Is it illegal to operate a Bitcoin Lightning node?
Lawyers and even lawmakers disagree on whether Bitcoin Lightning Network routing nodes are illegal money transmitters.
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Jump Crypto’s shady backers could make things worse during CFTC probe
Despite efforts to distance itself from FTX, Jump had ties to the fraudulent empire that the CFTC might now be investigating.
FTX debtors want to investigate balance sheet holes at FTX US
FTX debtors hope to start a second phase of their investigation, this time focusing more on the hole in the balance sheet at FTX US.
Prison nears for Trump-supporting crypto promoters Bannon and Guo
As the criminal trial of Miles Guo proceeds in New York, a US District Judge has ordered Steve Bannon to report to prison by July 1.
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The First Step Act may not apply to SBF or Ryan Salame
The First Step Act says that non-violent inmates like Sam Bankman-Fried and Ryan Salame could get out of prison early. But there are caveats.
How often does the SEC lose crypto lawsuits?
Protos has tallied the SEC’s wins and losses against over 260 crypto industry defendants in US courts since 2019.
Ryan Salame wants the world to know he’s not so bad
Salame tried to convince trolls, influencers, and FTX customers that there was more to the FTX/Alameda collapse than met the eye.
Ryan Salame gets longer prison sentence than CZ
Ryan Salame has been sentenced to 90 months in prison, vastly more than Changpeng Zhao and vastly less than Sam Bankman-Fried.
No, Changpeng Zhao isn’t in prison yet — here’s why
Due process, great lawyers, and judge’s discretion have kept Binance's criminal founder Changpeng Zhao out of prison so far.
CZ to be sentenced in the US today — what to expect
Estimates for the prison sentence that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao will receive today range from no time at all to 36 months behind bars.