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A man from Ohio, USA, is facing charges which could see him refund up to $33 million for violating US federal anti fraud regulations set by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). SEC revealed that Micheal W. Ackerman is indicted for fleaching more than $33 million from about 150 investors subscribed to his cryptocurrency platform.

Blockchain initiatives could get a 3-year immunity or grace period from U.S. securities laws to create distributed systems. As per the latest Safe Harbor application by Hester Peirce, U.S. SEC Commissioner.

The Russian entrepreneur who is also the CEO of Telegram Group Inc., Pavel Valerievich Durov, fended off hearsay from the attorney of the United States SEC – an agency responsible to put the federal laws into practice, and also monitor and regulate electronic securities in the US - that his firm’s 2018 cryptocurrency sale was done to top-up its cash reserves.

A suspect identified as Donald G. Blakstad from the United States of America is facing legal action by the agency responsible for implementing federal laws, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for supposedly operating a fake cryptocurrency mining activity.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended the Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal. As per the official document issued by the SEC, they have decided to go forward with setting the proposal under further review. By Feb 26, next year, the commission will make a final decision on whether to allow or not to allow BTC ETF and also ascertain their status.

In the due course of searching for fake initial coin offerings (ICO), the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC), the authority in charge of monitoring and regulating electronic securities, has managed to charge another blockchain and distributed ledger tech (DLT) initiative with cheating a massive number of investors, to collect around $42 million.

The financial and securities watchdog silently accepted a fund tied to the BTC futures market just a few days ago — an effort which many experts say vividly widens the chances for the endorsement of other ETFs sooner or later.

On Tuesday, Telegram, a cloud-based instant messaging and voice over IP service, formally asked the United States court to drop all existing accusations brought against the firm by the agency that is responsible for regulating the financial, cryptocurrency and securities sector, Securities and Exchange Commission (U.S. SEC) in October.

Longfin Corp., a NASDAQ-listed independent finance and tech firm, that unexpectedly jumped onto the cryptocurrency bandwagon with the aim of benefiting from the bitcoin (BTC) bull run that happened in December 2017, was recently ordered by a New York federal court to recompense around $7,000,000 in fines and disgorgement for fake operations, as per a U.S. SEC report issued on Sept 30.