Roman Semenov was placed on OFAC’s sanctioned persons list, and Roman Storm was arrested as the United States continued its crackdown on the crypto mixer.
Judge Lewis Kaplan said the order was in line with the U.S. government’s Aug. 18 proposal for the former FTX CEO to access discovery materials.
The crypto exchange is ending staking services for U.S.-based users on Sep. 25; the decision comes a few weeks after Bitstamp halted trading for seven altcoins in the country.
The filing surrounding the legal strategy followed an all-day session between SBF and his lawyers on Aug. 22 outside of jail, which was granted by a judge on a one-time basis.
Thavisin was once CEO of Sansiri, one of Thailand’s largest real estate firms, known for backing crypto projects like XSpring.
EU lawmakers have reached a political consensus on the Data Act that has a “kill switch” for smart contracts, causing an uproar in the crypto community.
Plaintiffs in a new class-action suit against the hacked crypto wallet Atomic Wallet say the firm didn’t share any information about the hack with clients and didn’t report it to the police.
Although the likes of Lazarus Group have stolen billions of dollars worth of crypto, the public ledger technology makes it difficult for them to launder funds, as they can be tracked and frozen.
The former FTX CEO’s lawyers say he’s being served a “flesh diet” in prison even though he’s vegan and so he’s been subsisting on bread, water and peanut butter.
After having its banking ties slashed, crypto exchange Binance.US has revived its United States dollar on-ramp through a new partnership with MoonPay.