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Topic: crypto

The US Department of Justice headquarters in Washington
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US Moves to Drop Its Case Against the Alleged 722 Million Dollar BitClub Fraudster

  • The US Justice Department is moving to dismiss its criminal case against Matthew Goettsche, the alleged mastermind of BitClub Network, a crypto-mining scheme prosecutors called a 722 million dollar Ponzi.
  • The reversal, coming as a trial neared, is a striking one: three of his co-defendants had already pleaded guilty, and it lands amid a broader retreat in US crypto enforcement.

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A Bank of New York Mellon building
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BNY Lets Institutions Mint and Redeem the USDC Stablecoin Directly

  • BNY, the world's largest custodian bank, will let institutional clients create and cash out Circle's USDC stablecoin directly through its custody platform.
  • It's another sign that big, regulated banks are wiring stablecoins into mainstream financial plumbing.

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