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Bitfinex announces 100% redemption of outstanding BFX debt tokens issued after the 2016 hack.(2017-04-03:bitfinex-tether)event
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Bitfinex hacked; 119,756 BTC (approximately $72 million at the time) stolen. Bitfinex imposes a generalized ~36% haircut on all user balances, issuing BFX tokens as IOUs.(2016-08-02:bitfinex-tether)event
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CFTC fines BFXNA Inc. (Bitfinex) $75,000 for unregistered off-exchange retail commodity transactions.(2016-06-02:bitfinex-tether)event
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Tether (originally Realcoin) launched as the first fiat-backed stablecoin, pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar.(2014-11-01:bitfinex-tether)event
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Bitfinex founded by Raphael Nicolle; Jean-Louis van der Velde joined as CEO in 2013.(2012-01-01:bitfinex-tether)event
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SEC authorizes third and final Fair Fund disbursement of $11,969.62 to two investors not previously identified. Total distributed across all rounds: approximately $7.1 million, against a $29.3 million settlement obligation.(2026-04-21:bitclave)event
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SEC authorizes second Fair Fund disbursement of $2,500,422.70 to eligible investors.(2025-09-23:bitclave)event
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SEC authorizes first Fair Fund disbursement of $4,614,679.81 to eligible investors.(2024-11-19:bitclave)event
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Claims deadline for the BitClave Fair Fund investor compensation process.(2023-08-08:bitclave)event
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SEC approves final distribution plan. Eligible period: July 25, 2017 through May 27, 2020. By this date, BitClave had transferred only approximately $12 million of its ~$29.3 million obligation, leaving over $17 million uncollected.(2023-02-09:bitclave)event
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Proposed distribution plan for the BitClave Fair Fund published for public comment.(2022-12-01:bitclave)event
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SEC appoints Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC (KCC) as Fund Administrator for the BitClave Fair Fund.(2021-04-22:bitclave)event
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SEC institutes and simultaneously settles administrative cease-and-desist proceedings against BitClave PTE Ltd. (File No. 3-19816) for conducting an unregistered $25.5 million ICO in violation of Sections 5(a) and 5(c) of the Securities Act of 1933. Settlement: $25.5M disgorgement + $3.44M prejudgment interest + $400K civil penalty = ~$29.3M total obligation.(2020-05-28:bitclave)event
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Official main-sale ICO launches; $25.5 million hard cap reached in approximately 32 seconds. Approximately 9,500 investors participated including U.S. persons.(2017-11-29:bitclave)event
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Consumer Activity Token (CAT) pre-sale begins; approximately $22 million raised in private and public pre-sale phases.(2017-07-25:bitclave)event
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BitClave PTE Ltd. incorporated in Singapore (registration number 201719788E).(2017-07-15:bitclave)event
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As of April 2026: Joby Weeks scheduled for sentencing June 24, 2026; Balaci scheduled October 7, 2026; Goettsche trial date pending; Beckstead and Abel have no confirmed sentencing dates.(2026-04-01:bitclub-network)event
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Plea negotiations between Goettsche and the DOJ collapse. Both parties request the court schedule a trial date; Goettsche requests June 2026, the DOJ requests November 2026.(2025-12-01:bitclub-network)event
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Jobadiah Weeks files a motion to withdraw his guilty plea.(2025-02-21:bitclub-network)event
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Gordon Brad Beckstead, former CPA and BitClub investor, pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and aiding preparation of false tax returns. Admits to directing over $50 million in transfers to conceal Goettsche's income.(2022-03-01:bitclub-network)event
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Joseph Frank Abel pleads guilty to conspiracy to offer and sell unregistered securities and subscribing to a false tax return.(2021-01-01:bitclub-network)event
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Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks pleads guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to sell unregistered securities.(2020-11-05:bitclub-network)event
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Silviu Catalin Balaci pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to offer and sell unregistered securities on the same day a superseding indictment is filed.(2020-07-09:bitclub-network)event
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Russ Albert Medlin, an FBI fugitive since the December 2019 indictment, is arrested by Jakarta police in Indonesia on alleged child sexual assault charges.(2020-06-15:bitclub-network)event
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BitClub Network operations cease following the indictments.(2019-12-01:bitclub-network)event
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Federal grand jury in the District of New Jersey indicts Matthew Brent Goettsche, Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks, Joseph Frank Abel, Silviu Catalin Balaci, and Russ Albert Medlin. Three US-based defendants arrested; two remain at large.(2019-12-05:bitclub-network)event
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Goettsche allegedly directs a colleague to 'bump up the daily mining earnings starting today by 60%'; colleague warns this is 'ponzi territory.'(2015-02-01:bitclub-network)event
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Goettsche allegedly tells Balaci 'We are building this whole model on the backs of idiots,' referring to investors as 'sheep.'(2015-01-01:bitclub-network)event
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Goettsche allegedly writes to Balaci that mining earnings 'need to look real,' indicating fabrication of returns from near the outset.(2014-10-01:bitclub-network)event
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BitClub Network begins soliciting investors, offering purported bitcoin mining pool shares. Approximate launch date per indictment.(2014-04-01:bitclub-network)event
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Community petition calls for German regulatory investigation into alleged misuse of approximately EUR 19 million in Bidao ICO proceeds(2025-10-01:bidao)event
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Community petitions allege that a March–June 2025 mainnet launch window was again missed; Bidao Smart Chain described as postponed 'for the 14th time'(2025-05-01:bidao)event
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Poloniex delists BID token alongside twelve other low-liquidity assets(2023-08-11:bidao)event
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Last observable commit activity in Bidao Smart Chain GitHub organization(2023-05-14:bidao)event
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Bidao Smart Chain (BISC) ERC-20 token launched on Ethereum; project pivots to AI-focused L1 blockchain narrative(2023-03-30:bidao)event
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BID price collapses through 2022; community petitions on Change.org begin appearing, alleging broken mainnet launch promises(2022-01-01:bidao)event
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Medium post by 'Crypto Lantern Man' alleges zero product delivered after one year, malfunctioning website and staking, and irregular token distribution(2020-10-06:bidao)event
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Token Generation Event (TGE); BID token listed on exchanges including Poloniex, LBank, and Uniswap V2(2020-09-25:bidao)event
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Bidao ICO closes after one year; approximately $18 million reportedly raised(2020-09-03:bidao)event
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The Cryptonomist publishes early coverage describing Bidao as a stablecoin similar to DAI on Binance Chain(2019-10-16:bidao)event
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Bidao ICO begins; BID tokens offered at $0.01 each; hard cap approximately $19.5 million(2019-09-06:bidao)event
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Bidao UG partnership agreement signed (corporate formation date per Amtsgericht Memmingen registration)(2019-03-25:bidao)event
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Bastian Aigner and Long Zhang found Bidao project; Bidao UG registered in Germany(2018-01-01:bidao)event
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Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for the $40 billion Terra/LUNA fraud; sentencing judge describes crimes as 'fraud on epic, generational scale,' echoing Madoff-era language.(2025-12-01:bernie-madoff)event
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The DOJ's Madoff Victim Fund makes its tenth and final distribution, bringing total payouts to over $4.3 billion covering more than 91% of victim losses across approximately 41,000 claimants.(2024-12-30:bernie-madoff)event
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Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years; DOJ prosecutors state no comparable fraud of such magnitude has been prosecuted in the U.S. since Madoff.(2024-03-28:bernie-madoff)event
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Former FDIC chair Sheila Bair describes the FTX collapse as 'eerily similar to the Bernie Madoff scandal,' establishing the mainstream Madoff-crypto comparison.(2022-11-15:bernie-madoff)event
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Madoff dies at FMC Butner, North Carolina, at age 82, of chronic kidney disease, after serving 12 years of his 150-year sentence.(2021-04-14:bernie-madoff)event
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Judge Denny Chin sentences Madoff to 150 years in federal prison and orders $170 billion in restitution.(2009-06-29:bernie-madoff)event
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