The boxer Floyd Mayweather agreed Thursday to pay the SEC $614,775 in penalties and disgorgement, and music producer DJ Khaled (Khaled Khaled) $152,275, for failing to disclose payoffs they received for promoting Initial Coin Offerings.
Read moreFederal prosecutors said Wednesday they arrested the head of an alleged $4.25 million Dallas-based cryptocurrency scam that ripped off hundreds of investors.
Read moreThe European Court of Justice signed off Thursday on the practice of the air carrier Germanwings to express the price of a flight from London to Stuttgart, Germany, in pounds sterling rather than euros, since the former is the local currency in England.
Read moreA man who bought 75 bitcoins claims in a federal complaint that Oklahoma-based Bitcoin Market LLC locked him out of his account, which he values at $530,000.
Read moreA Mexican man faces up to five years in federal prison, plus $823,357 in disgorgement, after pleading guilty Monday to running an illegal money-transmitting business involving bitcoins.
Read moreThe SEC unsealed a federal fraud complaint against Reginald Buddy Ringgold III aka Rasool Abdul Rahim El, of San Diego, whom it accuses of lying repeatedly and falsely claiming SEC affiliation for his wholly bogus “licensed and regulated tokenized cryptocurrency exchange and index fund,” codefendant Blockvest LLC.
Read moreA federal judge refused Wednesday to dismiss a complaint against My Big Coin Buy, which the Commodity Futures Trading Commission claims is selling a fraudulent virtual currency that “is not a ‘commodity.’”
Read moreBritish lawmakers have backed calls for greater regulation of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin in order to bring an element of control to a market that more resembles the “Wild West.”
Read moreThe SEC has suspended the trading in securities of Bitcoin Tracker One (CXBTF) and Ether Tracker One (CETHF), until 11:59 p.m., EDT, on Sept. 20.
Read moreThai authorities this week are expected to step up their investigation of a financial scam involving the alleged theft of about $25 million worth of bitcoins from a Finnish investor who police say was bilked with promises of high returns from investments in a casino in Macau and in another cryptocurrency.
Read moreTurkey and the United States exchanged new threats of sanctions Friday, keeping alive a diplomatic and financial crisis that is threatening the economic stability of the NATO country.
Read moreThe Turkish lira continued to rebound from record losses on Thursday a day after Qatar pledged $15 billion in investments to help Turkey’s economy.
Read moreTurkey’s president appeared to escalate a dispute with the United States that has helped foment a Turkish currency crisis, claiming Tuesday that his country will boycott U.S.-made electronic goods. Behind the scenes, however, diplomats resumed contact to ease tensions.
Read moreThe Indian rupee fell to an all-time low Tuesday against the U.S. dollar amid worries that Turkey’s growing financial crisis could spread to other developing-world economies.
Read moreThe Turkish currency plunged on Friday, raising questions about the country’s financial stability, as investors worried about the president’s unorthodox economic policies and a dispute with the United States that has led to sanctions.
Read moreIn a case involving novel issues of whether digital currency investments are subject to U.S. securities laws, a federal judge on Tuesday advanced a class action against a husband and wife team that raised $232 million for a new cryptocurrency.
Read moreWading into uncharted territory, a federal judge hinted Wednesday that he may advance a class action seeking to hold the creators of a new cryptocurrency liable for violating U.S. securities laws.
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(CN) – Shareholders claim in a class action that Ripple Labs Inc. and its subsidiary, XRP II LLP, sold unregistered
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