, as she called on the SEC to take more action in countering crypto fraud. The Massachusetts Senator delivered the prepared remarks to the American Economic Liberties project and said that a strong Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was the biggest…

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APT Has Reached New Highs Following An Epic 370% Rally, What’s Causing It?

As the year 2023 began and the crypto market started to show signs of a recovery, all eyes were on the major cryptocurrencies. The crypto communities wanted to know how well the major cryptocurrencies were going to perform in a bullish trend after a long winter. Aptos has come out of nowhere Just when most…

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FBI Confirms Harmony Hack Worth $100 Million Carried Out By North Korea

On Monday, the FBI announced that it had concluded that Lazarus Group, the North Korean organization, had been involved in the Harmony Protocol hack of $100 million last June. On January 13th, about $60 million worth of Ethereum that had been stolen in the hack six months earlier was laundered. The hackers This allowed the…

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Almost Half Of SEC Enforcement Actions In 2022 Were Against ICOs

Cornerstone Research, a consulting firm, recently released a report showing that a record number of enforcement actions related to crypto were brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last year. The report discovered that during the course of 2022, a total of 30 enforcement actions had been brought by the SEC. Enforcement actions…

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Settlement Volume Of Tether Surpasses Major Online Payment Services Giants

Tether, commonly known as USDT, the largest stablecoin in the entire crypto-verse by market valuation has earned a new achievement. The stablecoin’s trading volume has surpassed the likes of two major online payment services giants in the year 2022. The two major payment services giants being referred to are Visa and Mastercard. $18.2 Trillion Worth…

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SEC Takes Action Against Perpetrators Behind Ponzi Crypto Scheme Called “Coindeal”

SEC Initiates Enforcement Action against Fraudulent Crypto Investment Scheme In 2018, a crypto scheme called “Coindeal” surfaced which was originally launched by a person named Neil Chandran. Amongst the promoters of the scheme were notable individuals Linda Knott, Garry Davidson, and Michael Glaspie. The scheme was found to be nothing but a fraud i.e. another…

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The Details Of The Federal Probe Into Crypto Exchange Binance

Federal prosecutors have been investigating the largest crypto exchange in the world, Binance, for about four years now. However, the exchange’s close proximity to the now-defunct crypto exchange FTX, has prompted them to ask for new information in the said investigation. The investigation In the last couple of months, financial firms have been contacted by…

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Arrested Founder Of Mutant Ape Planet May Have Pulled Off Other NFT Rug Pulls

Last week, federal authorities arrested the founder of Mutant Ape Planet, Aurelien Michel. The NFT collection founder was accused of operating a scam scheme known as ‘NFT rug pull’. However, it appears that may have been just one of the numerous scams that Michel may have pulled off. Allegations On Friday, ZachXBT, a prominent blockchain…

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