"Compared to the amount of miners that get shipped regularly, it's just a small batch," a mining source told CoinDesk.
Besides facing criminal charges, the accused pseudo-pastors were charged by the CFTC and the SEC with allegedly soliciting over 1,000 people for a fake crypto fund.
The second wave of Operation Cryptosweep commenced early this year resulting in 35 enforcement actions with nearly 100 pending.
The value propositions of blockchain tech are central to the business of public institutions, argues Alec Ross, a candidate for governor of Maryland.
Maryland's proposed Financial Consumer Protection Act would represent the U.S. state's first regulatory pronouncements on cryptocurrency since 2014.