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Bitcoin (BTC) Funds Surpass $1.5B of Inflows in 2023; Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL) Funds Lead Altcoin Inflows

Funds holding ether (ETH) experienced $34 million of net inflows last week, extending the positive trend to four consecutive weeks and surpassing $100 million of net inflows during this period. ETH funds now have almost nullified their dismal run of outflows earlier this year, which marks "a decisive turnaround in

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UK regulator advocates for asset managers to tokenize funds

Investment managers in the United Kingdom are receiving regulatory support to leverage blockchain technology for the tokenization of funds, breaking away from conventional record-keeping systems.In a recent report published by The Investment Association (IA), it argued that fund tokenization – issuing tokenized units or shares on distributed ledger technology (DLT) –

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KyberSwap attacker used ‘infinite money glitch’ to drain funds: DeFi expert

The attacker who drained $46 million from KyberSwap relied on a “complex and carefully engineered smart contract exploit” to carry out the attack, according to a social media thread by Ambient exchange founder Doug Colkitt. Colkitt labeled the exploit an “infinite money glitch.” According to him, the attacker took advantage of

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No ‘mass exodus of funds’ following Binance-DOJ settlement — Nansen

Blockchain analytics firm Nansen reported that following a settlement for civil and criminal charges against Binance and CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, outflows from the crypto exchange didn’t result in a “mass exodus of funds.”In a Nov. 22 X post, Nansen said roughly 24 hours after the United States Department of Justice

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Binance sees over $45m in funds withdrawn amidst criminal charges

Binance faces significant user fund outflows and a drop in BNB value following the DoJ’s criminal charges and CEO Changpeng Zhao’s potential departure. Binance is seeing significant outflows from its exchange following the earlier news of the U.S. DoJ charging the leading exchange with three major crimes. Nansen, a blockchain analytics

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US Justice Department seizes 9M USDT amid $225M illicit funds frozen by Tether

The United States Department of Justice announced it had seized roughly $9 million worth of Tether (USDT) following the stablecoin issuer freezing funds connected to a criminal organization responsible for romance scams.In a Nov. 21 announcement, the Justice Department said the seized funds came from “scammers who stole millions from

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SEC Charges Kraken Again for Unregistered Securities Trading and Commingling User Funds

The SEC has brought legal action against Kraken, this time accusing the exchange of mixing user funds, while unlawfully offering securities services. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a lawsuit against San Francisco-based crypto exchange Kraken for allegedly operating an unregistered securities exchange. The SEC’s court complaint is

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Kraken Accused by SEC of Operating Unregistered Platform, Improperly Mixing Customer Funds

"Similarly, Kraken has held at times more than $5 billion worth of its customers’ cash, and it also commingles some of its customers’ cash with some of its own," the suit said. "In fact, Kraken has at times paid operational expenses directly from bank accounts that hold customer cash." Source

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CoinShares eyes acquisition of Valkyrie Funds to expand into U.S. crypto ETF market

CoinShares has announced an option to potentially acquire Valkyrie Funds, signaling a strategic move to extend its footprint in the U.S. cryptocurrency ETF landscape, pending regulatory approvals. CoinShares, a renowned name in cryptocurrency investments, has recently announced its plan to potentially acquire Valkyrie Funds, an investment advisory business specializing in crypto

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FBI Arrests Trio Accused of Bilking U.S. Banks Out of $10M, Converting Funds to Crypto

Each of the accused men has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and faces four criminal charges in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York: bank fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution, money laundering conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. The

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