Ex-OpenSea CEO’s trial begins in first NFT insider trading case
NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors will this week charge a former employee of OpenSea, the world’s largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFT), with...
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Factbox: Binance, the world’s top crypto exchange, at the center of US investigations
LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) – The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao have been sued by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
Despite industry headwinds, Bitcoin mining is booming in Texas
MCCAMEY, Texas, March 23 (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency bankruptcies and concerns over electric power consumption have failed to slow the industry’s growth in Texas, according to a...
SEC sues Tron founder Justin Sun, Lindsay Lohan, other celebrities for crypto sales
NEW YORK, March 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun with fraud on Wednesday and accused eight celebrities,...
US judge allows lawsuit claiming NBA Top Shot NFTs are securities
NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The creator of a marketplace for National Basketball Association Top Shot non-fungible tokens must face a lawsuit claiming the tokens...
New York’s financial regulator is targeting companies that mix crypto funds
Jan 23 (Reuters) – New York’s financial regulator will on Monday issue new guidance dictating that companies separate clients’ crypto assets from their own, after alleged...
Co-founder of the NFT platform Blockparty charged with fraud
Dec 7 (Reuters) – The former chief technology officer of Blockparty was arrested on Wednesday after U.S. prosecutors alleged he stole more than $1 million in...