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Gennaro Lanza – The Boiler-Room Nomad Behind DB Investing

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Last week DB Investing trumpeted a “strategic partnership” with KYC vendor Sumsub. In reality, adding an off-the-shelf AML tool is hardly headline material; hundreds of brokers do it every day. The publicity blast looked less like real news and more like image-laundering for a man whose broker stable has ping-ponged across regulators, shells and continents for nearly two decades.

Honest Fund Recovery Meets Legal Malpractice? – Dutch Bar Opens File on EFRI v BarentsKrans!

GENIUS Act: Washington’s High-Stakes Stablecoin Gambit!

CoinJoin Crackdown: Global Regulators Re-draw the Privacy Line for Bitcoin

Scareware Facilitator Paddle Pays $5 Million to Settle FTC Allegations Over Role in US Tech-Support Scams

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Bankruptcies et al

Startup on Trial Series

Startup on Trial

Startup on Trial: Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos – Visionary or Fraudster? The Final Appeal Denied

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Elizabeth Holmes, once celebrated as the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, is now serving an 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup, Theranos. In May 2025, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt her what may be the final legal blow, denying her bid to have her 2022 conviction reheard.

Startup on Trial: Charlie Javice and the Frank Fraud – When Fake Users Fueled a $175 Million Acquisition

Startup on Trial: Alex Mashinsky Sentenced to 12 Years for Orchestrating Celsius Network Fraud​

DeFi Decoded

Defi Series

How to Assess Risk in DeFi: A Practical Framework for Users and Analysts

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DeFi offers high yields—but it also carries high risk. The lack of centralized oversight means the responsibility for due diligence shifts to the user. In this sixth part of the FinTelegram DeFi Series, we present a practical risk assessment framework to help investors, analysts, and regulators evaluate decentralized finance protocols beyond hype and token prices.

Stablecoins in DeFi: Pegs, Promises, and the Terra Collapse

DeFi Decoded: Smart Contracts – The Code Behind the DeFi Revolution

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Financial Influencers

Report: Finfluencers on TikTok and X – Roles, Reach, Evolution, and Key Trends

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Over the past year, financial influencers (“FinFluencers”) have become increasingly prominent on social media, particularly on TikTok and X (formerly Twitter). These platforms have evolved in their content dynamics, user engagement, and regulatory environment, making them central to the dissemination of financial advice and market sentiment. This report analyzes the roles, reach, and key trends of finfluencers on TikTok and X

Sam Altman’s Olive Oil Moment: How Graza Became the First Cyber Society EVOO Brand

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A Financial Times video interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unexpectedly turned into a viral marketing miracle for a small olive oil brand called Graza. Altman was seen cooking with Graza’s “Drizzle” olive oil—meant for finishing, not cooking—sparking an online debate and catapulting the brand into global awareness. It’s a case study in how digitally native consumer brands can hijack moments.

From Crypto King to Prison Chess: SBF’s Defiant Rewrite of the FTX Saga

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In a remote interview with Tucker Carlson on March 5, 2025, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the convicted FTX founder, reframed his $10 billion fraud as a mere liquidity crisis, denying criminal intent while playing chess with Sean 'Diddy' Combs in prison. As he hints at GOP leanings and a potential pardon, SBF’s narrative sparks debate: a bid for redemption or a refusal to face the fallout?

Arms for Ukraine: Battlefield Necessity or Black Market and Money Laundering Bonanza?

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The topic of Ukraine or Ukrainian individuals selling U.S. and Western arms supplies on the black market has been a subject of both documented incidents and widespread speculation, often amplified by rumors and disinformation. The US media personality Tucker Carlson is one of the main sources in the respective headlines. Here’s a breakdown of known information and rumors:

Haliey Welch and the $HAWK Token Rug Pull Scandal: A Warning for Financial Influencers!

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Haliey Welch's role in launching the $HAWK token has drawn widespread scrutiny. Accusations of deliberate market manipulation, a swift valuation collapse, and potential legal ramifications put Welch’s reputation—and her future as a trusted influencer—on shaky ground. This debacle underscores the risks of unregulated meme coins and the responsibility influencers bear when engaging with financial products.

Compliance

GENIUS Act: Washington’s High-Stakes Stablecoin Gambit!

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The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act has cleared the Senate’s final procedural hurdles and is racing toward a floor vote that could deliver America’s first federal crypto statute. The bill would yank stablecoins out of the regulatory gray zone, impose 1-for-1 reserve rules, and force public officials to reveal their own holdings—moving the market from “Wild West” to compliance grid.

CoinJoin Crackdown: Global Regulators Re-draw the Privacy Line for Bitcoin

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The U.S. FinCEN’s 2023 move to label all “convertible virtual-currency mixing” as a primary money-laundering concern, the 2024 DOJ indictment of Samourai Wallet’s founders, and the EU’s new AML Rulebook banning anonymity-enhancing features by 2027 have pushed CoinJoin from grey zone to regulatory bull’s-eye. The upshot: Bitcoin’s most popular privacy workflow is on a collision course with compliance desks worldwide, forcing investors, service providers, and whistle-blowers to reassess risk.

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