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US court sets ‘crypto = security’ precedent, spelling trouble for Ethereum
The DoJ announced that Shane Hampton and Michael Kane had been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for "manipulating the price of a security" and defrauding investors by purchasing HYDRO.