Investors file first civil suit against JPEX, more suits expected

The U.S. government’s arguments on stablecoins in an unrelated criminal case could bolster Binance’s position in its civil case with the SEC.

The alleged fraudster’s crypto brokerage filed for bankruptcy in 2019 after claiming to have been the victim of a hack. Self-described “Bitcoin King,” Claudio Oliveira, has been arrested and charged by Brazilian federal police for allegedly masterminding a 1.5 billion reais (roughly $300 million) fraud scheme involving crypto. Oliveria served as the president of Bitcoin…

Russia’s Duma Committee on Financial Markets is considering the adoption of a mandatory identification process for users of digital assets, local news service Izvestia reports on March 7.The committee chairman, Anatoly Aksakov, revealed that the authority is planning to amend Russia’s crypto regulation, aiming to establish a special identification process for users of digital financial…

Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekWeekend trap? Bitcoin hits $7,300 in attempt to finally break outAt the…

A $250 surprise rally took place between Oct. 25 and Oct. 26, pushing Ether (ETH) price from $1,345 to $1,595. The movement caused $570 million in liquidations in Ether’s bearish bets at derivatives exchanges, which was the largest event in more than 12 months. Ether price also rallied above the $1,600 level, which was the…

Over 40% of respondents were unaware that Bitcoin had a limited supply. 8992 Total views 24 Total shares Australians' knowledge of cryptocurrency could use some improvement, as more than half of them think that Elon Musk created Bitcoin (BTC), according to a new survey.Finder, Australia’s most visited comparison website, conducted a survey of 1,004 Australians…

Chainlink VRF v1 had previously crossed 3 million request transactions from NFT projects and blockchain games. On Wednesday, blockchain oracle solution Chainlink (LINK) announced the release of Chainlink Verifiable Random Function, or VRF, v2. As told by its developers, the new, improved version of the random number generator can reduce transaction fees by 60% compared…