ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Montenegrin police have arrested FutureNet co-founder Roman Ziemian, who is involved in a fraud amounting to 21 million dollars.He is currently charged with fraud, money laundering, and theft, and could face life imprisonment.Previously, Roman Ziemian co-founded FutureNet in 2018 with Stephan Morgenstern and sold "participation packages" ranging from 10 to 10,000 dollars, promising profits to investors who persuaded others to purchase the program.

ChainCatcher news, Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), released an end-of-year review. Important achievements for Stellar this year include: processing 1 billion network operations over two quarters, launching the digital wallet deposit and withdrawal service MoneyGram Access in partnership with MoneyGram, and investing a total of $24.725 million in 8 Stellar ecosystem companies, among others.In addition, the smart contract network Soroban launched by Stellar this year has gone live with the incentivized testnet Futurenet and is set to launch on the Stellar mainnet in mid-2023. SDF is working on the Stellar 2023 roadmap, which will continue to energize Stellar Quest and the Stellar community. (Source link)