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French Financial Regulator Supports Faster Mandatory Licensing for Crypto Firms

The Financial Markets Authority joins the country’s central bank and Senate in seeking to anticipate new European Union laws.

France's National Assembly is due to consider mandatory crypto licensing. (Luco Plesse/Getty Images)

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FTX Opposition to $1B Binance Deal Is 'Hypocrisy and Chutzpah,' Voyager Says

Binance's plan to purchase bankrupt crypto lender Voyager’s assets has been opposed by FTX trading arm Alameda Research, federal regulators and a number of U.S. states.

Voyager espera vender sus activos a Binance.US. (Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)

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2 More Promoters of Forcount Crypto Ponzi Scheme Arrested, Charged With Fraud

One of the men charged, 64-year-old Spanish citizen Nestor Nunez, was allegedly an actor paid to present himself as the CEO of Forcount using the alias “Salvador Molina.”

Bandera brasileña flameando sobre el centro y paseo marítimo de Salvador, Brasil. (Getty Images)

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FTX's US Leadership, Bahamas Liquidators Say They've 'Resolved' Most of Their Issues

The announcement follows weeks of allegations from each party.

FTX CEO John Ray III (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

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SEC Investigating FTX Investors’ Due Diligence: Reuters

The securities regulator is looking at whether financiers did their homework before investing in a crypto exchange that has since been accused of sloppy governance.

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is escorted out of the Magistrate's Court on Dec. 21, 2022 in Nassau, Bahamas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Developer of ‘Mutant Ape Planet’ NFTs Arrested, Charged With Fraud for Alleged $2.9M Rug Pull

Twenty-four-year-old French citizen Aurelian Michel has been charged with fraud for his role in the alleged scheme.

Law Justice Court Legal (Shutterstock)

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French Central Bank Head Wants Crypto Licensing Ahead of MiCA Standards: Bloomberg

The current turmoil in the crypto markets shows the need for such requirements as soon as possible, the banking chief said.

“We as central banks must and want to take up this call for innovation at a time when private initiatives" are accelerating, said Banque de France's Governor François Villeroy de Galhau (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

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Former Celsius CEO Mashinsky Sued by New York State for Defrauding Investors

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed the suit against the ex-head of the failed lending platform, accusing him of misleading investors about the firm’s health.

Alex Mashinsky, founder and CEO of Celsius Network, at Consensus 2019 in New York (CoinDesk)

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Celsius 'Earn' Assets Belong to Bankrupt Crypto Lender, Judge Rules

The move confirms that crypto platform customers do not own their assets if they're using certain services or products.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk archives)

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SEC Pursues $45M Scam Based in Fake Blockchain Technology

The U.S. securities agency is going after the people behind what it says was a massive fraud stealing from tens of thousands of investors.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)