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Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao Plead Guilty to Money Laundering in $4.3 Billion DOJ Settlement

| Importance: 10/10

Binance Holdings Limited, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Bank Secrecy Act, failure to register as a money transmitting business, and violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in the largest corporate criminal penalty in …

Changpeng Zhao Binance Department of Justice Merrick Garland Lisa Monaco +5 more crypto regulatory-capture money-laundering fraud sanctions-violations +4 more
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Terra's UST Algorithmic Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg, Triggering $40 Billion Death Spiral and Crypto Market Crash

| Importance: 10/10

TerraUSD (UST), the fourth-largest stablecoin with $18 billion market capitalization, began losing its dollar peg on May 7-9, 2022, triggering a catastrophic “death spiral” that would destroy $40 billion in value within days and crash the broader crypto market. The algorithmic …

Do Kwon Terraform Labs Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) CFTC Janet Yellen +3 more crypto regulatory-capture fraud stablecoin systemic-risk +3 more
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Biden Administration 2022: Comprehensive Review of Political Appointees' Financial Disclosures and Ethics Compliance

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Comprehensive analysis of Biden administration’s 2022 financial disclosures reveals a complex landscape of potential conflicts of interest and efforts to mitigate them. The Office of Government Ethics certified financial reports showing high compliance, with 48 out of 56 White House assistants …

Biden Administration Office of Government Ethics Regulatory Agencies Political Appointees Antony Blinken +3 more regulatory-capture revolving-door personnel conflict-of-interest ethics-disclosure +1 more
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Federal Reserve Imposes Unprecedented Asset Cap on Wells Fargo

| Importance: 9/10

The Federal Reserve Board imposes an unprecedented enforcement action against Wells Fargo, restricting the bank from growing beyond its total asset size as of December 31, 2017—approximately $1.95 trillion. The asset cap represents the most severe punishment the Fed has imposed on a major bank in …

Federal Reserve Janet Yellen Wells Fargo Board banking-regulation wells-fargo federal-reserve corporate-accountability
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