Your Crypto Project Needs a Sheriff, Not a Bounty Hunter

coindesk.com Many other crypto attackers have returned funds after taking them, for instance in the Poly Network and Euler Finance attacks. It’s a uniquely crypto phenomenon that some…

Remember the Mango Markets exploiter? He’s going to trial

dlnews.com A version of this story appeared in our The Decentralised newsletter on April 9. Sign up here. GM, Tim here. Here’s what caught my DeFi-eye recently: Mango Markets exploiter…

MNGO from FTX estate vote for Mango Markets buyback proposal

protos.com Mango Markets, a Solana-based decentralized exchange, has been thrust back into the public consciousness after the conviction of Avi Eisenberg for market manipulation…

Could Esienberg commodities conviction be smoking gun for Coinbase against SEC?

cryptoslate.com Could a recent US criminal court case involving digital assets trading be helpful to Coinbase in its defense against the SEC? Last week, Avraham Eisenberg was convicted in a…

Bitcoin’s record $80m fee frenzy is just the beginning for Runes

dlnews.com A version of this article appeared in our The Decentralised newsletter on April 23. Sign up here. GM, Tim here. Here’s what caught my DeFi-eye recently: Bitcoin users spend…

The Pulse: The Bitcoin halving has taken place. Now it gets interesting

theblock.co Today's topics include the bitcoin halving, the Mango Markets exploiter, Telegram, Tether and upcoming Hong Kong ETFs.

The Morning Risk Report: Wall Street Steered Billions to Blacklisted Chinese Companies, House Probe Finds

createsend.com Good morning. A congressional investigation found that Wall Street used billions of dollars of American retirement savings and other investments to buy shares in index funds…

Mango Markets Hacker Found Guilty, Faces 20 Years in Prison: Reuters

cryptonews.com The Mango Markets hacker, Avraham Eisenberg, was found guilty on Thursday in a Manhattan federal court for orchestrating a scheme that resulted in the theft of approximately…

Crypto Trader Behind $110,000,000 Mango Markets Exploit Convicted on Fraud Charges

dailyhodl.com A jury has unanimously found the trader behind the $110 million exploit of Solana (SOL)-based decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform Mango Markets guilty in the…

New York Jury Convicts Avraham Eisenberg in $110 Million Crypto Market Manipulation Case

cryptopotato.com A federal jury has convicted crypto trader Avraham Eisenberg of fraud and market manipulation. The charges stemmed from Eisenberg’s exploitation of Mango Markets, a…

Bitcoin jumps to $65,000: Why traders are shrugging off Iran-Israel clash before the halving

dlnews.com Bitcoin is hovering at almost $65,000 with a 5% increase since yesterday as markets react to retaliation in the Middle East. Reports of an attack on an Iranian military base…

Jury Convicts Avraham Eisenberg for $110 Million Mango Markets Exploit

beincrypto.com Avraham Eisenberg, a 28-year-old crypto trader, was found guilty of fraud on the Solana decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, Mango Markets. This involved a scheme that…

Mango Markets’ Manipulator Faces up to 20 Years in Jail after Jury Conviction

financemagnates.com A federal jury in New York yesterday (Thursday) convicted Avraham 'Avi' Eisenberg, a crypto trader, for fraud and market manipulation in carrying out a $110 million heist…

Mango Markets Exploiter Avi Eisenberg Found Guilty of Fraud and Manipulation

coindesk.com Eisenberg was arrested in Puerto Rico in December 2022 and charged with commodities fraud, commodities manipulation, and wire fraud for the scheme. He will be sentenced on…

Mango Markets Exploiter Avraham Eisenberg Convicted In $110M Crypto Fraud

bitcoinist.com Crypto trader Avraham “Avi” Eisenberg was found guilty by a Manhattan jury in October 2022 of orchestrating a $110 million fraud scheme targeting the decentralized finance…

Eisenberg convicted of fraud in $110m Mango Markets exploit in a blow to DeFi

dlnews.com A federal jury convicted crypto trader Avraham Eisenberg of fraud and market manipulation Thursday for his $110 million exploit of Solana-based DeFi protocol Mango Markets,…

DeFi Has ‘Higher Level of Accountability’ Following Eisenberg Conviction, Experts Say

unchainedcrypto.com Putting to rest a trial that had pitted the DeFi maxim that “code is law” against accusations of market manipulation, former Mango Markets trader Avraham “Avi” Eisenberg was…

Report: Mango Markets Exploiter Convicted in Multi-Million Dollar Crypto Fraud Case

news.bitcoin.com A U.S. federal jury has convicted Avraham ‘Avi’ Eisenberg on charges of commodities fraud, commodities manipulation, and wire fraud due to his involvement in the $116…

Jury Convicts Avraham Eisenberg for Mango Markets $110M Exploit

coingape.com A federal jury in the Southern District of New York has found Avraham ‘Avi’ Eisenberg guilty of having taken part in a $110 million exploit of the decentralized…

Mango Markets exploiter found guilty after jury deliberations

cointelegraph.com Avi Eisenberg could face up to 20 years in prison after a conviction of wire fraud, commodities fraud and commodities manipulation related to a $110 million Mango Markets…

Crypto trader convicted in $110M Mango Markets fraud trial: Bloomberg

blockworks.co Crypto trader Avraham Eisenberg was convicted on Thursday in relation to trades he made in October 2022 to extract more than $100 million from Mango Markets, according to a…

Crypto Trader’s $110 Million Manipulation Case Now With Jury

finance.yahoo.com Federal jurors in New York heard sharply contrasting arguments on whether a trader manipulated the Mango Markets cryptocurrency exchange to steal $110 million or executed a…

Crypto trader Avi Eisenberg convicted of fraud in $110 million trade scheme

axios.com A jury found Avraham "Avi" Eisenberg guilty on all three counts of fraud and manipulation in a $110 million crypto trade scheme using the Mango Markets platform. Why it…

Mango Markets Attacker Guilty of Fraud Over $110 Million Exploit

decrypt.co Crypto trader Avraham Eisenberg was convicted Thursday in U.S. federal court of manipulating Solana decentralized finance (DeFi) trading platform Mango Markets in October…

Avraham ‘Avi’ Eisenberg convicted for $110 million Mango Markets exploit: report

theblock.co Mango Markets exploiter Avraham 'Avi' Eisenberg was found guilty Thursday in a federal court in New York in the $110 million exploit of Mango Markets back in 2022.

Empire Newsletter: Decision time in Mango Markets trial

blockworks.co Decision time in Mango trial Closing arguments in Avraham “Avi” Eisenberg’s criminal fraud trial wrapped yesterday. The jury was given the case around 3:30 pm ET and called…

Mango Markets Hacker Avraham Eisenberg’s Trial Heads To Jury

coingape.com It appears that the fate of crypto trader Avraham Eisenberg, who was involved in Mango Markets $110 million attack, now lies in the hands of twelve New York jurors. Avraham…

Mango Markets exploiter trial heads to jury

cointelegraph.com Avi Eisenberg could face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of commodities fraud and manipulation related to his alleged October 2022 exploit of Mango Markets.

Eisenberg defence leans into ‘code is law’ in closing argument

dlnews.com Four days after exploiting a loophole in Solana-based decentralised exchange Mango Markets, notorious crypto trader Avraham Eisenberg went on social media and said his…

Jury Begins Deliberations in $110M Mango Markets Fraud Trial

coindesk.com Eisenberg, 28, was clad in a dark gray suit. His mother and two other family members were in the gallery during the proceedings. Though his attorneys suggested he may…

Comparing Apples to MNGOs: Government Actions Against Avi Eisenberg Show How Poorly Digital Assets Are Classified in US

unchainedcrypto.com A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) attorney walks into a courtroom in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and asks her colleagues at the Commodity Futures…

Crypto trader searched web for 'fraud' before $110 million haul

gulfnews.com A trader accused of stealing $110 million from the Mango Markets cryptocurrency exchange searched the web for terms like "elements of fraud" and "statute of limitations…

This Week on Crypto Twitter: SEC Targets Uniswap, Bitcoin Runes Stir Hype

decrypt.co Twitter buzz this week exhibited a continued fixation on the crypto industry’s never-ending flow of legal drama, as well as steadily snowballing excitement for the latest…

The Very Soul of DeFi Is on Trial With the Avi Eisenberg and Uniswap Cases

unchainedcrypto.com It has turned into a foreboding week for decentralized finance — the quest to build complex financial services on decentralized blockchains. When I decided to write this…

SEC Puts DeFi in Its Sights With Potential Uniswap Suit

unchainedcrypto.com The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hitting Uniswap with a Wells notice, disclosed Wednesday, marked a departure from the regulator’s tried-and-true practice of…

Avi Eisenberg May Testify in $110M Crypto Fraud Trial, Defense Says

coindesk.com The 28-year old crypto trader could face as much as a 20-year prison sentence if the 15-person jury convicts him on all three counts stemming from his October 2022 trades on…