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U.S. Judge Enters Default Ruling Against Ex-Coinbase Insider, Says Secondary Market Sales Are Securities Transactions

In May 2023, the SEC settled charges with Ishan Wahi and Nikhil Wahi in what it has called the "first-ever insider trading case involving cryptocurrency markets."

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U.S. Department of Energy Will Start Comment Period on Miner Survey Proposal

The comment period comes as the result of an agreement after crypto industry participants sued the DOE.

ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

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UK Law Enforcement Will Soon Have More Power to Seize Crypto Assets

The ability to take crypto used for crime, including terrorism, looks poised to take effect on April 26.

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Indonesia’s Crypto Watchdog Pushes for Friendlier Taxes as Regulatory Overhaul Looms

Local exchanges have previously blamed falling trading volumes on commodities taxes on crypto.

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Craig Wright Accuses Critics of Bugging His House, Spoofing Emails to Bring Him Back to Court

Wright returned to the stand in the U.K. COPA trial to defend accusations of forging doctoring emails he’d sent his former lawyers.

Craig Wright arrives at a London High Court for the COPA trial on March 1, 2024. (Camomile Shumba/ CoinDesk)

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Nigeria Government Demands $10B From Crypto Exchange Binance: BBC

A spokesperson for the president later denied an amount had been set, People's Gazette reported.

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SEC Overstepped Bounds in Kraken Lawsuit, State AGs Charge

State attorneys general argue that the SEC is trying to claim jurisdiction that rightfully belonged to states.

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U.S. House Panel Votes to Disapprove of Controversial SEC Custody Guidance

The House Financial Services Committee also adopted a bill giving the U.S. Secret Service more resources to investigate crypto crimes.

Reps. Patrick McHenry and Maxine Waters (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Nigeria Detains Binance Executives as It Investigates the Crypto Exchange: Reports

The detentions are not necessarily arrests, a National Security spokesman told Bloomberg.

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SEC Objects to Terraform’s $166M Retainer of Law Firm Dentons: Reuters

Additionally, the SEC has said that Terraform should not be allowed to hire law firm Dentons or pay litigation costs for employees, the report said.

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