Crypto and Cannabis Investment Promoter Hit With Cease-and-Desist The Texas State Securities Board filed an emergency cease and desist against a cryptocurrency and weed investment platform on alleged fraud charges.… Read More
SEC Sues Public Company That Saw Crypto Stock Price Boost A publicly traded company that saw its stock price soar after announcing a crypto startup acquisition has been sued by the SEC.… Read More
Spain’s Tax Authorities Seek Crypto User Names and Bank Accounts The move comes after the Spanish finance ministry called the use of cryptocurrencies in organized crime a “pressing challenge.”… Read More
Korean Police Detain 4 Crypto Exchange Execs Over Alleged Embezzlement South Korean police on Thursday detained four executives from two cryptocurrency exchanges over alleged embezzlement.… Read More
Washington State County Shuts Down ‘Unauthorized’ Crypto Miners Washington State’s Chelan County shut down three rogue cryptocurrency mining operations due to the power draw and safety risk.… Read More
Justice Department Sues Founders of Mayweather-Backed ICO Federal authorities have charged the founders of Centra Tech with securities and wire fraud, shortly after their ICO was shut down by the SEC.… Read More
SEC Halts Mayweather-Backed ICO Over Alleged Fraud The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has halted the Floyd Mayweather-supported Centra Tech initial coin offering. … Read More
Korean Police Bust Bitcoin Miners Illegally Using Cheap Factory Power Companies using cheap electricity to mine cryptocurrencies at industrial complexes in South Korea have reportedly been arrested by police.… Read More
Report: Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Wants to Ban Cryptocurrencies The chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan told Sputnik News it is seeking an all-encompassing ban on cryptocurrency exchanges and mining. … Read More
Arizona Bitcoin Trader Convicted for Crypto Money Laundering An Arizonan bitcoin trader has been convicted for using the cryptocurrency to launder the proceeds of drug deals. … Read More