Crypto Firm Hydrogen Tech Faces SEC Charges For Selling Unregistered Securities
The cryptosphere has one of its entities running into some major issues with the regulators. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been quite busy these days going after companies. This time, it has its whip readied against crypto firm Hydrogen, who it accuses of selling unregistered securities. Hydrogen’s market maker Moonwalkers Trading and its […]
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