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NFT Video Startup Glass Falls to Crypto Bear Market
8.9.2023
The startup’s founders say they’re ending active development after two years
A New Crypto Scam Shows Perils of Elon Musk's Twitter
8.9.2023
Grayscale Ethereum Trust Discount Drops to Lowest in a Year Amid Spot Ether ETF Push
8.9.2023
The recent optimism around crypto spot exchange-traded funds helped narrow the ETHE discount
Ripple Acquires Crypto-Focused Chartered Trust Company Fortress Trust
8.9.2023
A person with knowledge of the matter said the figure was less than the $250 million price tag for custody firm Metaco, which Ripple acquired in May
U.S. Fed’s Vice Chair Barr Says CBDC Decision Still a ‘Long Way’ Off
8.9.2023
The U.S. is far from making any decision on a central bank digital currency (CBDC), said Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Michael Barr, who described the Fed as still being in the “basic research” phase
Bitcoin Halving Is Nice, but Kickstarting Bull Run Requires Fiat Money Supply Growth
8.9.2023
The magnitude of the expected halving-led uptrend in bitcoin is likely contingent on major central banks boosting their year-on-year M2 money supply growth rates, past data show
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Shows Signs of Life
8.9.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 8, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Taiwan Crypto Watchdog to Issue 10 Guiding Principles for Virtual Assets in September: Report
8.9.2023
The East Asian country plans on setting out that crypto businesses should keep customers payments separate from their own tokens and that unregistered overseas firms should not solicit business in the country
Crypto Firm LBRY to Challenge Ruling It Violated U.S. Securities Law
8.9.2023
The blockchain-based file-sharing network had indicated it would be winding down after a New Hampshire court ruled in favor of the SEC last November
MicroStrategy's Large Bitcoin Impairment Losses Have Given a False Impression: Berenberg
8.9.2023
FASB accounting rule changes should help companies that hold digital assets to eliminate the poor optics that have been created by impairment losses, the report said
Coinbase Targets Regulatory Clarity in International Expansion Plan
8.9.2023
Coinbase is looking at "markets that are enacting clear rules" for the crypto industry, with the European Union, U.K., Canada, Brazil, Singapore and Australia its near-term priorities
U.S. Interest Rates High Enough to Tame Inflation, Avoid Recession: Chicago Fed
8.9.2023
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago economists predict low inflation and a resilient economy, a potential goldilocks scenario for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies
11,196 Years Jail Sentence for Faruk Özer, CEO of Collapsed Turkish Crypto Exchange Thodex
8.9.2023
Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder of the collapsed Turkish crypto exchange Thodex, his sister Serap Özer and his brother Güven Özer have been sentenced to 11,196 years, 10 months and 15 days in prison
CFTC Goes After Opyn, Other DeFi Operations in Enforcement Sweep
8.9.2023
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged three decentralized finance (DeFi) operations – Opyn, Inc., ZeroEx (0x), Inc. and Deridex, Inc. – with offering illegal derivatives trading, according to a Thursday statement from the agency
North Korea's 'Lazarus' Hackers Stole $41 Million From Crypto Gambling Site, FBI Says
7.9.2023
The Lazarus Group has been targeting crypto companies for years now
Tokenization News Roundup: the 'Next Trillion'
7.9.2023
Reject CBDCs, Embrace the Right to Transact
7.9.2023
Ex-FTX Executive Ryan Salame to Forfeit $1.5B as Part of Guilty Plea
7.9.2023
Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried used Salame as a “straw donor” to secretly funnel millions of dollars to Republican political candidates
Fraud Lawsuit Against Michael Egorov, the CEO of DeFi Giant Curve, Is Quashed in California
7.9.2023
A judge ruled a California courtroom is the wrong venue since Egorov wasn’t living in the state when the alleged misdeeds took place
CFTC Commissioner Pitches Pilot Program for U.S. Crypto Regulation
7.9.2023
The U.S. watchdog for derivatives markets should create a limited pilot program for regulating cryptocurrencies, said Caroline Pham, one of the members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)