Denver Pastor Ordered to Repay $3.39M After Court Rules Crypto Tokens Defrauded 600 Church Members

Denver District Court Judge Heidi Kutcher ordered pastor Eligio “Eli” Regalado Jr. and his wife Kaitlyn to repay $3.39 million after ruling their INDXcoin cryptocurrency scheme defrauded over 600 church members and Christian community investors, with the couple raising $3.4 million from more than 300 individuals despite having zero crypto experience.
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Why Is Crypto Up Today? – September 17, 2025

The crypto market is up today. BTC and ETH are up to $117,255 and $4,544. A dovish outcome of the US Fed meeting “could propel BTC toward the 118,000 liquidation zone.”
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Stripe’s Tempo Begins Private Testing with Financial Giants Visa, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered

Stripe officially launched Tempo, a payments-focused Layer 1 blockchain targeting 100,000+ transactions per second with major financial institutions including Visa, Deutsche Bank, and Standard Chartered serving as initial design partners following the $92 billion payments giant’s strategic acquisitions of Bridge and Privy.
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XRP Price Prediction: $700 Million Whale Transfer Shocks Community – Is Wall Street Quietly Buying?

A mysterious XRP whale just moved millions in a single transaction – and it could be the clearest sign yet that big players are quietly stacking XRP before the next leg up, fueling a bullish XRP price prediction.The alert came from respected trader Xaif Crypto (18K+ followers on X), who spotted the high-value transfer before […]
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WLFI Price Prediction: Trump Token in Chaos After Billionaire Wallet Blacklisted – Collapse Incoming?

World Liberty Financial has blacklisted a major investor wallet tied to Tron founder Justin Sun – a dramatic move that may have triggered panic across the market, with WLFI plunging 18.8% since the news broke.On-chain data suggests the blacklisted wallet had invested millions into the Trump family-backed project, raising serious questions about what comes next […]
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France’s Crypto Kidnapping Crisis Continues as Police Free Swiss Hostage, Arrest Seven

French elite GIGN forces freed a Swiss hostage and arrested seven suspects in a cryptocurrency ransom plot near Valence-TGV station using nearly 150 officers, marking the latest incident in France’s emergence as a global hotspot for crypto-linked violent crime with at least ten cases since January.
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‘Startling’ rise in pension lump sum withdrawals as Budget tax fears ramp up 

Britons accessed a staggering £10billion worth of tax-free pension cash in the six months to March, marking a 72% rise in withdrawals. …