Charlie Shrem (born Charles Shrem IV, November 25, 1989, Brooklyn, New York) is an American Bitcoin entrepreneur and one of the earliest and most prominent figures in the U.S. cryptocurrency ecosystem, best known as co-founder of BitInstant and a founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation. His arrest in 2014 on money laundering charges made him the first high-profile criminal prosecution of a major Bitcoin entrepreneur, a moment widely discussed across World Crypto Network programming, including extensive coverage on The Bitcoin Group and Mad Bitcoins.
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