Neobank Lunar raised €70 million to create a cryptocurrency trading platform

The Danish banking project Lunar has attracted additional investments and plans to open its own platform for the sale of cryptocurrencies and b2b payments. Lunar’s new funding round was a continuation of last year’s investment series D. Last summer, neobank Lunar attracted investments in the amount of €210 million for the development of cryptocurrency projects. A total of €345 million was raised, which allowed Lunar’s capitalization to approach €2 billion. The Danish neobank has a…

US Regulators Charge Four Creators of JetCoin Crypto Pyramid

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Department of Justice have charged four suspects with creating the JetCoin cryptocurrency pyramid and defrauding investors for a total of $44 million. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) accused three US citizens: Dwayne Golden, Gregory Aggesen and Marquis Egerton, as well as Indian citizen Jatin Patel of fraud and extortion. The agency claims that they organized cryptocurrency schemes called Empowercoin and Ecoinplus, with the help of which…