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BVI crypto firms Tether and Bitfinex fined $42.5M by US regulator

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British Virgin Islands-domiciled crypto ‘stablecoin’ group Tether has been fined $41 million for fraud by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which also fined BVI crypto exchange Bitfinex $1.5 million for unlicensed activity and other offenses.