CFTC and SEC cases against SBF deferred until after criminal trial
14.2.2023
Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York pushed to defer the civil cases due to a major overlap between the CFTC, SEC and DOJ’s cases
At Least 1,000 Lawsuits Filed Against Crypto Miners in Russia’s Irkutsk Region
14.2.2023
Authorities in the Russian region of Irkutsk have so far filed 1,000 lawsuits against what they call “gray” miners, or people minting coins in their homes. In over half of these cases, courts have ordered the defendants to compensate the operators of the distribution networks. Hundreds of Crypto...
Iris Energy to nearly triple hashrate with estimated 44,000 new BTC miners
14.2.2023
With the tough conditions that faced Bitcoin miners last year, Iris’ co-founder said the purchase was a “significant milestone” for the company
NFT Marketplace Magic Eden Partners With MoonPay to Offer Credit Card Payments
14.2.2023
MoonPay has a similar partnership in place with NFT marketplace LooksRare
First Mover Asia: Binance BNB Token Plunges, Bitcoin Holds Near $21.8K Amid US Regulatory Uproar
14.2.2023
Paxos ‘categorically disagrees’ with the SEC that BUSD is a security
14.2.2023
Paxos said it will engage with the US securities regulator on the matter and is prepared to "vigorously litigate if necessary."
Iris Energy Boosts Self-Mining Capacity With 4.4 EH/s of New Bitmain Bitcoin Mining Rigs
14.2.2023
Bitcoin miner, Iris Energy, announced plans to increase the company’s self-mining capacity, from 2 exahash per second (EH/s) to approximately 5.5 EH/s, after it receives 4.4 EH/s of new Antminer S19j Pro miners from Bitmain. Iris Energy Leverages $67 Million in Bitmain Prepayments for Latest...
How the SEC Could Reshape Ethereum’s Staking Landscape for the Better
14.2.2023
By shutting down Kraken’s staking service, the SEC could shift power over Ethereum toward solo stakers and decentralized alternatives
Bitcoin Falls Out of Favor After Losing Grip on $22K, Fund Flows Report Shows
14.2.2023
After dominating crypto inflows for most of the year so far, Bitcoin fell out of favor in the eyes of investors last week. That’s according to the latest weekly Digital Asset Fund Flows report produced by crypto analytics firm CoinShares, which tracks investment flows into and out of digital asset...
Binance Withdrawals Surge as Paxos-BUSD Drama Weighs on the Exchange
14.2.2023
Binance has endured some $828 million of net outflows in the past 24 hours, Nansen data shows. Monday’s outflow is the largest in a day since November, surpassing the withdrawal surge in December amid fears about Binance’s reserves
CFTC Case Against Sam Bankman-Fried Postponed Until After Criminal Trial
13.2.2023
The request to stay the SEC’s civil case against Bankman-Fried is still pending
Subdued Volatility Expectations Suggest Traders Relaxed About Bitcoin, Ethereum Price Risks
13.2.2023
Despite the recent pullback in cryptocurrency markets from multi-month highs hit earlier this month, options markets suggest that traders still have relatively subdued volatility expectations. Deribit’s Bitcoin and Ethereum Volatility Indices both remain close to record lows, according to data...