BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy Charge

Alexander Vinnick, the Russian national who was one of BTC-e's operators, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his role with the crypto exchange.

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Full Transcript: Why MoonPay and PayPal Partnered to Expand Crypto Adoption in the U.S.

MoonPay co-founder and CEO Ivan Soto-Wright joins CDTV's "First Mover" to discuss MoonPay's recent partnership with PayPal.

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Kraken's Indices Provider Anticipates $1B AUM in Hong Kong ETFs by 2024 End: Bloomberg

CEO Sui Chung sees South Korea and Israel as the next markets to list crypto ETFs.

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Friend.Tech's Native Token Tanks to $2.5 After Debut

Early Friday, Friend.Tech airdropped its native token, FRIEND, while debuting version 2 of the platform.

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Tether Enters Transaction Surveillance Partnership with Chainalysis as Regulatory Pressure Mounts

The monitoring system would help Tether identify risky crypto addresses that could be used for bypassing sanctions or illicit activities like terrorist financing, the company said.

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Former FTX Europe Head Pays $1.5M for Gold Watch Recovered From Titanic: WSJ

Patrick Gruhn, the former head of FTX Europe, has paid nearly $1.5 million for a gold pocket watch recovered from the body of the Titanic’s richest passenger, The Wall Street Journal has reported.

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CZ’s Trial Proves it Pays to Cooperate

His four-month sentence was vindication for the Binance founder’s legal strategy.

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