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Mango Markets Exploiter Gets 4 Years for 1.3K Child-Exploitation Images

Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg, already awaiting a July sentencing for commodities fraud tied to a $110 million token manipulation, has been given more than four years in federal prison for allegedly possessing almost 1,300 files of child images discovered during his 2022 arrest.

, by Julia Smith

Industry Talk

Pi Network Crashes 55% as Pi Day Countdown Begins – Are Whales Manipulating Prices?

The Pi Network community celebrates “Pi Day” on March 14, an event that has historically triggered surges, but whale manipulation fears loom.

, by Harvey Hunter

Bitcoin News

12,000 Bitcoin Sell Order Sparks Fears of Whale Manipulation

Bitcoin's price is under scrutiny as an ‘unreasonable’ 12,000 Bitcoin sell order on Binance has raised suspicions of whale manipulation.

, by Harvey Hunter

Hydro Crypto Token Price Manipulation Convict Gets Jail Term

A Florida federal jury convicted Hydrogen Technology Corp’s former head of financial engineering over crypto price manipulation conspiracy. The convict, Shane Hampton, allegedly orchestrated a months-long scheme to manipulate the price of Hydrogen Tech’s native crypto token – Hydro. The...

, by Sujha Sundararajan

First NFT Insider-Trading Trial Results in Guilty Verdict for Ex-Opensea Manager

Former OpenSea product manager Nathaniel Chastain has been found guilty of wire fraud and money laundering in the first insider-trading trial involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs). A federal court in Manhattan, New York handed down the verdict on Wednesday following a week-long trial and two...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

Binance Wash Trading Behind Huge Bitcoin Volume Surge, Incentives Being Removed, CZ Says

The removal of some trading fees on the major crypto exchange Binance is believed to be the reason behind a surge in trading volume on Friday that ended up barely moving the price at all. Now, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has announced steps to combat so-called wash trading on his...

, by Fredrik Vold

‘NFTs May Be New, but This Criminal Scheme Isn’t’: Ex-OpenSea Head Arrested for NFT Insider Trading

Nathaniel Chastain, former Head of Product at OpenSea, the largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, has been arrested and charged with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with insider trading in NFTs.On Wednesday, prosecutors in New York’s Southern District accused the...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

South Korea to Tax Crypto Gifts, Inheritances, Plans Crackdown on Manipulators

The South Korean tax body has announced plans to start taxing crypto gifts and inherited tokens – although taxes will need to be paid in fiat using complicated-sounding methods. And Seoul has also announced that it will intensify its crackdown on crypto market manipulation.According to...

, by Tim Alper

Regulators Learning from Crypto to Take on Pump and Dumps in Stocks

A newly released presentation has revealed how the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has learned about pump and dump activities in the crypto market, and how the same schemes have spilled over to the stock market.The previously unknown presentation was first made public...

, by Fredrik Vold

NFT Insider Trading On OpenSea Highlights Benefits of Decentralization

Accusations of insider trading on the popular OpenSea marketplace prompted talks about the need for a decentralized non-fungible tokens (NFT) trading platform.It all started with an anonymous thread on Twitter that alleged that the Head of Product at OpenSea, Nate Chastain, appears to have several...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Litecoin Pumps and Dumps on Fake Walmart News, Bitcoin, Ethereum React Too

Litecoin (LTC), the 12th most valuable cryptocurrency by market capitalization, gained more than 36% in less than one hour today, after a news report that turned out to be fake said the US retail giant Walmart had entered into “a major partnership” with Litecoin.The news report, first...

, by Fredrik Vold

‘Intelectual Posturing’ Highlights Ethereum’s Extractable Value Vulnerability

A "personal project" by a developer might bring even more controversy into the so-called Miner Extractable Value (MEV) practice on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, possibly tempting some miners to extract all the value they can from Ethereum before it moves to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

South Korea To Ban Exchange Insiders from Trading on Own Platforms

The top South Korean financial regulator is set to launch a fines system for insider trading, and will move to block exchange staff from using their own platforms to perform crypto trades.Per Chosun, the regulatory Financial Services Commission (FSC) is “pushing” the government to...

, by Tim Alper

FinTok & ‘Finfluencers’ Are On The Rise: 3 Tips To Assess Their Advice

Angel Zhong, Senior Lecturer in Finance, RMIT University. _____Queenie Tan is full of financial advice. Whether it is cheap date ideas, buying furniture, saving your first USD 100,000, doing your tax return or investing in Dogecoin, there is seemingly no topic the 24-year-old Sydney woman...

, by Angel Zhong

Are Wall Street Giants Playing the ‘Make-Bitcoin-Cheaper’ Game Again?

It seems that the Wall Street actors may be playing the same game seen in January - bashing bitcoin (BTC) when it looks relatively weak, while and/or before doing their own BTC-related move. We saw this from JPMorgan and Guggenheim Partners earlier, and now it's Goldman Sachs. This week, US-based...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Dogecoin’s Surge a Result of a Elon Musk-DogeDay-Crypto Popularity Mix

The world's most popular meme coin, dogecoin (DOGE), continues to baffle the Cryptosphere and the spheres beyond it, with many seeing its recent massive surge as a result of a combination of elements, including: Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, DogeDay, Coinbase, increased crypto popularity, and a quick buck...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

DeFi Sandwich Traders Get ‘Salmonella’

A trader decided to try out an experiment in exploitation as a cautionary tale to all decentralized finance (DeFi) entrants, gaining more than ETH 100 (USD 168,560) in profits from sandwich trading contracts."Sandwich trading is a lot of fun, but it's not risk free," said Nathan Worsley, founder...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Misinfo Over Gemini Bitcoin Inflow Reminds To DYOR

Analysts have blamed misinfo for bitcoin (BTC)’s correction yesterday from USD 60,000 to below USD 54,000, with a whale alert from CryptoQuant suggesting that nearly BTC 19,000 (USD 1bn) flowed into Gemini exchange, potentially to be sold.While CryptoQuant was initially sticking by its...

, by Simon Chandler

DOGE Dips With Market While Musk Laughs at SEC Investigation Rumor

The coin that could well be the memest of all memecoins, dogecoin (DOGE), continues swimming in the sea of red today alongside the rest of the market. Meanwhile, Tesla supremo and the mover of markets Elon Musk seems quite amused by a rumor of a US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC)...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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Mango Markets Exploiter Gets 4 Years for 1.3K Child-Exploitation Images

Pi Network Crashes 55% as Pi Day Countdown Begins – Are Whales Manipulating Prices?

12,000 Bitcoin Sell Order Sparks Fears of Whale Manipulation

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