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  • Aug 12, 2024

Citigroup's head of digital assets for markets unit departs, memo says

Citigroup's head of digital assets for its markets unit, Shobhit Maini, is leaving the bank after more than 14 years, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. Maini, who joined Citigroup in 2010, according to his LinkedIn page, was global head of digital assets for Citi markets since 2021. He is leaving Citi to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity in the digital asset space, said Lee Smallwood, head of markets innovation and investments at the bank, in the memo.

  • Aug 12, 2024

SEC charges crypto firm NovaTech with fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing a crypto startup, NovaTech, for allegedly fraudulently raising more than $650 million from over 200,000 investors, many in the Haitian-American community. The SEC frames NovaTech, founded in 2019 by husband-and-wife duo Cynthia and Eddy Petion, as a multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme -- one that lured investors by claiming to invest in profitable crypto and foreign exchange markets. In truth, NovaTech reserved only a fraction of investor funds for trading, devoting the bulk to its payments to existing investors and commissions for promoters, according to the SEC.

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