A slew of disgruntled investors in the failed crypto lender Celsius Network urged a federal judge to throw the book at founder Alex Mashinsky when he is punished next month after admitting to fraud in connection with the 2022 collapse of the company. Prosecutors on Wednesday submitted more than 200 statements from people who put their money into Celsius, coming…
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Questions regarding the limits of the SEC’s jurisdiction in the crypto asset area have blossomed again since its decision to in the Kraken case early this year. There, the agency at least suggest that it was revising its approach to crypto assets if not outright exiting the area. Earlier this week the agency stepped into the crypto area again in…
The basic situation is that US public equity markets will pay about $2 for $1 worth of Bitcoin. I don’t know why this is, and I am not especially happy about it, but it’s true. If you have one Bitcoin, you can sell it on a crypto exchange for about $93,000, or you can sell it on a US stock…
The US Department of Justice may axe an important tool used to ensure companies that have broken the law do not do so again: monitors who continue to scrutinise corporate conduct after criminal cases have been resolved. The move is part of an effort to loosen corporate enforcement policies, including for companies that already accepted monitors as a condition of…