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Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi will serve two years behind bars after he took part in a crypto-based insider trading scheme. Former Coinbase Manager Heading to Prison As a former employee of one of the world’s largest and most renowned crypto trading platforms, Wahi gained access to specific...

Not that long ago, Live Bitcoin News published an article talking about how the brother of a former Coinbase employee was found guilty of insider trading in what was arguably the first-ever insider trading case surrounding crypto. Now, it looks like the actual employee – who orchestrated the scheme – has pleaded guilty to charges similar with those presented to his sibling, and he’s set to be sentenced in roughly two months. Former Coinbase Employee to Be Sentenced in...

Not long ago, Live Bitcoin News published an article talking about the world’s first cryptocurrency insider trading case, which occurred at the hands of a former employee of popular digital currency exchange Coinbase. It now looks like that case has reached a new pinnacle. Former Coinbase Employee May Have Conducted Insider Trades The case involves Ishan Wahi, a former product manager for Coinbase. He is accused of receiving private information about what coins the...

A former Coinbase employee and two of his comrades have been arrested by the Department of Justice (DOJ) following reports that the employee had conducted insider trading and passed along confidential information to his cohorts about which coins would be listed on the exchange in the future. A Man Who Worked with Coinbase Has Been Arrested The former employee – a man named Ishan Wahi – was part of the team at Coinbase that listed assets on the trading platform. The data...

A former top executive with Open Sea – a leading distributor and designer of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – has been arrested for crimes such as wire fraud, money laundering, and insider trading. Open Sea Head Faces Criminal Probe NFTs have become increasingly popular over the past two years. First introduced in 2020, NFTs represent partial ownership in larger commodities, such as original comic strips or a piece of art. For example, if one is selling an NFT of the Mona...