Despite the U.S. Department of Justice investigating Binance for alleged violation of U.S. sanctions with its services in Russia, the firm has continued to promote its platform in the country.

Attorneys Pascale Guerrier, Richard Best and Robert MacDonald Moye representing the U.S. SEC in its ongoing lawsuit against Ripple have withdrawn from the case.

Binance didn’t reveal the exact reason behind the suspension but claimed it would only impact 1% of users in the affected regions.

The U.K. Treasury has released a consultation paper to understand the grassroots-level impact of a blanket ban on cold calls related to financial services and products.

Coin Center research director Peter Van Valkenburgh argued that crypto mixer Tornado Cash is an anonymizing software provider, not a money transmitter.

The police force of Israel reportedly recommended to prosecutors that Moshe Hogeg be charged with fraud, theft, money laundering and sex crimes.

Roman Semenov was placed on OFAC’s sanctioned persons list, and Roman Storm was arrested as the United States continued its crackdown on the crypto mixer.

Judge Lewis Kaplan said the order was in line with the U.S. government’s Aug. 18 proposal for the former FTX CEO to access discovery materials.

The crypto exchange is ending staking services for U.S.-based users on Sep. 25; the decision comes a few weeks after Bitstamp halted trading for seven altcoins in the country.

The filing surrounding the legal strategy followed an all-day session between SBF and his lawyers on Aug. 22 outside of jail, which was granted by a judge on a one-time basis.