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Crypto Exchange Zipmex Faces Probe From Thai Securities Regulator: Bloomberg

The regulator is investigating if Zipmex was operating as a digital asset fund manager without permission.

Thailand's SEC is investigating crypto exchange Zipmex. (Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty)

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BlockFi Creditors Battle to Keep Their Details Secret

The legal tussle mirrors those already held for collapsed crypto lender Celsius and the FTX exchange.

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90% of WazirX's User Assets Are in Binance Wallets, According to Proof-of-Reserves Report

"We are not only India's largest crypto exchange by volume but also India’s largest crypto cxchange by reserves," a WazirX blog post said.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

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Crypto Industry Hopes Turn to French Legislators as Regulators Back Mandatory License

A Senate proposal to anticipate EU rules has caused consternation in the industry – but the National Assembly may not swallow it whole.

The French National Assembly will discuss crypto licensing rules in the coming weeks. (Antoine Gyori/Corbis/Getty Images)

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Crypto Exchange Operator Bithumb Investigated by South Korean Tax Authorities: Report

The former chairman of Bithumb Holdings, which operates a crypto exchange in the country, was recently acquitted of fraud charges.

Bithumb is one of South Korea's largest crypto exchanges (Shutterstock)

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UK ‘Fully Behind’ Stablecoin for Wholesale Settlements, Treasury Official Says

Crypto technology could “turbocharge all of those (financial) industries,” Economic Secretary to the Treasury Andrew Griffith told Parliament.

U.K. Economic Secretary Andrew Griffith (Dan Kitwood / Gettyimages)

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Nepal Orders Internet Providers to Block Crypto-Related Websites

Nepal's Telecommunications Authority has instructed all internet service providers (ISPs) to prevent all crypto-related activity.

Nepal  (John Elk III/Getty Images)

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CFTC Alleges Market Manipulation Against Mango Markets Exploiter

DOJ arrested Avraham Eisenberg last year on similar charges.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Robinhood Shares Worth Nearly $500M Seized in FTX Case

The stock was owned – via a holding company – by Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX co-founder Gary Wang.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has plead not guilty to eight criminal charges. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

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Around 117 Parties Interested in Buying FTX Units, Court Documents Show

Attempts to urgently sell LedgerX and FTX Japan have invited legal protest.

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