Nigeria demanded $150M bribe from Binance: report
The New York Times reported on the alleged bribe, with Binance CEO Richard Teng finally breaking his silence last week and accusing Nigeria of double standards and deception.
The New York Times reported on the alleged bribe, with Binance CEO Richard Teng finally breaking his silence last week and accusing Nigeria of double standards and deception.
The Public Security Bureau in Chengdu, China, recently announced the disruption of a “huge underground bank” that used Tether’s USDT token as “a medium to provide illegal services to customers.”
Anton and James Peraire-Bueno could face up to 20 years in prison if proven guilty of netting $25M worth of tokens using MEV-Boost, a move that they have allegedly planned since December 2022.
Alexey Pertsev was accused of allowing criminals to launder US$1.2 billion worth of the Ethereum network’s ETH token through the Tornado Cash coin mixing service.
Binance can't run away from its criminal past despite pouring billions to rehabilitate its image, with a recent WSJ report unraveling evidence of market manipulation at the hands of a Web3 investor.
If Tether collapses, majority of global liquidity will go with it, and so will a sizable chunk of value held in equity around the blockchain economy.
Robinhood is scheduled to report its Q1 financials on May 8, and the analyst call may reveal further details regarding the company's SEC's issues.
Figures released on May 2 show Coinbase generated revenue of nearly $1.6 billion in the three months, more than twice the sum generated in the same quarter last year.
Tether claimed to have generated a profit of over $4.5 billion in the first three months of 2024, but while its gains seemed rosy, the USDT issuer still couldn't get a break from its alleged criminal ties.
Roger Ver’s arrest by U.S. authorities on tax evasion charges could signal a turning point in the digital asset sector’s history as ‘crypto’ crooks turn on each other to save their own skins.
A former Block employee had met with prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York regarding 'compliance lapses’ at Block’s Square and Cash App divisions.
Lawyers representing Terraform Labs and its disgraced co-founder Do Kwon have filed a motion opposing U.S. SEC’s request for $5.3 billion in disgorgement and civil penalties, arguing for substantially reduced fines.