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Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert Breaks Silence, Says Past Year Most Difficult of His Life

Digital Currency Group (DCG) CEO Barry Silbert has finally broken his silence after a series of serious accusations from Gemini…

January 12, 2023

Billionaire Mark Cuban To Be Questioned Under Oath for Allegedly Promoting Bankrupt Crypto Firm Voyager Digital

Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire Mark Cuban is expected to undergo a deposition next month in the civil lawsuit filed…

January 11, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Say $5,000,000,000 in Assets Now Recovered From Collapsed Crypto Exchange: Report

Sam Bankman-Fried’s attorneys are revealing that billions of dollars worth of liquid assets has been recovered from bankrupt crypto exchange…

January 11, 2023

CFTC Charges Man Behind $100,000,000 Attack on Solana-Based Trading Platform With Market Manipulation

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed market manipulation charges against the man behind the $100 million exploit…

January 11, 2023

Former FTX.US President Brett Harrison Says He’ll Share His Story on Collapse of Crypto Exchange

Former FTX.US president Brett Harrison says he'll share what he knows about the disgraced and bankrupt exchange "in time." Harrison…

January 10, 2023

SEC Charges Creators of Alleged $45,000,000 Crypto Scheme That Promised 500,000X Returns

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging the team behind the CoinDeal scheme for allegedly defrauding tens of…

January 10, 2023

DOJ Officially Seizes Over $456,000,000 Worth of Robinhood Shares Tied to FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has officially seized shares of popular trading app Robinhood linked to Sam Bankman-Fried despite…

January 8, 2023

Ohio Man Steals Over $12,000,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) From IRS, Faces 40 Years in Prison: Report

An Ohio man is facing decades in prison after pleading guilty to stealing millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin (BTC)…

January 8, 2023

New York State Attorney General Sues Former Celsius CEO for Defrauding Crypto Investors

The New York State Attorney General is filing a lawsuit against the former CEO of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius alleging…

January 5, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX/Alameda Empire Faced Turbulence Years Before Implosion

A new report claims Sam Bankman-Fried’s financial crypto empire faced troubles years before the FTX exchange collapse. According to the…

January 4, 2023