The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced the charges and a settlement with the company, IANS reported.
The price of Bitcoin in the cryptocurrency market rose by 0.51 per cent in the last 24 hours, and it was trading at $36,067.26 at 5:15 pm IST.
Samoyedcoin was down by 3.59 per cent, and was trading at $0.01217, while Dogelon Mars was down by 1.35 per cent, and it was trading at $0.0000008374.