HashFlare co-founders plead guilty to wire fraud in US
Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turogin, both Estonian nationals, agreed to forfeit all claims in digital assets frozen by US authorities as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
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Huobi delists 33 tokens in one day citing trading risk, low volume
Some tokens were delisted due to "severe violation of regulations." 414 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAccording to a Jan. 11 announcement, cryptocurrency exchange Huobi said that it would delist 33 tokens consisting of tickers ABT, ATP, APN, AST,DIE, DHT, DFA, EDEN, GEAR, HC, INDI,…

CFTC mulling probe of Crypto.com over Super Bowl contracts: Report
The CFTC is considering probes on sports betting event contracts offered by Crypto.com weeks out from the popular Super Bowl match, Bloomberg reports.

Physical CryptoPunks, Mercedes NFTs, and Yuga Labs wins ‘copycat’ lawsuit: Nifty Newsletter
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s Nifty Newsletter. Keep reading to stay up-to-date with the latest stories on nonfungible tokens. Every Wednesday, the Nifty Newsletter informs and inspires you to dig deeper into the latest NFT trends and insights. In this week’s newsletter, read about how holders of CryptoPunks nonfungible tokens (NFTs) were offered physical

U.S. Dep. of Energy Grants $200,000 to Blockchain Company to Secure Grid
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is granting nearly $200,000 to blockchain company Factom to help protect the national power grid.Blockchain to improve grid reliability and resilienceOn July 12, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded the funds. The overall objectives of the grant proposed to design a system to improve grid reliability and resilience through…

Tron Issues Official Response to Recent Protest at Beijing Office
The Tron Foundation issued an official response to a recent protest against a ponzi scheme that went under a Tron-like name, today, July 8.As Cointelegraph previously reported, protestors swarmed the Beijing research and development offices of Raybo technology — a partner firm of Tron’s — to express outrage at a local cryptocurrency scam operating under…

Craig Wright Accused of Confusing Trial Proceedings
The counsel for the estate of Dave Kleiman has accused self-proclaimed “Satoshi Nakamoto” Craig Wright of abusing attorney client privilege to withhold documents and confuse trial proceedings.On Feb. 2, plaintiff Ira Kleiman — the late Dave Kleiman’s brother and personal representative of the estate — filed a memorandum challenging Craig’s privilege designations with the United…

‘The war room was despondent’ — Scaramucci recounts FTX collapse at Consensus
The Skybridge founder said that Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao is not to blame for the collapse. 167 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTOn April 27, Skybridge founder Anthony Scaramucci revealed what the final days of FTX were like, claiming that most employees of the failed…

Biopharma exec says Bitcoin could help industry through ‘biotech winter’
NASDAQ-listed biopharmaceutical firm Atai Life Sciences says cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin could be key to survival for biotech startups as they wade through years of regulatory approvals. Atai, which is developing mental health treatments using psychedelics like DMT and MDMA, has become the latest public company to announce plans to buy Bitcoin. It plans to buy