Two executives of a China-based chemical company were sentenced to prison for conspiring to ship fentanyl precursors to the United States in exchange for cryptocurrency, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
Crypto mogul Do Kwon, known as ‘the cryptocurrency king,’ pleads guilty to fraud charges
South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two fraud charges arising from the $40 billion collapse of a cryptocurrency ecosystem that had promised investors their money was safe.
Crypto mogul Do Kwon pleads not guilty in first U.S. court appearance
South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Hyeong Kwon pleaded not guilty Thursday, Jan. 2, to a freshly unsealed indictment released in time for his first U.S. court appearance.
Justin Sun, Chinese crypto entrepreneur, eats $6.2M banana art
A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months for allowing money laundering
Changpeng Zhao, founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced Tuesday to four months in prison for looking the other way as criminals used the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism.