On Friday, Vladimir Smerkis, the co-founder of the popular Telegram Mini App Blum, was arrested in Moscow for fraud. The arrest took place at the Zamoskvoretsky District Court, although the details about the charges remain unclear. Initially, Smerkis supervised Binance’s operations in Russia and the CIS region. Blum quickly distanced itself from the co-founder and […]
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Celsius’s Alex Mashinsky vs. FTC Legal Battle Heats Up
In a recent court filing on Monday, former CEO of Celsius Alex Mashinsky filed a request that the Federal Trade Commission [FTC] drop its ongoing case against him. The crypto lending platform filed for bankruptcy amid the market downturn, and Mashinsky was subsequently arrested in July, facing charges related to fraud and the alleged manipulation […]