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Apecoin DAO Approves Funding a Bored Ape-Centric News Publication
30.7.2022
Apecoin DAO community members have approved a governance proposal that will fund a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC)-centric news publication called the Bored Ape Gazette with $150,000 for the first year. While the Bored Ape Gazette has been in operation since June 1, 2021, the site’s operator...
ECB Economists Suggest Limiting Access to Digital Euro to Protect Banks
30.7.2022
A group of economists evaluating the potential effects of a digital euro have insisted that restricting access to the upcoming currency is necessary to preserve the current financial system. Their study follows an earlier proposal to limit digital euro deposits at the European Central Bank (ECB)...
ApeCoin Proposal to Fund 24-Hour BAYC News Site Wins Community Approval
28.7.2022
Ape Coin, the native token of the Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem, has approved a proposal that will fund a 24-hour crypto news website
'Let's Try This Again': Lido DAO Relaunches Proposal for Selling LDO 10M to Dragonfly Capital with 'Better Terms'
28.7.2022
Lido DAO, the governance forum for the Lido Finance project, has put forward a new proposal for selling LDO 10m tokens to crypto investment firm Dragonfly Capital, apparently with better terms.
"Ok, lets try this again," states the new proposal, which was submitted by Lido's head of business Jacob...
Is FTX Proposal Offering Voyager Customers a Good Deal? One Bankruptcy Experts Weighs In
25.7.2022
Thomas Braziel, a partner at investment firm 507 Capital joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss whether customers are getting the best deal from crypto trading platform FTX and why it could be best for Voyager Digital customers to weigh their options
FTX Proposal is a 'Low-ball Bid Dressed Up as a White Knight Rescue' - Voyager
25.7.2022
Crypto platform Voyager Digital argued that a joint offer proposed by crypto exchange FTX and linked trading firm Alameda is a “low-ball bid” that could disrupt the company’s bankruptcy process, to which FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried replied that the offer would provide Voyager customers with 100%...
Voyager: ‘No Customer Will Be Made Whole’ Under FTX Proposal
25.7.2022
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said his firm's offer would give Voyager customers back 100% of the remaining assets, while Voyager’s lawyers argue that it only benefits FTX
Hacker drains $1.08M from Audius following passing of malicious proposal
24.7.2022
A malicious proposal (Proposal #85) requesting the transfer of 18 million Audius’ in-house AUDIO tokens worth nearly $6 million was approved by community voting
Financial Superintendence of Colombia Presents Project to Regulate Crypto Service Providers
20.7.2022
The Financial Superintendence of Colombia presented a project that seeks to bring clarity to how links between banks and virtual asset service providers (VASPs) will be handled in the future. The document defines certain key concepts and determines a set of prerequisites that banks need to verify...
Staking Pool Lido to Expand to Ethereum L2s, New Proposal Seeks 'Operating Runway' for DAO in Stablecoins
19.7.2022
Lido Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol and third-party staking pool operator for Ethereum (ETH) 2.0, aims to expand services across various Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) scaling solutions. Meanwhile, a new proposal seeks to secure around two years of "operating runway" for Lido DAO...
Prosecution ‘Investigating Still-Extant South Korean Terraform Subsidiary’, Exchanges Make Self-regulation Proposal
15.7.2022
South Korean prosecutors have reportedly uncovered evidence of an obscure Terraform Labs subsidiary that appears to exist only “on paper.”
Terraform, the company behind the LUNAC token, the UST stablecoin, and the new LUNA coin, shuttered its South Korean businesses back in April. But per...
Russia Considers Jail Time for People Helping Crypto Scammers Launder Proceeds
15.7.2022
The interior ministry of Russia has decided to go after those providing money-laundering services to crypto fraudsters, suggesting they should go to prison. The department wants to introduce criminal liability for the activities of these people, also known as ‘droppers.’...
100-Year-Old Pennsylvania-Based Bank Approved to Leverage Makerdao’s Stablecoin Vault
11.7.2022
Makerdao, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that issues the stablecoin DAI, approved a governance vote that provides “collateral integration from a U.S.-based bank.” The Makerdao governance vote passed by a majority vote of more than 87%, and it allows the U.S. financial...
Proposal to Set Up Russian Crypto Exchange Circulated in Moscow
8.7.2022
Russia may establish a dedicated exchange to carry out cryptocurrency transactions locally, a high-ranking member of the State Duma has suggested. The new platform can be hosted by the Moscow Exchange, according to Anatoly Aksakov, head of the parliamentary financial market committee. Russian...
Aave Summoning GHOsts With a New Native Stablecoin Proposal
8.7.2022
Popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave (AAVE) has proposed to the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) the introduction of a native, decentralized, fully collateral-backed, USD-pegged stablecoin on the Ethereum (ETH) mainnet – dubbed GHO.
“Calling all GHOsts,” said Aave...
Crypto Lender Nexo Moves Forward With Plan to Acquire Troubled Rival Vauld
6.7.2022
Leading cryptocurrency lender Nexo has offered to buy distressed competitor Vauld, which halted operations in the face of financial difficulties. The proposal comes after the Singapore-based company said it was exploring restructuring options. Nexo Secures Exclusive Agreement to Explore...
EU Makes Deal on MiCA Legislation to Regulate Crypto Markets
2.7.2022
Representatives of key European Union (EU) institutions and member states reached an agreement on the Markets in Crypto Assets regulatory proposal. The progress in the negotiations over the comprehensive legal framework for the Union’s crypto space comes after earlier this week European...
MakerDAO members shoot down proposal for more centralization
1.7.2022
MakerDAO members turned up in record numbers to preserve the principles of decentralization, setting new precedents for future DAO governance
Basel Committee Warms Up to Bitcoin & Crypto With More Flexible Proposal
30.6.2022
After receiving criticism from industry players last year for being too conservative, a committee at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), has proposed a cap on how much exposure traditional banks can have to cryptoassets “where there is no counterparty.”
According to a new consultation...
Cardano's Vasil hard fork proposal submitted: Countdown commences
30.6.2022
From July 3 the four-week window for application developers and exchanges to test the upcoming Cardano upgrade begins before it's launched onto the mainnet