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US Regulator Hits Bank With $7,125,000 Fine After Failing To Stop Potential Insider Trading and Manipulative Activity

A Wall Street institution has been ordered to pay more than seven million dollars after US regulators found longstanding supervisory failures that may have allowed potentially illegal trading activity to…

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Early release of Ilya Lichtenstein under the First Step Act reshapes high-profile crypto laundering case

After serving part of his term, the convicted cybercriminal in the 2016 Bitfinex case, Ilya Lichtenstein, has been granted early release under the First Step Act framework. Early release and…

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Bitcoin to crash at US market open? Price spike makes two new CME gaps and closing one carries a punishing cost

Prior to the US market opening this week, Bitcoin is trading around the low $90,000s again after the unprecedented weekend macro activity. You can feel the familiar shift in the…

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