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How Trump has used the presidency to benefit himself and his alliesPresident Trump's administration is reviewing a large fund proposed for supporters. This comes amid scrutiny over various financial dealing...
Crypto investor Katie Haun raises $1 billion for new funds, expands to AI agentsFormer prosecutor Katie Haun has secured $1 billion for new venture funds, focusing on crypto and blockchain companies, with a strategic bl...
Fed nominee Kevin Warsh's financial disclosures point to over $100 million in assetsKevin Warsh, the former Federal Reserve governor chosen by President Donald Trump to lead the central bank, has submitted financial disclos...
Cryptocurrency investor known as 'Bitcoin Jesus' reaches Deal With Prosecutors. What to expect?Under the deal, which has not been filed with the court and could still change, the charges would eventually be dropped if Ver complied wit...
US Justice Dept disbands crypto enforcement team, citing Trump orderThe U.S. Justice Department is disbanding its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and ordering prosecutors to narrow crypto investigat...
Consumer advocacy organization files complaint over Trump's meme coinPublic Citizen has requested a federal investigation into whether President Trump violated gift solicitation laws by promoting the $Trump m...
Binance might be peak for US crypto enforcement cases, says CFTC officialBinance's settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Treasury Department, negotiated by the Justice Department, wa...
US authorities set to unveil settlement with BinanceThe deal, which will include charges against individuals and resolve allegations the company violated illicit finance and money-laundering ...
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao in discussions to step down: reportBinance CEO Changpeng Zhao may step down as part of a major $4 billion settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the company, F...
Crypto companies made 'calculated' decision to flout rules, says SEC chairChair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, refutes claims of trying to crush the crypto industry, stating that fir...
US DOJ to crackdown on crypto exchanges, NCET director saysThe U.S. cryptocurrency enforcement tsar has said that the country was stepping up scrutiny of crypto exchanges to target illicit behavior ...
Binance faces US probe of possible Russian sanctions violationsU.S. sanctions and move money through the cryptocurrency exchange, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matte...
Binance faces mounting pressure as US crypto crackdown intensifiesChangpeng Zhao, Binance's founder and CEO, has hired white-collar defense lawyers at law firm Latham & Watkins to represent him personally,...
Signature Bank faced criminal probe ahead of its collapseU.S. Justice Department investigators in Washington and Manhattan were examining whether the New York bank took sufficient steps to detect ...
Crypto crackdown is getting startedBut this ignores the bigger picture. In the first few weeks of 2023, watchdogs have done a lot. On January 3, a joint statement by US bank ...
Binance moved $346 million for seized crypto exchange Bitzlato, data showBinance, the world's largest crypto exchange, was among Bitzlato's top three counterparties by the amount of bitcoin received between May 2...
US Justice Department to intensify vigil on crypto sector in aftermath of charges against FTX CEO Sam BankmanA 25-member national team has been formed to intensify vigil around the crypto sector in the US. The US Justice Department oversees digital...
FTX gets official creditors' committee in its bankruptcy caseThe committee - which includes a mix of individual account holders, investment funds, and an affiliate of U.S. crypto firm Genesis - will r...
US Justice Department split over charging Binance as crypto world falters: sourcesThe inquiry involves prosecutors at three Justice Department offices: the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section, known as MLARS, the ...
US sought records on Binance CEO for crypto money laundering probeThe December 2020 request, which has not been previously reported, was part of a Justice Department investigation into Binance's compliance...