Crypto laundering grew to more than $82 billion in 2025, with Chinese-language networks emerging as a dominant force, ...
Wash trading distorts NFT markets, inflating prices and misleading buyers. Criminals use NFTs for money laundering, hiding funds through mixers and cross-chain transfers. Regulators and investigators ...
The US government dropped its insider trading case against former OpenSea NFT platform executive Nathaniel Chastain after an ...
On July 31, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the conviction of Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea executive, for wire fraud and money laundering in connection with an ...
Four people were arrested in connection with the theft of digital property certificates, known as NFTs, totaling ...
In May 2023, a jury found Chastain guilty and ordered him to serve three months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $50,000 fine. Prosecutors said he stole OpenSea’s private business ...
The NFT market crash has a long tail. In the late 2010s, crypto enthusiasts and Web3 advocates celebrated the arrival of digital art. Non-fungible tokens, they argued, could offer the permanence and ...
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