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SEATTLE (AP) — A former employee of the cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase and two others were charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged insider trading valued at more than $1.1 million, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

Prosecutors said this is the first insider-trading case involving cryptocurrency markets, the Seattle Times reported.