The arrest heard ’round the crypto world – TechCrunch
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This week, we're talking about the arrest that has everyone in the NFT space sweating bullets. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York arrested and filed charges against a former OpenSea executive who used his position to front-run NFT projects that were going to be listed on the home page of the marketplace. As NFT volumes start to show signs of slowing, there's a fear that more regulation could be just around the corner. We also recapped two recent crypto comeback stories, one from the founder and CEO who left the company after trying to ban sexually explicit content from the company. Source