Pilot to SBF-connected billionaire Joe Lewis guilty of insider trading
Patrick O'Connor, the private pilot to Joseph Lewis, has pleaded guilty to securities fraud charges related to insider trading.
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Crypto exchange BitForex shuts down withdrawals and disappears
Hong Kong-headquartered BitForex has stopped withdrawals after it saw outflows of over $56 million late last week.
What it was like to have Quontic Bank’s metaverse pool party all to myself
Quontic Bank once proclaimed it was the first to have an outpost in the metaverse, however, that outpost seems to have been abandoned.
Executive texts claim Deltec moved customer funds from FTX to Alameda
Messages from Caroline Ellison claim that Deltec had a central role in moving assets from FTX to Alameda and facilitating USDT issuance.
— BUZZ, Dave Portnoy
SEC busts VanEck for using Dave Portnoy to pump BUZZ ETF
VanEck has agreed to pay $1.75 million to resolve allegations that it used an influencer to promote its BUZZ ETF.
Oobit: Tether’s newest investment, led by former Israeli special forces
Tether recently led a $25m Series A round in Oobit, a Lithuania-registered Singapore-headquartered payments firm.
Crypto Twitter upset by Starknet STRK airdrop
Starknet's airdrop has caused consternation across crypto Twitter, with problems around fair distribution and token unlocks.
Australian court slaps down lender who lent to Tether founder
The Australian Federal Court found that Block Earner's 'Earner' product was offered without the appropriate licensure.
— Alex Mashinsky, Strong Blockchain
The Mashinskys used Celsius to promote Strong blockchain — and it still failed
Strong Blockchain, a project led by Krissy Meehan and Alex Mashinsky, appears to have quietly failed with no verified vendors on the platform.
Friendtech bug caused traders to overpay for ‘keys’
Security researchers have highlighted a bug in Friend.tech's front end that resulted in traders overpaying for popular 'keys.'