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Banking Crisis Won’t Kill Crypto-Banking Despite Short-Term Pain

14.3.2023
From alternative banks to on-chain banking, crypto banking still has plenty of options, experts say

Bitcoin Spike to $24.5K Stemmed From Regulators' Bank Interventions, Binance Stablecoin Conversion, Investor Hopes for Fed Dovishness

14.3.2023
Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs analysts have predicted that the U.S. central bank will not raise interest rates at its next FOMC meeting on March 22, according to a report

Is This a Crypto Banking Bailout?

13.3.2023
As the wreckage that started inside crypto banking threatens financial institutions beyond the sector’s border, the federal government is eager to make it clear that it’s not going to let it get out of hand. But is it a bailout?

Circle Scrambles to Right USDC After Signature Bank Failure

13.3.2023
Circle Internet Financial’s $3.3 billion cash reserves problem was seemingly solved Sunday when federal regulators promised that depositors of failed Silicon Valley Bank would be made whole in short order. But Circle’s USDC stablecoin isn’t out of the woods

What Happens If Ether Is a Security?

10.3.2023
A recent suit filed by the New York Attorney general could have far-ranging complications for crypto exchanges that list ether and similar tokens

Gitcoin’s Owocki Says Crypto Can Regenerate the World. Just Don’t Call Him Starry-Eyed

8.3.2023
A programmer by training, Owocki's view of securities law is not based in any formal legal training but crypto optimism, evolutionary science, economics and legal theory, with a focus on the principal-agent problem

A Closer Look at FTX’s Most Recent Bankruptcy Documents

7.3.2023

The Rise and Fall of Silvergate’s Crypto Business

3.3.2023
Silvergate Bank lost more than $8 billion in deposits from its crypto customers in the final months of 2022 as its core block of business crumbled under the industry’s implosion – just as the bank’s regulators had predicted might happen for such institutions

Was Silvergate on Borrowed Time as Regulators Backed Banks Away From Crypto?

3.3.2023
Silvergate Bank is being hollowed out as its customers retreat following the disclosure that it has to reassess its financials and may not be a "going concern" within a year. The prominent California-based crypto bank's future gets increasingly murky

Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Will Not Crash Ether Price, Analysts Say

2.3.2023
Many investors fear that ETH’s price may tumble as the Shanghai upgrade will allow withdrawals for some $29 billion of previously locked ETH. Crypto analysts CoinDesk interviewed are saying that concerns are overblown and the selling pressure will be limited

Bitcoin Miners Are Starting to Emerge From Brutal Crypto Winter

2.3.2023
After several bankruptcies and fire sales, the rally in bitcoin’s price is providing some relief for the miners, although they may not be completely out of the woods yet

Start of the End? Testnet Goerli Ether Spikes to $1.60 as Traders Jump on Opportunity Meant for Developers

27.2.2023
LayerZero offered developers a way to get their hands on intrinsically worthless gETH tokens for testing purposes – but traders jumped on that opportunity, leading to an uncannily high-valued market

‘Italian FTX’ Leaves Users in Limbo, Citing ‘Difficulties in Liquidity Management’

24.2.2023

Why Nigerians Aren't Turning to the eNaira Despite Crippling Cash Shortages

24.2.2023
A lack of infrastructure, merchants and interest may all be contributing factors to Nigeria’s low eNaira pickup – despite its recent cash issues

Dapper Labs Ruling Could Spell Trouble for Other Centralized NFT Projects, Experts Say

23.2.2023
If Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shots Moments are found to be securities, the company and its CEO could potentially face civil and criminal penalties for selling unregistered securities

Developer Activity Shows Healthy Growth of the Crypto Space

22.2.2023
The trope of developers continuously building even during a bear market rings true in 2023

SEC’s Shadow Crypto Rule Taking Shape as Enforcement Cases Mount

21.2.2023
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler thinks the cryptocurrency industry is playing a game with his agency. He has said that companies are well aware of what they have to do to operate legally within the U.S., but they’ve decided not to do it – some of them in open scorn...