Financial and White-Collar Legal/Enforcement Reporter
Covering white-collar investigations for The Wall Street Journal. dave.michaels@wsj.com. @MSB_MBA, @georgetownsfs alum. DM for Signal, Whatsapp, etc.
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By: Jan Wolfe, Dave Michaels
Top antitrust official says big companies could panic and try to squelch competition.
Binance's ongoing efforts to evade U.S. rules and let Americans use its offshore crypto exchange was part of an "ongoing fraud," Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam said Tuesday. Speaking on CNBC, Mr. Behnam said Binance intentionally evaded the CFTC's registration requireme
By: Dave Michaels, Vicky Ge Huang
In a tumultuous few days, the crypto giant raised fees, suffered software issues and faced a regulator lawsuit.
By: Dave Michaels
A crypto trader accused of using illicit tips from his brother, who worked at exchange operator Coinbase Global, was ordered to pay $469,525 in restitution as part of a plea ag
By: Dave Michaels
The bank’s swaps dealer priced derivatives in terms that put clients at a disadvantage, CFTC says.
By: Mengqi Sun, Dave Michaels
Bittrex, once ranked as the country’s biggest platform for trading digital assets, is leaving the U.S.
By: Dave Michaels, Kim Mackrael
The rejection of Microsoft’s Activision takeover by a U.K. watchdog reflects antitrust headwinds for large tech companies.
The crypto exchange says regulators’ lawsuit threat is undermined by clearance of the company’s initial public offering.
By: Dave Michaels
HSBC has agreed to pay $75 million to settle federal investigations that found its traders manipulated the price of derivatives and did business over prohibited messaging channels. The price manipulation allegations by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission stem from HSBC deals from 2012 to 2015,
By: Dave Michaels
The deal ends a lawsuit closely watched for its focus on which digital assets are securities.
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