45+ min ago  (147+ words) Salame had previously pled guilty to conspiracy for unlawful political contributions, defrauding the Federal Election Commission, and operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, with the hopes of getting leniency from the court and a shorter prison sentence of 18 months. When asking…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (336+ words) Federal prosecutors have fired back against Ryan Salame's allegations that they reneged on agreements made in the former FTX executive's plea deal " namely, that they would cease criminal investigations into Michelle Bond, Salame's longtime partner and the mother of his…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (241+ words) Paxful Holdings, which pleaded guilty last year to accusations from U.S. authorities that it had fostered illegal prostitution, violated money-laundering laws and knowingly handled criminal proceeds, was sentenced to pay a $4 million penalty, much reduced because of the business" current ability…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (234+ words) Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, is seeking a new trial, according to a request filed in a New York federal court by his mother. The former FTX executive, Salame, was also convicted on federal charges…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (193+ words) Former SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony will face an 8-year prison sentence after being convicted last year on a string of federal charges tied to defrauding investors in his digital assets operation. The 100-month sentence was handed down Tuesday in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (272+ words) A federal judge in California sentenced in absentia a dual national of China and St. Kitts and Nevis to 20 years in prison for his role in a $73 million international crypto scam. Daren Li, who is a fugitive after removing an…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (391+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday to drastically curb the authority of federal regulators, overturning a 40-year-old legal precedent that gave regulatory agencies leeway to interpret the laws they are tasked with enforcing. The 1984 case, Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (817+ words) Newly unsealed Justice Department documents reveal that Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam was involved in emails regarding a $3 million investment from Jeffrey Epstein in 2014, long after Epstein's initial conviction. While Epstein's stake was less than 1% and he held no governance role,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (414+ words) Sam Reynolds is a senior reporter based in Asia. Sam was part of the CoinDesk team that won the 2023 Gerald Loeb award in the breaking news category for coverage of FTX's collapse. Prior to CoinDesk, he was a reporter with…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (283+ words) In 2025, crypto crime took a violent turn. Physical attacks aimed at stealing cryptocurrencies, known as "wrench attacks," jumped 75% from the previous year, with 72 confirmed incidents worldwide, according to a new report by CertiK. The report marks last year as a…...