Blockstream to launch Bitcoin lending funds with multi-billion investment
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Blockstream to launch Bitcoin lending funds with multi-billion investment

Bitcoin developer Blockstream has secured a multibillion-dollar investment to launch three new institutional funds, including two that will enable lending Bitcoin. “Blockstream’s institutional-grade Bitcoin investment solutions will go live on April 1, with external capital acceptance opening on July 1,” the firm stated on X on March 4, confirming an earlier Bloomberg report. It added that the investment products will…

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US Hits Two Russians With Criminal Charges Over Mt. Gox Bitcoin Hack
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Former Girlfriend of LA ‘Godfather’ Agrees to Plead Guilty Over $2.6M Tax Fraud

Iris Ramaya Au, the ex-girlfriend of crypto entrepreneur Adam Iza, who went by the alias “The Godfather,” has agreed to plead guilty to federal tax charges.  In a plea filed Tuesday, Au, 35, admitted to failing to report over $2.6 million in “ill-gotten gains” derived from her ex-boyfriend’s sprawling criminal operations.  Au now faces up to three years in federal…

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SEC agrees to drop lawsuit against Cumberland DRW, says firm
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SEC agrees to drop lawsuit against Cumberland DRW, says firm

The US Securities and Exchange Commission will dismiss its case against the Chicago-based Cumberland DRW, the crypto trading firm says. “Today we signed a joint filing to be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dismissing its case against Cumberland DRW,” Cumberland wrote in a March 4 X post.  Cumberland said the filing was agreed in principle between Cumberland…

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SEC agrees to drop lawsuit against Cumberland DRW, says firm
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SEC agrees to drop lawsuit against Cumberland DRW, says firm

The US Securities and Exchange Commission will dismiss its case against the Chicago-based Cumberland DRW, the crypto trading firm says. “Today we signed a joint filing to be made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dismissing its case against Cumberland DRW,” Cumberland wrote in a March 4 X post.  Cumberland said the filing was agreed in principle between Cumberland…

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