3min chapter

Crypto Critics' Corner cover image

SEC sues Justin Sun, Coinbase, Celebrities; also Do Kwon arrested (recorded on March 23rd)

Crypto Critics' Corner

CHAPTER

Justin Sun and the Tron Foundation Allegedly Paid to Promote Unregistered Securities

Eight celebrities were allegedly paid to promote Tron and BitTorrent token. They did all of their tweets just right in a couple day period, which led to Justin Sun tweeting, "Tron is the celebrity's crypto" Six of the eight agreed to an order with the SEC where they ended up paying collectively 400k to the SEC. Austin Mahone and Soldier Boy will also apparently be going to trial with the SEC to try to argue that they're paid tweets promoting unregistered securities.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode