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SEC charges Unicoin crypto platform over alleged $100 million fraud

SEC charges Unicoin crypto platform over alleged $100 million fraud

Update May 21, 4:32 am UTC: This article has been updated to add more information from the SEC’s complaint.The US Securities and Exchange Commission has sued crypto investment platform Unicoin and three of its executives, alleging they made false and misleading statements about their crypto assets t…

‘Hawk tuah girl’ Haliey Welch says FBI probed her ‘memecoin disaster’

‘Hawk tuah girl’ Haliey Welch says FBI probed her ‘memecoin disaster’

Haliey Welch, better known as the “Hawk tuah girl,” says the Federal Bureau of Investigation briefly probed her after her “memecoin disaster” — the failed launch of a token in her image that she promoted. Welch said in a May 21 episode of her “Talk Tuah” podcast that the FBI showed up at her grandmo…

Circle co-founder to create ‘AI-native’ bank after $18M raise

Circle co-founder to create ‘AI-native’ bank after $18M raise

Circle co-founder and Catena Labs CEO Sean Neville has launched a project that aims to develop a financial institution that natively leverages artificial intelligence. On May 20, Catena Labs, the company building an “AI-native financial institution,” announced that it secured $18 million in a fundin…

Genesis files dual lawsuits to claw back $3.3B from DCG, Barry Silbert

Genesis files dual lawsuits to claw back $3.3B from DCG, Barry Silbert

Genesis has launched a pair of lawsuits against its parent company, Digital Currency Group (DCG), and its CEO, Barry Silbert, accusing them of fraud, reckless mismanagement and siphoning more than a billion dollars in value from the now-bankrupt crypto lender.On May 19, the Delaware Court of Chancer…

JPMorgan boss says bank users can soon buy Bitcoin

JPMorgan boss says bank users can soon buy Bitcoin

Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan, said his bank will soon allow its clients to buy Bitcoin, but it won’t custody the cryptocurrency.“We are going to allow you to buy it,” Dimon said at JPMorgan’s annual investor day on May 19. “We’re not going to custody it. We’re going to put it in statements for c…

Coinbase faces lawsuit over alleged breaches of Illinois biometric privacy law

Coinbase faces lawsuit over alleged breaches of Illinois biometric privacy law

A group of Coinbase users from Illinois have filed a class-action lawsuit against the crypto exchange, alleging that its identity checks violate the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).Plaintiffs Scott Bernstein, Gina Greeder and James Lonergan claimed in the May 13 lawsuit filed in a f…

 How to read a Bitcoin liquidation map (without getting liquidated)

How to read a Bitcoin liquidation map (without getting liquidated)

Understanding a Bitcoin liquidation map is imperative in dealing with the inherent volatility of the crypto market. The visual tool showcases probable liquidation levels, indicating where large orders may cause cascading price changes. This post explores how to interpret a Bitcoin liquidation map, a…

Vitalik Buterin proposes partially stateless nodes for Ethereum scaling

Vitalik Buterin proposes partially stateless nodes for Ethereum scaling

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin unveiled a proposal to preserve trustless, censorship-resistant access to Ethereum, even as the network scales. On May 19, Buterin shared a post outlining how to make Ethereum's layer-1 scaling “more friendly” to users running local nodes for personal use. The Eth…

Pavel Durov rejects EU pressure to censor Romanian election content

Pavel Durov rejects EU pressure to censor Romanian election content

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said he rejected pressure from a European Union (EU) country to censor political content on the social media platform ahead of the May 18 presidential elections in Romania.According to Durov, a Western European government, which he hinted at with a baguette emoji, approa…

BTC price to $116K next? Bitcoin trader sees 'early week' all-time high

BTC price to $116K next? Bitcoin trader sees 'early week' all-time high

Key points:Bitcoin is convincing traders that an upside breakout is around the corner, with all-time highs in sight.One target demands $116,000 next week, moving firmly out of its narrow range.A quick dip before continuing higher is among the options for BTC price action into the new week.Bitcoin …

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Here’s what happened in crypto today

Today in crypto, retired artist Ed Suman lost over $2 million in crypto after falling victim to a Coinbase impersonation scam, Moody’s degrades US credit rating, and Bitcoin’s next explosive move could send the asset to $250,000 by the end of 2025, according to analyst Scott Melker.Retired artist lo…

 ‘Bitcoin Standard’ author backs funding dev to make spamming Bitcoin costly

‘Bitcoin Standard’ author backs funding dev to make spamming Bitcoin costly

Economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard, Saifedean Ammous, has weighed in on the ongoing debate over spam inscriptions on the Bitcoin network, suggesting he would “throw in a few sats” to fund a full-time developer focused on making Bitcoin spamming more difficult and expensive.Ammous made the …