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Consensys, a Target for the SEC’s Assault on ETH, Is Fighting Back

26.4.2024

Samourai Wallet Charges Raise Existential Questions for Privacy Tech

25.4.2024
Co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill are charged with money laundering related to the privacy-protecting wallet

Do Kwon's Huge Fine Shows the SEC Is Ratcheting Up Penalties Against Crypto Firms

24.4.2024
Suggested fines the securities watchdog suggested for Terraform Labs and Ripple are out-of-line with what it has collected from crypto firms in the past

The Ever-Dwindling Chances for a Stablecoin Law

24.4.2024
Last week, U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced a joint bill addressing how stablecoins could be regulated in the country. It's the latest effort to try and get something done in the U.S. legislative front – but is it enough?

How the Bitcoin Halving Will Drive Action to Layer 2s

22.4.2024

Google Searches for 'Bitcoin Halving' Get Higher Than 4/20

19.4.2024
One of the closely watched indicators of retail interest is booming

What Is Bitcoin Meant to Hedge?

17.4.2024
The cryptocurrency underperformed this week as an economic safe haven. But bitcoiners are taking a longer term view

Looking at Sam Bankman-Fried's Appeals Process

17.4.2024
As expected, Sam Bankman-Fried's legal team filed a notice of his intent to appeal his conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges. So far all we have is just the notice – the actual brief won't come for some time yet

Hong Kong Boards the ETF Express

15.4.2024
The jurisdiction is the latest to approve exchange-traded funds for bitcoin, giving a boost to BTC

Why Bitcoin Halving Calculators Are Out of Sync

12.4.2024
The famously pre-planned, programmatic event, currently predicted for April 19, is surprisingly hard to predict at minute scales

The SEC’s Suit Against Unswap Is an Opening Attack Against DeFi

11.4.2024
The DEX received a Wells Notice from the regulator, suggesting an enforcement action is imminent. While we don’t know the nature of the potential charges, the news raises the threat of legal jeopardy for decentralized finance

'What Are We Waiting for'? SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Discusses Moving Crypto Regulation Foward

10.4.2024
Known for her fiery dissenting opinions, "Crypto Mom" discusses how the SEC operates, why she wants to see crypto thrive and her "Safe Harbor" proposal to allow projects to decentralize

Is the Sam Bankman-Fried Story Over?

10.4.2024
Last month, I attended Sam Bankman-Fried's sentencing hearing. Not that anyone asked, but I have some thoughts

Bitcoin Mining’s Boon for Small Town America

5.4.2024
Will Foxley’s doc about a small Texas town’s embrace of a new mining facility paints a more positive story about Bitcoin’s impact on rural communities than typically reported

What Does Ripple’s Stablecoin Mean for XRP?

4.4.2024
XRP has plenty of internet fans but Ripple has struggled to win real enterprise customers. Will its new stablecoin fill the gap and overshadow its existing token?

What a Judge Said About the SEC's Suit Against Coinbase

3.4.2024
Coinbase and Custodia both lost early and preliminary court fights. The Coinbase loss was more or less expected – companies rarely win much on a motion for judgment at such an early stage – but still pretty enlightening

SBF Is Going to Prison for 25 Years

29.3.2024
Sam Bankman-Fried is going to prison. He won't be spending time in a maximum security facility, and he'll be placed as close to his family in the San Francisco Bay Area as possible, but he's going to prison nonetheless – and he'll be there for the next 25 years