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Victims of the Ponzi scheme BitConnect may finally find some respite. The United States District Court for the Southern District of California ordered over $17 million in restitution to be distributed to nearly 800 victims from over 40 different countries due to their investment losses in BitConnect, which defrauded thousands of investors across the world. The official press release by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) stated, “In truth, however, BitConnect operated a...

David Kelly – Asset Management Chief Global Strategist for JP Morgan Chase – said it’s time for the Federal Reserve to quit hiking interest rates if it wants to keep the U.S. economy intact.  Having “won” its war against inflation, the analyst claimed that the central bank now risks tipping the economy into a recession.  Too Many Hikes In an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, Kelly predicted that the Fed will continue raising interest rates beyond February, and into their...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against Genesis Global Capital and Gemini Trust Company for allegedly selling unregistered securities to retail investors in the US. The SEC is seeking permanent injunctive relief, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, plus front-end interest and civil penalties. Both companies raised billions of dollars by offering and selling securities to US investors through the Gemini Earn crypto asset lending program. Gemini...

The Chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – Gary Gensler – told members of the US Army to refrain from investing in cryptocurrencies.  He believes the sector lacks proper regulation and most digital assets will collapse in the future. Another Wave of Scepticism One of crypto’s keenest critics – Gary Gensler – launched another bashing manifest against the industry. In a recent Twitter Space, he pointed out that an increasing number of US...

Less than two weeks into the new year, malicious entities have already started doing what they do best. According to the latest update by the blockchain security company CertiK, two recently created contracts – CirculateBUSD and CirculateWBNB – have been pumped away by the creators. The funds have been bridged to Ethereum and deposited into the OFAC-sanctioned coin mixer, Tornado Cash. By doing so, the creators of the two contracts managed to pull off what looks like an exit...

Bitcoin has returned to $19,000 for the first time since October, soaring beyond its low trading range established after FTX’s collapse. The move has many on crypto twitter calling for a new bull market – though some believe it’s a bull trap.  Bitcoin traded for $17,911 early on Thursday, experiencing some volatility after December’s CPI inflation clocked in at 6.5%.  The asset pumped by roughly $1000 at about 17:35 UTC, and has maintained its elevated price level since then....

Digital Currency Group (DCG), the parent company of wholly-owned subsidiary, crypto brokerage firm Genesis, is reportedly looking to offload some of its venture capital portfolios to raise funds to cover part of the latter’s debt crisis. Genesis halted withdrawals in November, becoming the latest crypto lender to face a financial crisis. According to the Financial Times on Tuesday (January 12, 2023), anonymous sources revealed that Genesis is currently swimming in a debt...

Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has released a written statement detailing his account of FTX and Alameda Research’s collapse, including approximations of each firm’s financials before it took place.  The former CEO maintains that FTX could have made customers “substantially whole” within a few weeks, had he not been pressured to file for bankruptcy.  The Pre-Mortem The document, titled “FTX Pre-Mortem Overview,” began by pinning Alameda’s collapse on three causes. These included a...

Samsung investment arm’s subsidiary – Samsung Asset Management Hong Kong (SAMHK) – outlined plans to list Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF on the Hong Kong stock market starting January 13. According to the official announcement, the fund in question is a sub-fund of Samsung ETFs Trust III, an umbrella unit trust established under Hong Kong law. Samsung’s Bitcoin Futures Active ETF The Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF seeks to provide economic exposure to BTC’s value by...

The US Labor Department just announced the inflation numbers (CPI) for the last month of 2022, and they stand at 6.5% YoY. At the same time, most experts also nailed the core CPI increase at 5.7%. CryptoPotato reported earlier this week that all eyes will be on the US Labor Department come Thursday, with most estimations suggesting that the inflation numbers will be around 6%. The actual figures announced by the US government are precisely the same – a YoY increase of 6.5%...