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November 30, 2018

U.S. SEC SETTLES WITH CRYPTO PROMOTORS FLOYD MAYWEATHER AND DJ KHALED

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled charges against professional boxer Floyd MAYWEATHER JR. and music producer Khaled KHALED, known as DJ Khaled, for..

November 16, 2018

SECURITY TOKENS: U.S. SEC SETTLES REGISTRATION CHARGES WITH TWO ICO ISSUERS

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled charges against two companies that sold digital tokens in initial coin offerings (ICOs). These are the Commission’s..

November 9, 2018

SEC SETTLES WITH UNREGISTERED CRYPTO-SECURITIES EXCHANGE ETHERDELTA

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled charges against Zachary COBURN, the founder of the decentralized Ethereum exchange (DEX) EtherDelta, a token trading platform. This..

October 11, 2018

BLOCKVEST: SEC STOPS FRAUDULENT ICO FALSELY CLAIMING SEC APPROVAL

Another day, another crypto-fraud. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced that it has obtained an emergency court order halting a planned Initial..

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October 1, 2018

FRANCE: CRYPTOINVESTMENTS FEAR FINANCIAL MARKET SUPERVISION

The French Financial Market Authority has issued a new list of non-licensed atypical investments. 50% of the providers have now disappeared. Investment opportunities never happen..

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September 28, 2018

REGULATORY NEWS INFLUENCE MARKET SENTIMENT

A new analysis of the Bank of International Settlement (BIS) claims that regulatory news has a strong impact on cryptocurrency prices. The report attributes this..

September 12, 2018

SEC CLOSED DOWN CRYPTO-VENTURE TOKENLOT AS UNREGULATED BROKER-DEALER

With TokenLot, the SEC has closed a distributor secondary market operator for ICO coins. In a settlement with the SEC, the operators also have to..

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September 12, 2018

FIRST-EVER SEC ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST CRYPTO-HEDGE FUND

The U.S. SEC continues its strict policy towards the still unregulated crypto-scene. With the first-ever action against a crypto- investment company, the SEC is once..

September 4, 2018

BAKKT – TOWARDS A REGULATED CRYPTO-ENVIRONMENT

One of the last hurdles to anchoring cryptocurrencies in the global economy is their recognition as regulated financial instruments along with their seamless integration into..

August 29, 2018

US REGULATORS CLEAN UP CRYPTO! WHAT ABOUT THE EU?

While US and Canadian regulators finally started the Operation Cryptosweep to clean up fraudulent crypto companies, the EU is still watching from the sidelines. It’s..

August 27, 2018

CHINESE REGULATORS LEARNT LESSONS IN P2P LENDING MARKET AND CRACK DOWN ON CRYPTO

It was an interesting week in crypto. Besides the repeated rejection of Bitcoins ETFs by the SEC on Wednesday, the Chinese government announced several actions..

August 12, 2018

THE CRASH AND SOME THESES ON THE STATE OF THE CRYPTO-MARKET!

Fintelegrams hypotheses for the status of the crypto market in August 2018: The ICO-hype triggered the price spike in 2017; The hype is over, market..

The Unraveling of Rabidi and the Rise of the SoftSwiss Network: Our Updated Forensic Report

A few months ago, FinTelegram released a first forensic report on the bankruptcy of Rabidi N.V., a Curacao-registered online casino operator with hundreds of millions in revenues — and no traceable assets by the time of its collapse in May 2024. That report already raised serious questions about the opaque structures behind Rabidi’s operations and its successor, Liernin Enterprises Ltd.

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

Smart contracts are the invisible architects of decentralized finance. These self-executing lines of code run everything from token swaps to lending platforms without middlemen. But while they offer autonomy, they also introduce new risks—bugs, exploits, and irreversible mistakes. In this fourth installment of our FinTelegram DeFi Series, we explain what smart contracts are.

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Despite New Crypto Friendlyness: No Settlement Between U.S. CFTC And KuCoin?

A planned settlement between the U.S.CFTC and crypto exchange KuCoin is now in limbo due to a reported policy shift within the CFTC. This change is attributed to the Trump administration’s new approach, which deprioritizes enforcement actions against crypto companies. As a result, a CFTC attorney said that it is "unlikely that such authorization will be granted in the near term" regarding the settlement approval.

SEC’s New Era: Paul Atkins Sworn In—Will Crypto Finally Get the Regulatory Clarity It Deserves?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has entered a new chapter with the swearing-in of Paul S. Atkins as its 34th Chairman, a move widely anticipated to mark a dramatic pivot in how the agency approaches crypto and DeFi regulation. For years, the financial industry—especially the burgeoning digital asset sector—has bristled under the SEC’s “Regulation by Enforcement” strategy.

Crypto Mogul Changpeng Zhao – Fallen, Rich, and Rising Again?

As spring 2025 blooms and Easter’s themes of rebirth fill the air, Changpeng Zhao emerges as one of the most controversial figures of startup mythology: a man who fell spectacularly, paid a price—then rose again, wealthier and louder than ever. Once the almighty architect of Binance, CZ now resides in Dubai with a net worth that Forbes estimates at $63 billion.