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FTX Bankruptcy Judge Allows Company to Subpoena Founder Bankman-Fried, Other 'Insiders'
8.2.2023
U.S Judge John Dorsey ordered that FTX's new leadership and its official creditor committee can subpoena the company's founders and former executives, including Sam Bankman-Fried, Gary Wang, Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh and Bankman-Fried's family
Biggest Movers: MATIC Moves to 10-Month High, ATOM Extends Recent Gains
8.2.2023
Polygon rose to its strongest point since last April, as prices rose by as much as 6% on Feb. 8. The token surged for a second straight session, after snapping a three-day losing streak on Tuesday. Cosmos also surged higher in today’s session, as it moved closer to recent highs. Polygon...
Aspiring Crypto Bank’s Plight Shows Binance’s Issues Are Just Part of the Story
8.2.2023
Custodia Bank’s membership rejection by the Federal Reserve Board is more alarming for crypto banking than the recent troubles of Binance, Juno and Signature Bank combined
Crypto Derivative Volumes Saw Speedy Growth as Prices Rose in January
8.2.2023
The numbers suggest speculation, not accumulation, was behind sizable gains for bitcoin and ether, according to a report
Craig Wright Loses Bitcoin Copyright Claim in UK Court
8.2.2023
Wright, self-proclaimed inventor of the cryptocurrency, has argued variants such as bitcoin cash breach his intellectual property rights
Hermès Wins Trademark Lawsuit Against MetaBirkins NFTs, Setting Powerful Precedent for NFT Creators
8.2.2023
The verdict, which the jury delivered on tk date, ends a year-long battle between the French luxury house and NFT artist Mason Rothschild over his Metabirkin NFT collection
Binance Is Organizing a Consortium to Try to Rebuild Trust in Crypto: Source
8.2.2023
Several companies have already signed up to join, including other crypto exchanges and blockchain analytics firms, according to a person familiar with the plans
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8.2.2023
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Privacy Coin Interest Stays Tepid as Leading Coins Report Modest Gains in 2023
8.2.2023
Over the past 90 days, the top privacy coins by market capitalization have seen an increase of just over $2 billion, rising from $4.65 billion on Nov. 9, 2022 to $6.69 billion today. However, while crypto assets such as bitcoin and ethereum saw gains of 30% or more in 30 days, privacy tokens like...
Crypto Exchange Bitstamp Registers in France
8.2.2023
The exchange joins Binance, Bitpanda and Société Générale in securing recognition from one of the most sophisticated regimes in the EU
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: ETH Nears $1,700, Fed Prepared to Maintain Rate Hikes
8.2.2023
Ethereum closed in on the $1,700 level on Wednesday, as markets reacted to comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Speaking after Tuesday’s session, Powell hinted that the Fed could continue to hike rates, should the data show the need for action. Bitcoin was also boosted...
First Mover Americas: The Sandbox Is Up on Saudi Arabia Partnership News
8.2.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 8 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Crypto Classification Seeks to Make Industry More Welcoming to TradFi Participants
8.2.2023
Cryptocurrency is an incredibly broad and diverse field, with a huge array of wholly different assets, making the industry an intimidating one to enter
Will the SEC Convince a Court It’s Right to Label These Tokens as Securities?
8.2.2023
Lawyers have challenged a potentially consequential move from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to build a list of crypto tokens it considers unregistered securities
Contentious Uniswap Vote Highlights the Opaqueness of Decentralized Governance
8.2.2023
A16z didn’t quash a proposal to launch Uniswap onto Binance’s BNB Chain, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t have
Musk’s Twitter Payment Vision in Tune With Fiat-Crypto Gateway Alchemy Pay
8.2.2023
Elon Musk’s Twitter has fallen into revenue difficulties, hoping to find new sources of revenue outside the original $5 billion a year advertising business model. According to a recent Financial Times report, Musk is betting this ambition for revenue growth on the payments business. He...
Bitcoin Miner Digihost Completes Controversial Power Plant Acquisition, Doubling Energy Capacity
8.2.2023
Environmental groups opposed the transaction on the grounds that it impedes New York's greenhouse gas emissions goals
As The Graph Price Explodes, These 3 Altcoins Might 10X in 2023
8.2.2023
The 'Google of Blockchain' - The Graph (GRT) has kicked off 2023 with a sensational rally.
After a slow bleed out from the 2021 Bull Run - this top 100 coin is on the come back. Cascading price action throughout 2022's GRT death slide finally bottomed out at $0.05 on Dec 30.
Macro sentiment...
Nigerian City of Lagos Among the World’s Top 20 Crypto Hub Cities — Study
8.2.2023
According to the findings of a study by Recap, the crypto asset management firm, the Nigerian city of Lagos is ranked among the world’s top 20 crypto hub cities. Besides Lagos, five more African cities, namely the Angolan city of Luanda, Nigeria’s Ibadan, and three South African cities...
Binance APAC Head Suggests Full Audit of the Crypto Exchange Isn't Happening Soon: Bloomberg
8.2.2023
Finding an auditor for the whole balance sheet is difficult given the complexities of auditing crypto assets due to challenges like price volatility