Ex-Coinbase Worker Gets Two-Year Prison Term in First Cryptocurrency Insider-Trading Case

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A former Coinbase employee was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in what federal prosecutors called the first-ever insider-trading case involving cryptocurrency

Ishan Wahi previously admitted to passing on confidential information from the crypto exchange to his brother and friend, who profited from the tipsCrypto imploded in 2022, as investors lost faith in digital assets and the industry was plagued with crisis. But unlike other collapses, it has largely avoided rippling into other markets.

Illustration: Mallory Branganemployee was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in what federal prosecutors called the first-ever insider-trading case involving cryptocurrency.for tipping off his brother and a friend to confidential information that he gained at his job at the crypto exchange. The tip recipients, co-defendants in the case, used the information to trade on digital tokens, making nearly $1.5 million in profits, according to federal prosecutors from the Manhattan U.S.

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