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ForkLog 8 21.03.2021

SEC: Exchanges are not violating rules by listing XRP

Aside from Ripple and its employees, no investors, exchanges or other platforms violate the SEC guidance by selling XRP tokens. This was stated by the regulator's lawyer in court, according to attorney Jeremy Hogan.

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ForkLog 15 19.03.2021

Russian national pleads guilty to conspiracy to introduce malware into a U.S. company’s computer network

Russian national Egor Kryuchkov pleads guilty to conspiracy to organise a cyberattack on the computer network of a Nevada-based company, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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ForkLog 8 19.03.2021

Wirex wins trademark case against three cryptocurrency companies

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has upheld Wirex's claim against three cryptocurrency companies that used its registered trademark.

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ForkLog 12 19.03.2021

John McAfee says the case against him is an attack by the US on all cryptocurrencies

Entrepreneur John McAfee said that US authorities are using the case against him to crack down on cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 9 17.03.2021

Ex-BitMEX CEO Hayes agrees to voluntary surrender to U.S. authorities

Lawyers for Arthur Hayes, the former BitMEX chief executive, have agreed with U.S. authorities on his voluntary surrender and bail.

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ForkLog 8 17.03.2021

Eighteen-year-old Twitter hacker sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release

Graham Clarke, who orchestrated the July 2020 Twitter hack, will serve three years in prison with a subsequent three-year period of supervised release following a plea deal with prosecutors, according to Tampa Bay Times.

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ForkLog 9 16.03.2021

Court frees BitMEX co-founder on $20 million bond

BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo voluntarily surrendered to U.S. authorities. On March 15, he appeared remotely before a court on charges of violating the Bank Secrecy Act, according to Bloomberg.

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ForkLog 24 12.03.2021

SEC Seeks Ripple Executives’ Personal Financial Information

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking information on the personal financial dealings of two Ripple executives in connection with a lawsuit over unregistered XRP token sales totaling $1.3 billion.

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ForkLog 9 12.03.2021

Romanian barber charged with $620,000 cryptocurrency theft

Romania's Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Terrorism arrested a Craiova resident on suspicion of hacking the seventh-largest cryptocurrency operator in the world, based in the Cayman Islands.

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ForkLog 13 11.03.2021

Mt. Gox creditors urged to drop lawsuit in favour of recovery plan

Former Mt. Gox chief executive Mark Karpeles opposed the class-certification procedure in a suit brought by one of the platform's creditors, arguing the recovery plan is more favorable to the creditor. CoinDesk reports.

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ForkLog 11 11.03.2021

French court to hear appeal in Alexander Vinnik case

A court in Paris will begin hearing the appeal in the case of Russian national Alexander Vinnik, who was found guilty of money laundering.

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ForkLog 22 11.03.2021

Japanese court has, for the first time, imprisoned a Bitcoin holder for tax evasion

A 56-year-old resident of Komatsu, Hideji Matsuda, was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of 22 million yen (over $202,000) for concealing income from cryptocurrency trading. The case marks the first such ruling in the country's jurisprudence, local media reported.

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