The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced charges against broker-dealer and investment advisor LPL Financial LLC for multiple violations of its Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program. LPL agreed to pay a $18 million civil penalty and promised to improve its anti-money laundering policies and procedures. The SEC order states that between May 2019 and December 2023, LPL suffered from chronic failures in its customer identification procedures, including failure to close accounts without prope...
According to CoinDesk, broker Bernstein said in a research note on Monday that Ethereum has underperformed Bitcoin so far this year, but that the inflow of funds into the Ethereum ETF has reversed, suggesting that this period of underperformance may be over. BlackRock's spot Ethereum ETF saw inflows of $250 million on Friday, while its spot Bitcoin ETF only saw inflows of $137 million. This created a favorable supply and demand dynamic for ETH. Bernstein noted that staked earnings could be anoth...
ASIC mining machine manufacturer Canaan has signed a purchase agreement with HIVE Digital to provide HIVE with 6,500 Avalon A1566 mining machines with an average computing power of 185 TH/s. Currently, the first batch of 500 mining machines has been delivered and is scheduled to be installed, and the remaining 6,000 units will be delivered in batches from December to March 2025. On this news, Canaan Technology's Nasdaq stock (CAN) rose 38% to $1.74. It is reported that HIVE Digital announced tha...
On-chain detective ZachXBT posted that OTC trader Yicong Wang (Wang Yicong) has helped Lazarus Group convert tens of millions of cryptocurrencies stolen by various hackers into cash through bank transfers since 2022. A few months ago, a follower contacted ZachXBT after his trading account was frozen after completing a P2P transaction with OTC Wang Yicong (using pseudonyms such as Seawang, Greatdtrader, and BestRhea977). He then shared one of Wang Yicong's Tron wallet addresses with him from a sc...
Blockchain company HUMBL has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has officially issued a patent for the company's blockchain technology. According to the information provided, HUMBL's newly filed patent technology appears to be a blockchain-based currency transaction system that will act as a bridge between blockchain-based digital currencies and fiat currencies (and vice versa). This payment system will allow almost any two wallets to transact without intermedia...
The California New Car Dealers Association: Tesla's (TSLA. O) sales in California fell 24 percent in the second quarter of 2024.