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Today in Crypto: Bank of Canada Opens Public CBDC Consultation, Solana' Saga Phone Available for Orders, 32% of Family Offices Investment in Digital Assets, Binance NFT to Support Bitcoin Ordinals
9.5.2023
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Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Pushes Back Against US SEC Crypto Custody Rule Proposal
9.5.2023
Coinbase’s chief legal officer called a newly proposed US rule tightening cryptocurrency custody requirements “misguided” and said some parts need to be changed.
The Securities and Exchange Commission rule was proposed in February and would require registered investment advisers to keep crypto...
South Korean Assembly Member Under Fire for Alleged Crypto Insider Trading
9.5.2023
South Korean lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk has found himself in hot water after being accused of performing suspicious crypto trades worth about KRW 6 billion ($4.5 million). ...
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Wall Street Journal: U.S. Crypto Exchanges Have Listed Multiple SEC-Deemed Illegal Tokens
9.5.2023
Crypto exchanges based in the US may have listed multiple tokens deemed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to be unregistered securities, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The so-called unregistered securities are in reality digital tokens that the SEC does not consider to...
Neftify announces support for Optimism
9.5.2023
Neftify has extended the support to Optimism, allowing users to build and deploy their decentralized applications faster than before. Neftify is a blockchain RPC provider, and the venture coming out in support of the Ethereum L2 solution takes things to another level where deployment is much...
Spanish Police Save Kidnapped Crypto Portfolio Manager from Gunpoint Ordeal
9.5.2023
Spanish police have swooped to free a crypto portfolio manager who was being held at gunpoint by armed kidnappers.
Per Nius Diario, the manager was captured by three assailants who held a gun to his head.
The assailants reportedly threatened to kill the manager if they were not given a ransom...
Coinbase Targets UAE as Strategic Hub for Cryptoeconomy Expansion; Executives Attend Dubai Fintech Summit
8.5.2023
Major US-based crypto exchange Coinbase has praised the United Arab Emirates (UAE), saying the region has the potential to become a “strategic hub” for the company.
Writing in a blog post over the weekend, Coinbase called the UAE “a centre of web3 innovation,” with the emirate of Dubai alone home...
While Crypto Prices Crash, AiDoge Meme Coin Pumps Up $1 Million in 24 Hours – Are Whales Buying?
8.5.2023
Cryptocurrency markets have been suffering from broad selling pressure since Saturday.
Bitcoin (BTC), which reached nearly as high as $30,000 on Saturday, has since reversed more than 6.5% lower and was last trading to the south of the $28,000 level....
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DEUS Finance Stablecoin Hack Leads to $6 Million Loss – Here's What Happened
8.5.2023
DeFi protocol DEUS Finance lost more than $6 million in a hack over the weekend which exploited a vulnerability in the stablecoin DEI, but a large chunk of it has now been recovered.
According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, the attack targeted DEUS Finance’s own stablecoin DEI on...
Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey's Crypto Firm Partners with Paxful's Ray Youssef for P2P Marketplace Venture
6.5.2023
Jack Dorsey's crypto firm TBD has partnered with Paxful co-founder Ray Youssef to launch a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto trading platform.
The new venture, called Civilization Kit (Civ Kit), will be built on Nostr, a decentralized network protocol for distributed and free social...
US DOJ Investigating Binance’s Involvement With Possible Russian Sanctions Violations: Bloomberg
5.5.2023
The US Justice Department is investigating whether Binance Holdings Ltd. was illegally used to let Russians skirt US sanctions and move money through the cryptocurrency exchange, according to a report from Bloomberg News.
The Justice Department’s national security division is looking into whether...
Major Media Outlets Seek Release of 9 Million FTX Customer Names Despite Scam Fears – What's Going On?
5.5.2023
Major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Financial Times, and Bloomberg have asked the court in FTX’s bankruptcy case to hand over a list containing the names of millions of FTX customers.
In total, the lists the media outlets are asking to get access to contains the names of some...
Sen. Warren Plans To Reintroduce Crypto Bill To Crack Down on National Security Risks
5.5.2023
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren has plans to reintroduce a cryptocurrency bill to crack down on money laundering and terrorist financing.
The long-standing crypto critic said she planned to reintroduce that legislation during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday....
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NY Attorney General Proposes Bill To Rein In Cryptocurrency Industry
5.5.2023
New York Attorney General Letitia James proposed legislation that would require refunds of customers and audits of cryptocurrency exchanges in her latest move to rein in the industry.
James’ program bill proposes the “strongest and most comprehensive set of regulations on cryptocurrency in...
Nigerian Government Greenlights Policy to Foster Blockchain-Based Economy – Details
5.5.2023
Nigeria Federal Executive Council approved a national blockchain policy in a meeting on May 3, 2023.
This policy will enable the country to develop a proper regulatory framework for blockchain adoption.
Nigeria is one of the nations whose citizens have an avid interest in cryptocurrencies. ...
Coinbase Faces Existential Risk as SEC Increases Scrutiny on Crypto
5.5.2023
The US-based crypto exchange Coinbase is facing an “existential risk” as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues its crackdown on the crypto industry, a financial analyst has warned.
The warning from the analyst followed renewed concerns among Coinbase investors that tokens listed...
Crypto Regulation Halts Growth of S Korean Web3 Unicorns, Warns Professor
5.5.2023
A leading South Korean professor says that restrictive crypto laws are stopping Web3 unicorns from growing in the nation.
The expert also claimed that banks and other financial market players should be allowed to move more freely in the crypto market.
According to EDaily, the Web3 comments came...
Coinbase Reports Increased Earnings in First Quarter, While Making the Call for “Crypto Specific Rules”
4.5.2023
Crypto exchange Coinbase reported higher revenue in its first quarter, while also pushing for “crypto specific rules,” in its latest earnings report.
Total revenue grew 23 percent quarter over quarter to $773 million, according to a Coinbase shareholder letter released on Thursday afternoon.
The...
House Financial Services and Agriculture Subcommitees To Hold Digital Assets Hearing
4.5.2023
A House Financial Services Committee panel together with a House Agriculture subcommittee plan to unpack digital asset regulation during a hearing next week.
Both of those subcommittees’ digital asset focused subcommittees will jointly hold the hearing titled “The Future of Digital Assets:...
What's Next for Crypto Prices After Interest Rate Decision? – yPredict Tool Makes AI Price Predictions Easy
4.5.2023
Traders are asking where is next for crypto prices in wake of the US Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision.
At current levels just under the $29,000 and $1,900 levels respectively, Bitcoin and Ethereum are both not much changed in wake of the Fed raising interest rates by 25 bps...