FBI’s NexFundAI sting reveals widespread crypto market manipulation

The surge in WLFI's metrics highlights potential volatility and market manipulation risks, impacting investor confidence and market stability. The post World Liberty Financial records highest profit and age consumed metrics after Binance launches USD1/BTC trading pair appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Americans lost more than $11 billion to crypto-related fraud last year, according to an FBI report released in April — and the pressure on governments across Southeast Asia to crack down has only grown since then. A Deadly Business Myanmar’s military government has now responded with one of the harshest proposed laws of its kind […]

The post Victims of Iran Attacks Seek Court Order for Turnover of $344 Million in USDT Frozen by Tether appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. TLDR: Terrorism victims filed a Manhattan court motion targeting 344 million USDT frozen in IRGC-linked wallets. Plaintiffs cite past FBI seizure cases where Tether burned and reissued USDT to law enforcement wallets. Creditors seek to enforce $2.42 billion in compensatory and punitive terrorism judgments against Iran. Jurisdiction over Tether rests on its New York-based reserves managed through Cantor Fitzgerald. U.S. terrorism judgment creditors filed a motion in Manhattan federal court Thursday, seeking the turnover of over $344 million in USDT. The frozen funds are held in OFAC-blocked wallet addresses linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The plaintiffs want Tether to zero out those balances and reissue equivalent tokens to them. The case could set a notable precedent for crypto asset enforcement in terrorism-related judgments.

The post LAB insiders tighten grip as ZachXBT rips into exchange-fueled token game appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has accused the LAB project of orchestrating a large-scale market manipulation scheme that allegedly left retail investors exposed while insiders maintained control over more than 95% of the token supply. ZachXBT accused the LAB project and founder Vova Sadkov of concealing token distribution data and manipulating supply. The on-chain investigator claimed insiders likely control more than 95% of LAB tokens while retail investors remain unaware of the real circulation. The allegations also include changed lock-up terms, unpaid marketing fees, and suspicious exchange-related token movements worth hundreds of millions of dollars. According to reports published by ChainCatcher, the project’s fully diluted valuation surged to roughly $6 billion despite what ZachXBT described as opaque circulation data and undisclosed insider allocations. The

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has accused the LAB project of orchestrating a large-scale market manipulation scheme that allegedly left retail investors exposed while insiders maintained control over more than 95% of the token supply. According to reports published by ChainCatcher, the…

The trial could redefine boundaries for market commentary, impacting how investors interpret and trust public stock analysis. The post Andrew Left faces trial for alleged market manipulation in Los Angeles appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Fresh accusations of market manipulation are surrounding XRP after a wave of unusual whale activity triggered sharp liquidity shifts across major exchanges. On-chain analysts claim that large XRP holders may be strategically moving billions of tokens to influence price action, target leveraged positions, and exploit weak liquidity zones during critical market sessions. Is XRP Becoming A Whale-Controlled Market? XRP whales have now confirmed strategic manipulation of liquidity, turning what appears to be resistance into a calculated market trap. A crypto trader and investor known as Cheeky Crypto on X noted that as XRP tests the $1.45 resistance level for the fourth time, new data suggests this ceiling is a deliberate liquidity zone engineered by large holders. Related Reading: XRP Market Now Controlled By Whales? Dominance Reaches 91% On Binance At the core of this setup lies a staggering 1.16 billion XRP token supply overhang and a hidden market pipe. While retail investors interpret

FBI Director Kash Patel said the use of AI has accelerated child exploitation investigations, threat detection, and internal operations.