Law and Order

Donald Trump and his transition team are actively discussing the possibility of creating a full-time White House position focused on crypto policy, according to a report out Wednesday in Bloomberg.

FTX co-founder Gary Wang avoided prison time Wednesday, sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release for his role in the crypto exchange’s collapse.
“You did the right thing,” U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan told Wang, according to a post on Twitter (aka X) from Inner City Press.

Shaquille O’Neal has agreed to compensate investors tied to his embattled Astrals NFT project, who had allegedly purchased unregistered securities, according to a Monday court filing.

Donald Trump has selected Wall Street billionaire and Bitcoin bull Howard Lutnick to serve as his Commerce Secretary, reports the Wall Street Journal. By doing so, Trump has rejected the investor’s reported push to run the Treasury Department, a position with far greater sway over the U.S. economy.

The 2019 MacBook Pro used by the IRS to trace and seize $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen from crypto exchange Bitfinex is being put in the Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection.

A federal court judge ruled on Monday that Lido DAO, the governing body behind the popular liquid staking protocol, can be treated as a general partnership under state law.

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration includes a mix of GOP politicians, lawyers, and business leaders.

Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan, the rapper-turned-Bitcoin-thief, was sentenced to 18 months in a U.S. federal prison on Monday for her role in the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack, which saw Morgan and her husband steal $10.8 billion worth of BTC (by today’s price) from the crypto exchange.

Just when he looked poised to tap a crypto bull to run America’s economy, Donald Trump is reportedly having a rethink.

House Representatives in Pennsylvania have put forward a bill that would see a strategic Bitcoin reserve introduced at the state level. This comes after noise around a potential national Bitcoin reserve were amplified following Donald Trump securing reelection as President of the United States.

J. Christopher Giancarlo, affectionately known as “Crypto Dad,” dismissed speculation that he is being considered to replace Gary Gensler as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
On Thursday,  the former Chair of the U.S.