A Miami-based man known as “Bitcoin Rodney” (Rodney Burton) pleads guilty in federal court to charges related to an alleged large-scale cryptocurrency fraud branded “HyperFund,” according to multiple outlets. Prosecutors say the scheme involved promoting the fraud and operating through activities that, in their view, constituted operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. The case is described as involving conduct prosecutors characterize as a massive global fraud associated with the “HyperFund” cryptocurrency project. Burton faces a maximum prison term of up to five years for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. The articles describe the plea as part of the federal prosecution’s efforts to hold participants accountable, though details of the underlying mechanics of the alleged scheme are not fully laid out in the provided summaries. The reporting focuses on the guilty plea, the amount cited by prosecutors—about $1.8 billion—and the sentencing exposure tied to the unlicensed money transmitting conspiracy charge.