The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly investigating whether there was insider trading at First Republic Bank. The investigation focuses on trades that now-former executives made before the government seized the bank and sold it to JPMorgan Chase, Bloomberg reported Friday (May 5), citing unnamed sources. The report added that...
The brother of an ex-Coinbase product manager pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy, Reuters wrote. This, according to U.S. prosecutors, is the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency. Nikhil Wahi, 26, said he had made trades based on confidential Coinbase information. Prosecutors said the ex-product...
Ex-McKinsey partner Puneet Dikshit, 40, has pled guilty to securities fraud, CNBC writes. Dikshit reportedly made bets ahead of the Goldman Sachs acquisition of FinTech GreenSky for $2.2 billion. Dikshit had been accused of insider trading last month, with the charge being that he used...
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has filed a search warrant request for a trading and securities fraud investigation related to the blockchain pivot of Long Island Iced Tea (LTEA). Quartz reported that the FBI wants to gain access to encrypted messages held on...
March 30, 2025
Cryptocurrencies could soon be considered financial products under Japanese law. The country’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is working on revising the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act to change the legal status of crypto assets, the Nikkei reported on Sunday (March 30), without citing specific sources. According to the report, the change would place cryptocurrencies under […]
May 05, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly investigating whether there was insider trading at First Republic Bank. The investigation focuses on trades that now-former executives made before the government seized the bank...
September 12, 2022
The brother of an ex-Coinbase product manager pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy, Reuters wrote. This, according to U.S. prosecutors, is the first insider trading case involving cryptocurrency. Nikhil Wahi,...
December 15, 2021
Ex-McKinsey partner Puneet Dikshit, 40, has pled guilty to securities fraud, CNBC writes. Dikshit reportedly made bets ahead of the Goldman Sachs acquisition of FinTech GreenSky for $2.2 billion. Dikshit...
