Mississippi senate passes bill to protect cryptocurrency miners from discrimination
9.2.2023
The state already has crypto miners, the bill to protect them still has to pass the house of representatives and be signed by the governor
Legal Expert Says MetaBirkin Project Intended to Use Hermès’ Brand for Economic Gain
9.2.2023
Olta Andoni, chief compliance officer at financial firm Enclave Markets, says that Mason Rothschild was looking to “piggyback” off of the French luxury brand’s reputation. But even artists who are creating digital art aren't free of consumer protection laws
3AC and CoinFLEX launch website, waitlist for crypto claims exchange
9.2.2023
The exchange will allow crypto bankruptcy claims to be traded, according to an official Twitter announcement
Kraken Winds Down Staking Program, Pays $30 Million to Settle Unregistered Offering of Staking Services Case With SEC
9.2.2023
Kraken, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, has agreed to wind down its cryptocurrency staking program as part of an arrangement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle for the unregistered offer of its staking services. The exchange will also pay $30 million...
Setting the Record Straight
9.2.2023
In a CoinDesk exclusive, the co-founder of Yuga Labs, Wylie Aronow, shares a frank letter touching on his recent diagnosis of heart failure and responding to accusations of racist and nazi imagery embedded within the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT project
Craig Wright's Bitcoin Copyright Claim Rejected by UK Court – Here's What Happened
9.2.2023
Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist and self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, has had a copyright claim for Bitcoin rejected by a London court, with the judge saying the subject matter “is not expressed or fixed anywhere.”
In the court ruling, Judge James Mellor noted that Bitcoin can’t...
China’s 180M digital yuan airdrop, Devastation in Turkey, Laos’ CBDC: Asia Express
9.2.2023
Our weekly roundup of news from East Asia curates the industry’s most important developments. China airdrops 180 million digital yuan to celebrate Lunar New Year According to state-owned media Global Times, Chinese cities airdropped a total of 180 million digital yuan (e-CNY) worth $26.6 million...
Rocket Pool’s Ethereum staking service reaches $1B in TVL
9.2.2023
The milestone comes less than two years after the launch of its mainnet
How to Avoid the Death of DeFi in the Wake of FTX
9.2.2023
FTX’s collapse is an inevitable outcome for an industry yet to find its use case. For crypto to survive, it needs to learn from the very financial sector it set out to replace, says Brent Xu, the CEO of Umee
Liquid Staking Tokens Rally as Kraken Settles With SEC to Sunset Staking Service
9.2.2023
The sudden price uptick of governance tokens for the largest liquid staking protocols Lido Finance, Rocket Pool and Frax Finance defies the decline of the broader crypto market
Ethereum NFT collections lost nearly 60% of their market cap in 2022: Report
9.2.2023
NFTs felt the influence of bad actors and market manipulators in 2022, like the rest of crypto; NFTs launched after the start of the crypto winter did better
Stablecoin Issuer Paxos Is Being Investigated by New York Regulator
9.2.2023
The New York Department of Financial Services is investigating crypto company Paxos, though the scope of the investigation is not yet clear