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The New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James announced the conviction of Shopin founder Eran Eyal for orchestrating a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) following his guilty plea.As the NYAG announced on Dec. 12, the former CEO of Shopin pleaded guilty to felony charges for running a fraudulent initial
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Eran Eyal, the founder Shopin, with orchestrating a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO).In a press release on Dec. 11, the SEC alleged that the businessman and his company defrauded hundreds of investors in an ICO that raised more than $42
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In the past 18 months, Gemini has added several senior leaders to its ranks. The former global head of financial crimes at Morgan Stanley, Noah Perlman, joined Gemini as its chief compliance officer; its chief security officer, David Damato, came from cybersecurity firm Tanium; its new general counsel, Sydney Schaub,
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On December 1st, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the second-largest cryptocurrency Ethereum (ETH)trade and Bitcoin magazine, tweeted a link to a blog post that promotes a petition to free the programmer Virgil Griffith, who is accused of assisting North Korea bypass U.S.-imposed sanctions.In the tweet, Buterin states that he believes throwing
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Israeli crypto entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg and his blockchain firm Stox (STX) are facing a lawsuit from a disgruntled investor in the United States.A Vancouver-based investor has accused Hogeg of major breaches of contract and alleged fraud that caused him losses of at least $430,000, according to a lawsuit filed
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Telegram’s founder and CEO Pavel Durov, as well as two other employees, should give testimony in the SEC vs. Telegram case, a judge has ordered. According to a document signed by District Judge P. Kevin Castel at the New York Southern District Court on Monday, Durov’s deposition should take place on
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The creator of one of the best-known Bitcoin (BTC) events has confirmed it will no longer take place as it has fulfilled its “initial mission.”In a statement on the official website of Bitcoin Black Friday, Jon Holmquist said that he had “fallen out of love” with the idea of
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Ethereum (ETH) co-founder turned Cardano (ADA) creator Charles Hoskinson said that he expects Bitcoin (BTC) to be back over $10,000 and reach $100,000 in the future.In a tweet published on Nov. 22, Hoskinson urged the cryptocurrency community that Bitcoin is more than speculation, putting the blame on the latest
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Kicking off the first panel of BlockShow Asia 2019, NEO founder Da Hongfei shared his views on the current state of decentralized web:“The internet is a great invention. It looks almost perfect. But is it really?”Citing examples like the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the Equifax hack, he highlighted a
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Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun admitted to being one of the investors that recently acquired cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex from financial technology firm Circle.Sun said he was one of the investors who acquired the trading platform in a livestream published by the official Poloniex Twitter profile on Nov. 12. Furthermore,
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