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Banks Would Have to Disclose Crypto Holdings Under New BIS Plan
5.10.2023
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision previously recommended swingeing capital constraints on holdings of unbacked cryptocurrency
Friend.Tech Targeted SIM Swaps Worsen as Users Lose More Ether
5.10.2023
CoinDesk reported earlier this week that Friend.Tech users were seemingly starting to get targeted in SIM swap exploits
First Mover Americas: DOJ: SBF’s Crypto Empire Was Built on a Lie
5.10.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 5, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
FTX Employees Knew About the Backdoor to Alameda Months Before Collapse: WSJ
5.10.2023
The employees flagged their discovery to one of FTX's director of engineering Nishad Singh but the problem never got fixed
Crypto Fundraising Hits 3-Year Low as Firms Struggle to Raise Capital: Messari
5.10.2023
The amount raised by crypto firms in Q3 fell to just under $2.1 billion, across 297 deals, the lowest on both counts since Q4 2020
Unpacking the First Day of Sam Bankman-Fried's Actual Trial
5.10.2023
A Parisian cocoa trader told Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial jury that pricey ads and FTX’s confident CEO helped convince him the crypto exchange was a safe place to deposit over $100,000 so he could trade cryptocurrencies – but he never expected that anyone but him would touch his funds, kicking...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Two Multimillion-Dollar Jets May Be Forfeit, DOJ Says
5.10.2023
The assets, whose ownership is in dispute, could be used to pay back creditors of Alameda Research and FTX
Bitcoin Holds Steady at $27.6K; Why Are XRP, AVAX Prices Pumping?
5.10.2023
Ether fell 0.5%, Solana’s SOL fell 1.4%, while Cardano’s ADA and BNB Chain’s BNB traded flat
Dutch Crypto Companies Score Legal Win in Fight Against $2.3M Supervision Bill
5.10.2023
The Dutch central bank shouldn’t have made Binance successor Coinmerce and others pay for their money laundering registration, a Rotterdam court said
Dogecoin NFT Community 'Own The Doge' is Installing Kabuso Dog’s Statue in Japan
5.10.2023
Kabosu is the actual dog of the meme that inspired popular internet culture and tokens such as Dogecoin
Prediction Market 'Zeitgeist' to Use CoinDesk Indices for Broad Crypto Bets
5.10.2023
Traders will be able to bet on the performance of a basket of DeFi tokens, or of a group of smart contract platforms' native currencies
Singapore Police Responding to Su Zhu's Arrest Says It Has Detained 36-Year Old Man: Reuters
5.10.2023
Zhu was reportedly arrested last week while trying to leave the country, liquidators said
Bitcoin Edges Higher to $27.7K; AVAX, XRP Jump as Crypto Market Settles
5.10.2023
Bitcoin edged higher to $27,700 Wednesday afternoon as crypto markets calmed after Monday’s sharp rally. XRP and AVAX jumped 3% and 7%, respectively
Hong Kong Stock Exchange Launches Blockchain-Based Settlement Platform
4.10.2023
HKEX says the system, used by traders in Hong Kong to buy stocks in China, will speed up settlement and provide greater transparency
Poor Week for Ether Prompts Research Firm to Reverse Outlook, Advise Favoring Bitcoin Instead
4.10.2023
Ether's price dropped to its lowest price compared to bitcoin since July 2022 as the launch of futures-based ETH ETFs attracted meager interest from investors
Alameda Was ‘Business as Usual’ Before Collapse: Ex-Engineer
4.10.2023
Security and risk checks were “poor” at the company, but the implosion of the trading firm came as a surprise to insiders
A Spot ETH ETF Represents the Dawn of Institutional Liquid Staking
4.10.2023
Sam Bankman-Fried 'Lied,' DOJ Tells Jury; Defense Tries to Pin FTX Collapse on Caroline Ellison
4.10.2023
"He poured money — other people's money — into investments to make himself even richer," the prosecutor said in opening arguments
The Protocol: Which Ethereum Layer-2 Project ISN’T Competing to Land Celo?
4.10.2023
In this week’s issue of The Protocol, we highlight layoffs hitting key firms as well, and how blockchain projects are competing for new mandates – specifically big Ethereum layer-2 developers like OP Labs, Polygon and Matter Labs vying to provide the technology for the Celo blockchain’s new network
Sam Bankman-Fried Shouldn’t Have Cut His Hair
4.10.2023
If your defense is “I didn’t know what was happening,” don’t dress like a competent person