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Government Cracks Down on Crypto Industry With Flurry of Actions

State and federal agencies have levied fines, brought new cases and issued policy statements to rein in freewheeling practices in recent weeks.

Ex-Coinbase Employee Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading

The case was part of a crackdown on an old-school financial crime in the crypto world.

Genesis, a Crypto Lending Firm, Files for Bankruptcy

Genesis was caught in the fallout of the collapse of FTX, the crypto exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried.

Crypto Lender Nexo Is Fined $45 Million

It’s the latest cryptocurrency company to draw scrutiny from regulators, who are seeking to rein in the industry after the collapse of FTX.

FTX Executives Expressed Concern Over Use of Customer Funds, Documents Show

Documents obtained by The New York Times provide new details about the discussions among FTX’s top leaders before the cryptocurrency exchange collapsed in November.

New York Attorney General Sues Founder of Collapsed Crypto Bank

Letitia James accused the founder of Celsius Network, Alex Mashinsky, of a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of investors.

Inside the Frantic Texts Exchanged by Crypto Executives as FTX Collapsed

A group chat including crypto leaders shows Binance’s Changpeng Zhao accusing FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried of orchestrating trades to destabilize the industry.

The Crypto Industry Struggles for a Way Forward After FTX Collapse

The implosion of the exchange FTX shows how an industry built in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis has drifted far from its original…

Sam Bankman-Fried Blames ‘Huge Management Failures’ for FTX Collapse

Mr. Bankman-Fried spoke at The New York Times’s DealBook conference, in his first public appearance since his crypto exchange imploded.

‘No Cooperation’: How Sam Bankman-Fried Tried to Cling to FTX

Emails and text messages show how lawyers and executives struggled to persuade the 30-year-old entrepreneur to give up control of his collapsing crypto exchange.