Bitcoin Was Built Was for This Moment
13.3.2023
Amid a U.S. banking crisis, value is flowing into bitcoin. Is this the beginning of the “Great Reset”? investor and author Tatiana Koffman asks
CFTC Names Executives From Circle, TRM, Fireblocks Among Others to New Tech Advisory Group
13.3.2023
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced former White House official Carole House and TRM Labs' Ari Redboard as the new chair and vice chair of its Technology Advisory Committee
Justice Department Investigating TerraUSD Stablecoin Collapse: Reports
13.3.2023
The investigations follow the filing of the SEC’s civil fraud lawsuit against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon last month
Meta Will End Support for NFTs on Instagram, Facebook
13.3.2023
Meta’s Stephane Kasriel said on Twitter the decision is prompted by a desire “to focus on other ways to support creators, people, and businesses.”
Recent contagion was 'TradFi to crypto' and not vice versa — Circle policy director
13.3.2023
“What happened over the last several days was a bit of an ironic black swan situation where the contagion was not from crypto to TradFi," said Caroline Hill
USDC's 'Black Swan' Depegging Could Have Been Avoided With Proper Regulatory Framework
13.3.2023
Fissures among the progressive left are primarily responsible for the lack of U.S. regulatory progress around stablecoins, says John Rizzo, senior vice president for public affairs at Clyde Group
This DeFi Protocol Just Got Hacked. Its Token Is Still Doing Better than a Major US Bank's
13.3.2023
Shares of Euler token fell 50% hours after an exploit on its protocol while First Republic shares fell roughly 62% following U.S. bank turmoil
Circle Partners With Cross River Bank, Handful of US ‘Crypto-Friendly’ Banks Remain; Okcoin Suspends USD Deposits
13.3.2023
Circle Financial, the issuer of the stablecoin USDC, is partnering with Cross River Bank after its former settlement partner, Signature Bank, was closed by New York regulators, according to a statement from CEO Jeremy Allaire. “The 1:1 redeemability of all USDC in circulation is of paramount...
It’s Not Just Fraud That Chilled Crypto Regulation
13.3.2023
While it’s easy to blame the recent shift in the regulatory mood regarding crypto markets on certain bad actors, the real roots lie beyond the crypto ecosystem, says Noelle Acheson
FDIC Planning to Try Auctioning Silicon Valley Bank Again: WSJ
13.3.2023
The designation of SVB’s failure as a potential systemic threat gives the FDIC more options to sell the bank
DeFi Privacy Bridge Aztec Connect Sunsets After Less Than a Year
13.3.2023
The backing Aztec Network is open sourcing the bridge and moving on to next-generation products
Bitcoin surges past $24,000 on CME launch of BTC event contracts
13.3.2023
Bitcoin futures on CME have traded 550,000 contracts since inception