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The SEC reeled in the crypto industry in a “highly productive and impactful year” as it brought charges against big names and celebrities. 

The developer behind the Mutant Ape Planet non-fungible token (NFT) collection – a knockoff of the Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFTs – pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding buyers in a rug pull that netted almost $3 million, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

The person who registered a “Blackrock” entity for a potential XRP ETF has been reported to the DOJ, according to a spokesperson.

Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures has launched a tokenization platform called Libeara.

A startup aims to help creators break into Hollywood by incentivizing creative collaboration with ‘Profit Points’ minted on the blockchain.

Some sectors of the crypto industry were excited (and/or confused) by an apparent BlackRock XRP Trust filing in the state of Delaware, suggesting the massive asset manager may try to launch an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) after applying to launch bitcoin and ether ETFs. But, this filing was “false.”

Linda Lacewell, who helped modernize New York’s regime for crypto startups, offers advice to California regulators about setting up a similar scheme there.

Co-founder of Celo, and CTO of cLabs, Marek Olszewski explained Celo’s “coming home moment” in an interview with The Block.

David Kemmerer anticipates the unintended consequences of proposed new regulations on brokers reporting crypto transactions. Expensive “tax experts” are set to benefit financially, he says, even if ordinary investors won’t.