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Binance Discontinues All Services for Nigerian Naira After Employees Detained by Government and Threatened With Fine

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume is discontinuing support for the largest economy in Africa's national currency.…

March 5, 2024

Judge in Coinbase Insider Trading Case Says Secondary Market Sales Were Securities Transactions

A US judge in Coinbase's insider trading case is declaring that secondary market sales of crypto assets are considered securities…

March 4, 2024

UK Authorities Will Have Power To Confiscate Crypto Assets From the Public by End of April

The UK government just released documentation notifying that the country's law enforcement will soon have the power to seize crypto…

March 4, 2024

FTX Opens Claim Window, Sets Prices for Bitcoin, Ethereum and Others Close to 2022 Bear Market Lows: Report

FTX liquidators have launched the claims portal for creditors of the bankrupt crypto exchange using prices from the 2022 bear…

March 4, 2024

U.S. Department of Energy Agrees To Stop Gathering Information on Crypto Mining Following Lawsuit

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is agreeing to stop gathering data about the energy usage rates of crypto mining…

March 3, 2024

Nigerian Government Demands Nearly $10,000,000,000 From Binance for Alleged Foreign Exchange Rate Manipulation: Report

The government of Nigeria is demanding billions of dollars from Binance, alleging that the crypto exchange manipulated the exchange rate…

March 2, 2024

Man Behind $4,500,000,000 Bitfinex Hack Turns Into Federal Witness in Money Laundering Trial

The infamous hacker who orchestrated the massive 2016 exploit of the crypto exchange Bitfinex has reportedly turned into a government…

February 29, 2024

IRS Recruits Former Binance.US and ConsenSys Executive To Investigate Crypto Tax Evasion

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is onboarding two former crypto executives to bolster the tax agency’s enforcement efforts in the…

February 29, 2024

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Push for Maximum 78-Month Sentence, Say Recommended 100 Years Is ‘Grotesque’

Sam Bankman-Fried's legal team is seeking a lighter-than-recommended sentence for the convicted founder of the bankrupt crypto exchange platform FTX.…

February 29, 2024

Crackdown on Crypto Conversion Shops Coming to Hong Kong, According to Regulators: Report

Hong Kong’s financial regulators plan to crack down on over-the-counter (OTC) crypto trading activity in the city-state, according to a…

February 28, 2024