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The Case Against Sam Bankman-Fried
2.11.2023
Is Sam Bankman-Fried going to prison? Five weeks into his criminal trial, 12 randomly selected New Yorkers are preparing to discuss among themselves whether they believe he violated federal law or not
Swiss National Bank to Work With SIX Digital Exchange, 6 Banks on Wholesale CBDC Pilot
2.11.2023
The Helvetia Phase III pilot will create a tokenized version of the franc as a settlement instrument between financial institutions for digital assets on the exchange
Team Behind Celsius Bidder NovaWulf Starts New Firm Called Valinor
1.11.2023
The Protocol: Celestia Airdrop Gets Crypto Users Asking About Starknet Despite No Similar Plans
1.11.2023
In this week's edition of The Protocol newsletter, we explain the mechanics (and roots) behind the "data availability" network Celestia, and its new TIA tokens, and turn our eyes to Starknet's STRK tokens, which aren't trading yet but are already being awarded to early contributors
Federal Reserve Leaves Rates Unchanged; Bitcoin Flat at $34.5K
1.11.2023
Market participants will now turn to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's post-meeting press conference to glean insight into the future path of U.S. central bank policy
SBF vs. ETF: Get Rich Quick vs. Get Rich Slowly
1.11.2023
The FTX founder was never a man of crypto and the industry is moving on without him, says Laura Shin
SafeMoon Execs Arrested by DOJ in Fraud Investigation, Charged By SEC
1.11.2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged SafeMoon and its executive team with perpetrating a fraudulent scheme through an unregistered securities sale
It’s Time for Web3 Games to Embrace Play AND Earn
1.11.2023
FTX and the Case for Web3 YIMBYism
1.11.2023
Crypto Venture Funds Variant, 1kx Lead $6M Funding Round for ZK-Meets-AI Startup Modulus
1.11.2023
The funding will be used for the company’s ambitions in zero-knowledge machine learning, combining aspects of zero-knowledge cryptography with artificial intelligence or AI
Bitget Embroiled in Bitter $10M Dispute With Floki Over TokenFi Memecoin Listing
1.11.2023
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget is under intense scrutiny over its handling of the listing, and subsequent delisting, of a memecoin related to Floki Inu
3 Greenshoot Sectors in the Blockchain Space
1.11.2023
From “AI x blockchain” and zero-knowledge proofs to Bitcoin ordinal projects, there are plenty of bright spots in the Web3 ecosystem
Why Momentum Trading Works In Crypto
1.11.2023
Crypto markets have specific characteristics that align with a strategy of riding momentum in price movements
'A Pyramid of Deceit': Prosecutors Begin Closing Argument in Sam Bankman-Fried Fraud Trial
1.11.2023
Prosecutors are hoping the four-week case will lead to a conviction on seven charges
Fed Seen Holding Rates Steady, but Policy Statement and Press Conference Will Be Key for Bitcoin
1.11.2023
The U.S. central bank concludes its two-day policy meeting on Wednesday afternoon
Near Token Rallies Amid Nym Partnership, Ahead of Nearcon Conference
1.11.2023
The Near Foundation announced a partnership with Nym Technologies, a privacy layer-0 infrastructure startup
How a Ph.D. Student's Research Paper Turned Celestia Into $345M Blockchain Project Overnight
1.11.2023
This week's launch of the new "data availability" network Celestia came with an airdrop of the project's TIA tokens, one of the most anticipated giveaways in the crypto industry of the past year
PayPal UK Unit Registers as Crypto Service Provider
1.11.2023
The payments firm will now be able to offer services and approve crypto-related communications in the country
First Mover Americas: Trading Giants Like Jane Street Might Support Blackrock’s BTC ETF
1.11.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Nov. 1, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
FTX, Alameda Wallets Move More Than $13 Million in Crypto to Exchanges: Spotonchain
1.11.2023
Just over $13 million in crypto were moved to Binance and Coinbase overnight, data from Spotonchain show