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Overall, United States Bitcoin ETFs saw more than $35 billion in aggregate net inflows for the year. That equates to roughly $144 million in net inflows each trading day, according to Farside.

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The crypto market surged following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, as many believe his win will benefit the industry, Cointelegraph Research said.

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Of the approximately 400 new ETFs launched in 2024, the four biggest launches by inflows have all been spot BTC ETFs, Geraci said in September.

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According to data from the election influence tracking website Follow The Crypto, 10 new members of the US Senate expected to be sworn in benefitted in some way from funding from the cryptocurrency industry.

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According to the advocacy group Stand With Crypto — which also attempted to influence US voters to choose candidates it considered favorable to the industry — roughly 270 lawmakers in the next session of Congress will be “pro-crypto,” with a clear majority in the House.

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Though Bitcoin ended 2024 having reached an all-time high price of more than $100,000, the year also marked the end of criminal cases of many high-profile cryptocurrency industry leaders and scammers.

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Ellison spent her New Year’s at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, which houses male and female inmates. In one of his last acts as a free man before reporting to prison on Oct. 11, Salame changed his LinkedIn profile to state he was “starting a new position” as an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland.

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A similar criminal case in the Netherlands is a different story. In 2022, Dutch officials arrested Alexey Pertsev, who co-founded the crypto mixer with Storm and Semenov, for money laundering.

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Carmona was among the first of his IcomTech cohorts to ring in the New Year in prison. Two of the project’s promoters, Gustavo Rodriguez and David Brend, were also convicted for their roles in the scheme. A judge sentenced Rodriguez to eight years in prison, while Brend received 10 years. Brend reported to the Federal Prison Camp in Pensacola, Florida, on Dec. 16.

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In its heyday, FTX was one of the most prominent cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, bringing in millions of users from dozens of countries. That changed in less than a week in November 2022 after the firm reported liquidity problems and was forced to declare bankruptcy.

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Roughly a year after US Treasury officials added addresses associated with the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash to the department’s list of sanctioned entities, authorities arrested Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm on money-laundering charges.

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Pertsev’s case moved forward; he was found guilty and sentenced to more than five years in prison in May 2024. As of January 2025, the Tornado Cash developer remains in custody as his lawyers prepare to appeal the conviction and sentence.

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Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, the husband and wife behind laundering millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin from the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, have both been sentenced to prison.

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Ulbricht was already in prison during Trump’s first term, causing some crypto users to question whether the soon-to-be president will actually commute his sentence. Ulbricht was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole following his 2015 conviction for money laundering, computer hacking and conspiracy to traffic narcotics.

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At least one of the biggest names associated with crypto-related crimes may be released in 2025 after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. As a presidential candidate, Trump promised to commute the sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who is currently serving life at a US penitentiary in Tucson.

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The Bureau of Prisons website stated he was not in any federal facility at the time of publication, but a court filing suggested he was still in custody.

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A judge sentenced Morgan, also known by her rapper name Razzlekhan, to 18 months. She is scheduled to report to the facility on Jan. 24. Following her hearing, she has continued to post on social media, promoting herself as “crypto’s favorite felon” while asking for contributions.

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Lichtenstein was remanded to the custody of the Attorney General in 2022 “for confinement in a corrections facility separate, to the extent practicable, from persons awaiting or serving sentences or being held in custody pending appeal.”

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Ulbricht was already in prison during Trump’s first term, causing some crypto users to question whether the soon-to-be president will actually commute his sentence. Ulbricht was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole following his 2015 conviction for money laundering, computer hacking and conspiracy to traffic narcotics.

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