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South Africa’s Mirror Trading BTC scam to pay $1.7B in CFTC case
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12 September, 2023

South Africa’s Mirror Trading BTC scam to pay $1.7B in CFTC case

Mirror Trading allegedly scammed 30,000 BTC from over 23,000 American investors, which it misappropriated, and CFTC imposed restitution of over...
SEC rebuts Ripple in bid to appeal XRP programmatic sale ruling
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12 September, 2023

SEC rebuts Ripple in bid to appeal XRP programmatic sale ruling

The latest SEC submission to the U.S. District Court comes as a rebuttal to a September 1 filing by Ripple,...
Barry Silbert sweats as FBI probes Digital Currency Group’s financial transfers
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12 September, 2023

Barry Silbert sweats as FBI probes Digital Currency Group’s financial transfers

FBI agents interviewed Cameron Winklevoss regarding allegations that Digital Currency Group boss Barry Silbert misrepresented the financial health of DCG’s...
DeFi firms Opyn, ZeroEx, Deridex face charges over illegal retail commodity offerings
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11 September, 2023

DeFi firms Opyn, ZeroEx, Deridex face charges over illegal retail commodity offerings

The CFTC charged three DeFi protocols for illegally offering leveraged retail commodity transactions, with the regulator claiming using smart contracts...
Linus Financial settles SEC charges over digital asset lending product
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11 September, 2023

Linus Financial settles SEC charges over digital asset lending product

Linus Financial offered interest-bearing accounts to U.S. investors, which the securities regulator says is a securities contract, but it took...
OpenAI lawsuit alleges data scraping in training AI models
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9 September, 2023

OpenAI lawsuit alleges data scraping in training AI models

OpenAI finds itself in another controversy following claims that it performed data scraping in training its AI models, with plaintiffs...
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