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Short-Term BTC Holders Quit, CME Open Interest Slid by Record During Monday’s Price Drop
Short-term bitcoin (BTC) holders exited the market at a loss [...]

Metaplanet Announces Largest Raise by an Asian-Listed Firm to Buy Bitcoin
Metaplanet (3350), the Japanese hotel investor, has announced the largest [...]

Mad Money’s Jim Cramer Says ‘Own Bitcoin, Not MicroStrategy’
Former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer called for owning bitcoin [...]

Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse Bats For Diversified U.S. Crypto Reserve
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of crypto company Ripple Labs, supports the [...]

Bitcoin Mining Stocks With AI Ambition Battered 20%-30% Lower as Nvidia’s Plunge Grips Crypto
Bitcoin (BTC) managed a minor bounce of its worst levels [...]

Pfizer to Pay $60M to Settle DOJ and Whistleblower Kickback Charges
Last Friday (January 24), the Department of Justice announced that [...]

CFTC Promotes Whistleblower Chief Brian Young to Acting Head of Enforcement
Last week (January 22), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting [...]

MicroStrategy Buys 10.1K Bitcoin for $1.1B, Taking Holdings to 471,107 BTC
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Top 10 Most Fascinating Whistleblower Stories and Recoveries of 2024
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Nasdaq Files for In-Kind Redemptions for BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF
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Top 10 SEC Recoveries for 2024
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Bitcoin Options Worth $7.8B Set to Expire at End of Month on Deribit
Some $7.8 billion worth of bitcoin (BTC) options expire at [...]

Community Health Network – Healthcare Fraud/Kickbacks ($135 million)
Constantine Cannon represented a whistleblower alleging Indiana-based Community Health Network [...]

Bitcoin Trade Volume Wednesday Was One of the Largest Ever
Bitcoin continues to trade at record levels. According to checkonchain [...]

Top 10 False Claims Act Non-Healthcare Recoveries for 2024
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LPL Financial Resolves SEC’s Charges for Anti-Money Laundering Violations
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) swooped in once again [...]

Top 10 False Claims Act Recoveries in Healthcare for 2024
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Grant Cardone Wants to Use Real Estate Cash Flow to Buy Bitcoin. Here’s How
Grant Cardone is the founder and CEO of Cardone Capital, [...]

Indiana’s Community Health Network To Pay an Additional $135M to Settle Stark Law Case Initiated by Whistleblower
The Indiana-based Community Health Network (“Community”) will pay an additional [...]

Dogecoin Sinks After Brief D.O.G.E Pump; SOL, HYPE Lead Crypto Rebound
Dogecoin (DOGE) retraced Tuesday's gains while Solana’s SOL jumped 8% [...]

Bitcoin Sales by Long-Term Holders Seem to Have Bottomed Out: Van Straten
Long-term holders of bitcoin (BTC) seem to ended their selling [...]

Bitcoin Mining Economics Expected to Be Stable, Profitable in 2025, Canaccord Says
Bitcoin (BTC) mining is likely to remain profitable this year [...]

Donald Trump’s Official Token Surges 25%, Some Observers See it as Bet on His Presidency
TRUMP memecoin riches have spurred billions of dollars for the [...]

More Cybercriminals Pay Steep Price for Running Crypto Scams and Laundering Cash
The government has already ramped up its efforts in 2025 [...]