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The brother of a former Coinbase product manager has pleaded guilty in a cryptocurrency insider trading case. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), he is facing up to 20 years in federal prison. DOJ’s First Crypto Insider Trading Case The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that Nikhil Wahi,
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Nikhil Wahi, who was arrested for allegedly working with his brother and an associate on a scheme to commit insider trading using crypto, has reportedly entered a guilty plea for wire fraud conspiracy charges.According to a Monday report from Reuters, Wahi admitted to authorities during a virtual hearing that he
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According to a new lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. On Thursday, six users of the Ethereum blockchain and cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash sued the U.S. Department of Treasury, alleging that its recent designation of 44 Tornado Cash smart contract addresses to the Specially Designated
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Goldman also expects upside from higher interest rates from USD coin (USDC), and it noted that as the sole retail issuer of USDC, Coinbase gets a share of the interest income generated from the USDC reserves. Given that interest rates are expected to reach over 3.5% over the next few
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Coinbase users in the Eastern European country of Georgia were able to withdraw their holdings for 100 times the exchange rate, pocketing thousands of dollars in profit. Original Source
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A House committee has sent letters to four U.S. federal agencies and five cryptocurrency exchanges asking for information about what they are doing to combat cryptocurrency fraud and scams. Congress Questions Regulators and Crypto Exchanges The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent letters to four U.S. federal agencies and five crypto
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Barclays’ research team sees Coinbase continuing to face headwinds. Original Source
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has updated its information related to Ethereum transitioning to proof-of-stake to include forks that could arise.In a Thursday update to an Aug. 16 blog post, Coinbase said it would evaluate any potential forks in the Ethereum blockchain on a “case by case basis.” The crypto exchange previously
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“Should an ETH PoW fork arise following The Merge, this
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The decision came after Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, also made room for forked tokens with plans to credit users’ accounts with alternatives from “the minority chain.” It, too, plans to review those tokens against the exchange’s listing policy before making them available to trade. Original Source
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