A recent controversy involving a South Korean lawmaker’s cryptocurrency holdings has resulted in his resignation from his political party, and subsequent raids on prominent cryptocurrency exchanges Upbit and Bithumb.

Listen to this article to discover why approximately $4.5 million worth of wemix coins has caused the lawmaker to resign.

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A tweet Elon Musk has boosted the sales of the Milady Maker NFT collection, turning a profit for NFT sellers for the first time in months as the NFT dry season drags on.

Listen to this article to learn about the new meme-coin looking to compete against last week's other Pepe meme-coin.

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In the past, Ethereum wasn't a security. This period of classification caused confusion and, eventually, a great deal of controversy, as the former Securities and Exchange Commission director was found to have a financial conflict of interest from a pro-Ethereum entity at the time.

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To combat crypto crime in the United States, industry participants often turn to the Securities and Exchange Commission. But when it comes to cracking down on bad actors, the Department of Justice’s emerging playbook seems to have a far greater success rate.

Listen to this article to discover why wire fraud is the most effective way of prosecuting criminals without the need to classify crypto assets.

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Tether released its latest attestation by BDO Italy on Wednesday, revealing $81.8 billion in assets and $79.3 billion in outstanding Tether tokens as of March 1.

Tether is the largest stablecoin and one of the three largest cryptocurrencies, representing a systemically important representation of liquidity in the markets. The quality and quantity of its reserves are vital issues for the cryptocurrency industry. That said, the firm has often struggled to produce accurate and whole attestations.

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In the third installment of Cas's column So you don’t have to, the spotlight is once again on infamous crypto shill Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy. Last time, Cas dissected his truly terrible book Catching Up to Crypto -- now, he's reviewing his rather lengthy interview with Donald Trump Jr.

Listen to the article to find out how BitBoy used the interview to shill and misinform alongside Donald Trump Jr.

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Investors in Pepecoin (PEPE), the meme cryptocurrency du jour, have started a Twitter war against crypto exchange Coinbase after its newsletter warned of its volatility and associations with the alt-right.

Listen to this article to discover what ignited the Pepe community, the chequered history behind the meme, and the drive towards a sudden meme coin surge.

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In a joint committee hearing in the Unites States House of Representatives on Wednesday, members of the Financial Services Committee and the Agriculture Committee discussed what regulatory framework is needed to manage the risks and benefits of cryptocurrencies in the US.

Listen to this article to find out what representatives had to say about Joe Biden's sentiment for greater cryptocurrency regulation and to learn what they had to say on concrete issues plaguing the industry.

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A drug dealer caught with $6.7 million in cryptocurrency and $1.4 million worth of cocaine has lost the millions of dollars he made on the dark web in a record confiscation of its kind by the West Yorkshire financial crime department.

Listen to the article to find out how millions of crypto was used as part of a drugs empire in the UK.

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Luke Dashjr, one of Bitcoin Core’s developers, has proposed to ban bitcoin NFTs and the BRC-20 by extending spam filtration to Bitcoin’s recently introduced Taproot transactions.

Listen to this article to find out what he had to say about one of the most significant upgrades in the Bitcoin network.

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