Ripple Labs Inc did not violate federal securities law by selling its XRP token on public exchanges, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday, a landmark legal victory for the cryptocurrency industry that sent the value of XRP soaring. XRP was up 75% by late ...Read More

Broker-dealer Merrill Lynch has agreed to pay a total of $12 million in fines to regulators for failing to file about 1,500 suspicious activity reports over more than a decade. Under U.S. anti-money-laundering rules, broker-dealers like Merrill Lynch are required to file suspicious activity reports to ...Read More

Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky was arrested Thursday on federal securities fraud charges, a source told CNBC the bankrupt crypto exchange agreed to pay a $4.7 billion settlement with government regulators. The exchange was also charged by the SEC and CFTC with scheming to defraud investors ...Read More

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to understand if the company has violated consumer protection laws. The Washington Post, which first reported the news, published the FTC’s 20-page civil investigative demand (CID), similar to a subpoena outlining key focuses of the probe. A source ...Read More

The world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume is reportedly downsizing amid mounting pressure from federal investigations. The Wall Street Journal reports that Binance already terminated dozens of its employees last week, some of whom were told their jobs were redundant while others were let go ...Read More

The Federal Bureau of Investigation reportedly carried out a search at the residence of Jesse Powell, the man behind Kraken, the second-largest crypto exchange in the United States. People familiar with the matter revealed that the FBI’s raid was not in connection with Powell’s cryptocurrency ...Read More

Coinbase Global (COIN) said late Wednesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission “lacks authority” to sue the largest US crypto exchange, the latest in its ongoing legal war with the powerful Washington regulator. The SEC alleged in a lawsuit filed earlier this month that ...Read More