The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced four hires for prominent roles, including a new director of trading and markets who has ties to the crypto industry.

Circle Internet Group Inc.’s Jeremy Allaire pointed out that a report that Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are exploring the use of stablecoins is the type of fresh market opportunities available for the largest US issuer of the digital tokens.

A LastPass US LP customer said in a federal lawsuit that because of the password manager’s negligence leading to a data breach incident, robbers stole $200,000 of his cryptocurrency.

Apple Inc. tricks customers into believing the apps available in its App Store are safe and vetted while allowing cryptocurrency trading scams to flourish, a proposed class action alleged.

Ripple Labs Inc. and the SEC asked a federal judge to indicate she would modify a judgment barring certain token sales and imposing a $125 million penalty, so that they can proceed toward settlement.

Indian tax authorities are investigating tax evasion and money laundering by “high-risk persons” through cryptocurrency, a government official said Friday.

Ichor Holdings Ltd. CEO Jeff Andreson made about $177,000 in profit through trades of the company’s stock within a six-month period, investors allege in a suit filed Friday.

A former senior executive and shareholder of Canadian technology firm Dye & Durham Ltd.is asking the board to consider a full sale of the company, citing a plunge in shareholder value and growing competitive pressures.

California legislators approved a $232 billion spending plan on Friday that would reduce Medicaid services for the undocumented while providing larger tax credits for Hollywood.

Justice Department antitrust enforcers are reviewing whether Google’s planned $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. would illegally limit competition in the marketplace, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Vinco Ventures Inc.'s chairman agreed to not lead a company that regularly reports to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, staving off allegations he defrauded investors and misdirected millions of dollars at the direction of his longtime partner, according to Friday court filings.

Kohl’s Corp.’s interim Chief Executive Officer Michael Bender tried to quell employee unrest during one of his first all-hands calls since replacing Ashley Buchanan last month.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp. used a brain implant to enable a monkey to see something that wasn’t physically there, according to an engineer, as it moves toward its goal of helping blind people see.

The co-founder of bankrupt genetic analysis company 23andMe won an auction for the firm’s assets, agreeing, along with a California research institute, to pay $305 million for a cache of customer DNA data

WilmerHale shouldn’t be permitted to represent a law professor making privacy-related recommendations about the sale of 23andMe’s customers’ genetic data while also performing work for bidder Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. on unrelated matters, the Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog said.

Justice Department antitrust enforcers are reviewing whether Google’s planned $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. would illegally limit competition in the marketplace, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Lee Enterprises Inc. is facing a new lawsuit alleging it failed to protect employees’ personal information from a data breach that occurred on or around Feb. 1.

A LastPass US LP customer said in a federal lawsuit that because of the password manager’s negligence leading to a data breach incident, robbers stole $200,000 of his cryptocurrency.

US Marines who are part of a military deployment ordered by President Donald Trump have arrived at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, positioning them miles away from the areas where protests spurred by immigration raids have taken place.

Dish Network LLC must arbitrate its former employee’s age and national origin discrimination lawsuit after a federal appeals court ruled Friday the suit was improperly dismissed.

Federal public defenders need an additional $116 million this summer to avoid an expected budget shortfall and the “catastrophic complications” that stem from starting the next fiscal year in a deficit, a top defender warned Democrats.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Friday was sentenced to 90 months in prison and a $2.5 million fine on federal corruption convictions, punctuating the extraordinary downfall of a politician once thought nearly untouchable.

A Columbia University graduate who participated in pro-Palestinian protests will remain in custody at an immigration facility after a federal judge said the government could detain him over alleged problems with his green card application.

The acting head of the US Patent and Trademark Office denied Tessell Inc.'s validity challenge to a database management patent because of “unfair dealings.”