“These are cases where an innovative technology – cryptocurrency – met a century-old scheme – the pump and dump."

While Ripple pushes forward with its ambitious expansion plans in Dubai and Brazil, and prepares for the launch of its RLUSD stablecoin, the blockchain giant now must prepare to counter the U.S. agency's appeal.

Ellison gets two years in prison, Sam Bankman-Fried shares a cell block with Sean "Diddy" Combs, while other FTX execs await their final fates.

"We respect the Court's decision," CEO Brad Garlinghouse said. The regulator is expected to appeal the ruling by Judge Torres.

The regulatory body could drop its charges related to ten tokens issued by entities other than Binance. The move might indicate that the SEC faced difficulties in prooving its position.

Local politicians are arguing that the 50,000 BTC seized from a pirating website should be held in reserve in the hope of future price growth—but these pleas appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

The Illinois judge qualified $OHM and $KLIMA as commodities in the case against Sam Ikkurty brought by the CFTC in 2021.

A news outlet's apologized after alleging that Sun was involved in insider trading, fraud and money laundering, with the piece subsequently picked up by a slew of crypto media websites.