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Ester Félez-Viñas, Luke Johnson, and Tālis J. Putniņš

Insider Traders Have Found Their Way to Cryptocurrency Markets

By Ester Félez-Viñas, Luke Johnson, and Tālis J. Putniņš August 26, 2022 by Ester Félez-Viñas, Luke Johnson, and Tālis J. Putniņš

On July 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commenced the first ever lawsuit charging insider trading in cryptocurrency markets. A former employee of Coinbase – a major cryptocurrency exchange – together with his brother and a friend, …

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