The administrator overseeing BlockFi’s bankruptcy wind-down and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have reached a settlement to dismiss a $35 million crypto asset transfer lawsuit involving the crypto lender. The agreement was approved by Judge Michael B. Kaplan of the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey on Friday, according to court…
Robinhood’s strategic embrace of blockchain technology and tokenization has fueled a nearly 30% rally in its stock over the past month, highlighting the brokerage’s new growth drivers despite regulatory scrutiny of some of its products. Robinhood stock, trading under the ticker HOOD, surged on Wednesday to $94.65 in New York trading, putting it within 4%…
The US Secret Service has quietly seized nearly $400 million in digital assets over the past decade, amassing one of the world’s largest crypto cold wallets, Bloomberg reported Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. The agency’s Global Investigative Operations Center (GIOC) has tracked funds through open-source tools, blockchain analysis, and patience, Jamie Lam, an…
Hacked Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex has begun the process of restoring services after it was attacked by pro-Israel hacker group Gonjeshke Darande earlier this month. The exchange stated that only users who have completed identity verification will have access to the wallet, with spot exchange users being given priority. Nobitex said users should avoid depositing…
A man at the center of a massive crypto Ponzi scheme will spend nearly eight years behind bars after a federal judge handed down a 97-month prison sentence in Brooklyn on Friday. Dwayne Golden, 57, was convicted of wire fraud and money laundering for his role in orchestrating scams through three digital asset firms, EmpowerCoin,…
Opinion by: Irina Heaver, crypto lawyer. Founders who treat regulatory structuring as a central part of their go-to-market strategy are the ones who thrive in the UAE. Unfortunately, many founders view licensing as an afterthought. The UAE is not a place where you can cut corners. It is, however, a place where thoughtful, well-prepared founders…
The US federal home loan regulator is looking into how crypto holdings could help mortgage seekers qualify for home loans. The move comes amid a decline in the number of mortgage applications in recent years as the US experiences a housing crisis. In a statement on X on June 23, Bill Pulte, head of the…
Many members of the US Senate Banking Committee’s subcommittee on digital assets were not present for a hearing to discuss market structure. In a Tuesday hearing, “exploring bipartisan legislative frameworks for digital asset market structure,” the subcommittee chair, Cynthia Lummis, said there had been “a lot of competing committees” on the schedule for the day,…
A Florida investor says he was scammed out of $860,000 by a Denver-based trading “school” and a fake crypto exchange that promised him life-changing profits. In a lawsuit filed last week in federal court, Brian Firestone alleges that the Alpha Stock Investment Training Center (ASITC), which operated out of downtown Denver, partnered with a fraudulent…
Officials with the US Department of Justice announced the seizure by the Secret Service of more than $225 million “linked to cryptocurrency investment scams.” In a Wednesday notice, the DOJ said it had filed a civil forfeiture complaint against more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrency. In the US legal system, such complaints are filed against the assets…