New York AG Sues Alex Mashinsky for Allegedly Hiding Celsius’ Struggles

New York Attorney General Letitia James is pursuing legal proceedings against Celsius founder and CEO Alex Mashinsky, claiming that his alleged “false and misleading statements” resulted in billions of dollars in losses for investors. On January 5th, the New York…

Celsius Wants to Postpone Deadline For Claims As Legal Fees Top $53M

Celsius Network, a bankrupt cryptocurrency lender, intends to file a motion to extend the deadline for users to submit claims by another month. The cryptocurrency community has grown impatient, noting that Celsius’ legal fees have continued to increase and are…

SEC Charges Eight Influencers In $100M Stock Manipulation Scheme On Discord and Twitter.

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged eight people today in a $100 million securities fraud scheme in which they manipulated exchange-traded stocks using the social media platforms Twitter and Discord. Fake Gurus According to the SEC, seven of the defendants…

Bahamian Securities Regulator Chastises FTX CEO For Making Misstatements

The Bahamas Securities Commission has chastised FTX’s new CEO for his comments about the ongoing investigation into the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange. The Bahaman regulator, in a press release did not directly address the specific statement of John J. Ray III…

SBF Wants to Start New Business to Repay Aggrieved FTX Investors

With over a million FTX creditors owed up to $50 billion, FTX’s former CEO has expressed interest in starting a business to repay them all. Repaying Aggrieved Customers The founder and former CEO of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX have…

Ripple Whale Moves $143M Despite XRP and Ripple Uncertainty

Confidence in the midst of constant turbulence is unusual, but not for Ripple [XRP] whales. One of these large investors demonstrated confidence in the network by transferring 143 million XRP. This token movement was worth $55.96 million, according to Whale…

Canadian Billionaire Kevin O’Leary Reveals $15M Payment to Become FTX Spokesman

Canadian business person, Shark Tank judge, and contributor to CNBC Kevin O’Leary admits he lost a $15 million payment made to him by FTX. In an interview with CNBC, he disclosed that the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX had paid him…

Curtains Closing On Ripple Case After 2-year Legal Battle

Ripple is finally looking forward to the SEC lawsuit’s resolution after nearly two years of protracted litigation. Ripple’s Counsel Drops Suit Hints On December 6th, Stuart Alderoty, the general counsel at Ripple, forwarded a tweet from Brad Garlinghouse in which…

FTX Employees Set to Be Paid As Bankruptcy Proceedings Continue

FTX appears to be moving on since news broke that it was filing for bankruptcy. The insolvent exchange will pay its employees and contractors after several weeks of uncertainty and bad news.  The bulk of FTX subsidiaries worldwide has reportedly resumed…

FTX-Owned Crypto Exchange Liquid Suspends Trading Due to Bankruptcy Proceedings

Liquid Global, a cryptocurrency exchange with headquarters in Japan that was formerly owned by the bankrupt exchange FTX, stopped all trading after being “instructed” to do so by the bankruptcy attorney’s office.  Trading Stopped Indefinitely A tweet from Liquid Global’s…