Regulations
Bitnomial Exchange Sues U.S. SEC, Alleging Regulatory Overreach
Bitnomial's action follows a similar suit filed by Crypto.com on Tuesday.
By Camomile ShumbaOct 11, 2024
Binance Executive Tigran Gambaryan Denied Bail in Nigeria
The Binance executive has been detained in Nigeria since February.
By Camomile ShumbaOct 11, 2024
OKX Goes Live in UAE, Targeting TradFi Institutions, Retail Market
The exchange is the first to go live with dirham banking integration and a dirham-denominated order book, Rifad Mahasneh, general manager for the Middle East, told CoinDesk.
By Amitoj SinghOct 10, 2024
Heather 'Razzlekhan' Morgan Should Spend 18 Months in Prison, Prosecutors Tell Court
Heather Morgan, who was accused of helping launder proceeds from a 2016 Bitfinex hack, provided “substantial assistance” to prosecutors, according to the government’s sentencing memo.
By Cheyenne LigonOct 10, 2024
Dubai's VARA Fines, Issues Cease-and-Desist Orders Against 7 Crypto Entities
The action is rare for a region attempting to project itself as a global crypto hub.
By Amitoj SinghOct 10, 2024
SEC Chair Gary Gensler on Crypto: ‘It’s Unlikely This Stuff Is Gonna Be a Currency’
Gensler also called out fraud in crypto: “With all respect, the leading lights of this field in 202[4] are either in jail or awaiting extradition right now.”
By Cheyenne LigonOct 9, 2024
Prosecutors Charge Four Crypto ‘Market Makers,’ Employees With Market Manipulation, Fraud
Gotbit, CLS Global, MyTrade, and ZM Quant were secretly offering market manipulation services to projects that wanted to artificially inflate their trading volume, prosecutors allege.
By Cheyenne Ligon, Nikhilesh DeOct 9, 2024
India's Crypto Discussion Paper on Hold Due to Other Priorities
Financial authorities have had to prioritize matters such as the nation's budget during an election year, meetings with other nations and the impending World Bank annual meetings.
By Amitoj SinghOct 9, 2024
The DPRK's Deep Roots in Crypto
North Korean developers have worked for a surprisingly large number of crypto projects.
By Nikhilesh DeOct 9, 2024
Crypto.com Sues SEC, Chair Gary Gensler After Receiving Wells Notice
The case seeks to prevent the SEC from "unlawfully expanding its jurisdiction" to cover secondary-market sales of certain network tokens sold on the exchange.
By Amitoj Singh, Camomile ShumbaOct 8, 2024