NFT Industry Faces Uncertainty as Federal Judge May Categorize NBA Top Shot Tokens as Securities – Regulation Incoming?
23.2.2023
The popular NBA Top Shot NFT trading cards could be deemed securities for regulatory purposes in the US, after a judge allowed a lawsuit against Top Shot’s creator to move forward.
Top Shot creator Dapper Labs was sued by a buyer of the NFTs who alleged that the creator’s failure to register them...
Sam Bankman-Fried Hit With Additional Bank Fraud Charges in New Indictment
23.2.2023
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces additional charges under a new indictment unveiled Thursday morning
Regulation stole the show at Barcelona’s European Blockchain Convention
23.2.2023
Across numerous panels, fireside chats and on stage discussions the word regulation rang out at Barcelona's 4th European Blockchain Convention
Optimism Token Surges 6.5% as Coinbase Builds Its Layer 2 on the Protocol
23.2.2023
The optimism token (OP) has surged after Coinbase said that it is building its layer 2 blockchain on the OP Stack in collaboration with Optimism
A16z Leads $25M Round for Web3 Startup Building Online Towns
23.2.2023
Here Not There also received backing from Benchmark and Framework Ventures
Coinbase Launches Layer 2 Blockchain Base to Provide Onramp for Ethereum, Solana, and Others
23.2.2023
Base is built on Optimism and Coinbase has no plans to issue a new network token
Pantera Invests $10M in Metaverse Game Worldwide Webb
23.2.2023
The Web3 game allows players to utilize their existing NFT collections as avatars
Sharp Rise in Dating App-based Crypto Mining Scams in South Korea
23.2.2023
There has been a rise in scams that use dating apps to lure victims onto bogus crypto mining platforms, a South Korean security provider has claimed.
Per EDaily, the claims were made by the regulation technology developer and security provider Uppsala Security. The firm said that scammers are...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH, BTC Rebound Following Fed Minutes
23.2.2023
Ethereum rebounded on Feb. 23, as markets reacted to the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes. The minutes showed that the Fed hinted at maintaining its current policy until further signs that inflation is “substantially” slowing. Bitcoin was also higher, as it rose...
The SEC’s Crackdown on Ethereum Staking Has a Silver Lining
23.2.2023
The SEC’s recent actions shut down centralization staking services, but not individual staking and decentralized staking services. That could increase decentralization and help restore crypto’s original mission
First Mover Americas: Cathie Wood Doubles Down on Coinbase
23.2.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 23, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Binance Closed Derivative Positions of Some Australian Users, Will Compensate Them for Losses
23.2.2023
Binance's futures trading products were offered to only licensed participants in the region