Judge orders BitMEX to pay $100M fine over US banking law violations
BitMEX has been hit with an additional financial penalty following its 2022 guilty plea for violating the US Bank Secrecy Act.
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UK passes bill to enable authorities to seize Bitcoin used for crime
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Esports team TSM suspends $210M sponsorship deal with FTX
Professional esports organization Team SoloMid (TSM) (previously TSM FTX) has suspended its $210 million sponsorship deal with the now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange “effective immediately” following the cryptocurrency trading platform’s shock collapse last week.The United-States-based esports organization made the announcement in a Nov. 16 tweet to its 2.2 million followers, adding that the decision was made after…

Coronavirus Takes Toll on Bitcoin Halving, but Pandemic Won’t Steal the Show
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