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SEC and DOJ dismiss securities fraud case against BitClout founder. On February 28, federal prosecutors on behalf of the DOJ and the SEC voluntarily dismissed their case against Nader Al-Naji, founder of the crypto social network platform BitClout https://hotellahasienda.com/. The SEC and the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York had charged Al-Naji with lying to a venture capital firm about how decentralized his token-based social network really was. Al-Naji faced wire fraud allegations and separate civil charges that he defrauded investors by claiming that he would not benefit from the proceeds of his token sales, while allegedly spending millions of dollars from the token offering on himself and his family members.

Throughout April 2025, Bitcoin exhibited significant price swings, fluctuating between $76,000 and $95,000. After hitting a low of $76,000 on April 8, BTC rebounded to $88,500, then peaked at $91,740 on April 22—its highest level since March.

Ripple Labs announces reduced SEC penalty and agreement to drop cross-appeals. On March 25, Ripple Labs’ Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty announced on X (formerly Twitter) that the SEC had agreed to drop its appeal of a federal district court’s determination that retail sales of Ripple’s XRP token were not investment contracts subject to registration requirements under federal securities law. Alderoty further announced that the SEC would keep $50 million of the $125 million civil penalty the district court imposed on Ripple – but refund the remaining $75 million – while Ripple would agree to dismiss its own appeal of the district court’s order. The SEC has not yet confirmed these details, but on April 10 filed a motion with the court of appeals to stay proceedings.

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