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U.S. House's Emmer Says Best Hope For Crypto Legislation Is Year-End Session
29.5.2024
Despite the crypto industry's high-profile recent wins in Congress, major legislation faces a massive practical roadblock in the Senate, U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) acknowledged Wednesday, saying that chamber will want its own say in a big crypto bill, leaving little time in the waning...
Gemini Announces Full Recovery of Earn Users' Digital Assets
29.5.2024
In-kind recovery of Gemini users' funds means they'll get 232% of the value of their assets back
Israel to Start Digital Shekel Challenge to Develop Payment Use Cases
29.5.2024
Israel's central bank is launching a challenge on the use of a central bank digital currency in payments as part of an "action plan for a possible issuance of the digital shekel."
Ripple Donates Another $25M to Crypto Super PAC Fairshake
29.5.2024
Ripple has added another $25 million to the coffers of Fairshake, a federal crypto super political action committee (PAC) that’s spending big this election year to support crypto-friendly Congressional candidates
Leveraged Ether ETF to Start Trading June 4, Sponsor Volatility Shares Says
28.5.2024
Volatility Shares' 2x Ether Strategy ETF (ETHU) will become the first leveraged crypto ETF available in the United States after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) let it go effective, the company posted on their website, adding that trading will begin on June 4
Binance Executive Jailed in Nigeria is Suspected of Having Malaria, Family Says
28.5.2024
Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s compliance head, who remains jailed in Nigeria, is suspected of having Malaria, a family spokesperson told CoinDesk
Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Prison
28.5.2024
Salame's lawyers initially asked for 18 months
Consensus 2024 Week: The House Passed a Market Structure Bill
28.5.2024
The House of Representatives voting overwhelmingly in favor of a crypto market structure bill is an interesting prelude to CoinDesk's annual conference. We'll be talking about these things in Austin this week
Hong Kong Will Inspect Offices of Crypto Platforms as Important Compliance Deadline Looms
28.5.2024
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will conduct on-site inspections of those crypto trading platforms interested in continuing to pursue their licensing applications as a key deadline looms, the regulator announced Tuesday
One-Third of U.S. Voters Say They'll Weigh Candidates' Crypto Views Before Voting: Poll
28.5.2024
One in three U.S. voters said they'll consider a political candidate's position on cryptocurrencies before making a voting decision, according to a new Harris Poll examination of likely U.S. voters
Could Trump’s win nix SEC crypto suits? Critics say he’s ‘pandering’ for votes
27.5.2024
One crypto lawyer thinks a Donald Trump election win would revert some SEC crypto lawsuits, but others note he hasn’t always kept campaign promises
Trump Pledges to Free Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht If Re-Elected
26.5.2024
Trump Posts 'Our Country Must be the Leader in the (Crypto) Field' Before Address at Libertarian Convention
25.5.2024
Crypto Advocacy Group ‘Stand With Crypto’ Expands to the UK
25.5.2024
Stand with Crypto, a global crypto advocacy organization, is expanding its initiative to the United Kingdom. Originating in the U.S., where it has garnered over 700,000 sign-ups and gained momentum with the passing of FIT21 in the House of Representatives, the movement is now mobilizing UK crypto...
Ethereum Foundation to have conflict of interest policy after EigenLayer crossovers
24.5.2024
Executive director Aya Miyaguchi said the foundation’s neutrality can’t depend on culture and individual judgment after researchers take multimillion-dollar roles at EigenLayer
BitGo’s $100M Suit Against Galaxy Digital Can Proceed, Delaware Supreme Court Rules
24.5.2024
Cryptocurrency custodian BitGo will get a fresh chance to sue financial services firm Galaxy Digital over the two companies’ failed $1.2 billion merger agreement after Delaware’s Supreme Court reversed an earlier ruling to dismiss BitGo’s lawsuit
Coinbase Slugs It Out With U.S. SEC in Effort to Get Key Crypto Question Answered
24.5.2024
Coinbase Inc. (COIN) took another step in its back-and-forth argument with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on whether the cryptocurrency exchange should be allowed to raise a single, core legal point for consideration by a higher court
British-Chinese Money Launder Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Role in $6B Fraud: FT
24.5.2024
Jian Wen, 42, who was alleged to have carrying out the laundering on behalf of her former boss, was found guilty in March
Binance Money Laundering Trial in Nigeria Pushed to June 20 Due to Executive’s Illness
24.5.2024
Binance's head of financial crimes compliance Tigran Gambaryan is seriously ill, his lawyers said
FIT21 Bill Seen As Solution to US Crypto Exodus Concerns, Paving Way for Thriving Market
24.5.2024
The FIT21 approval on Wednesday would align the US with other nations in terms of its regulatory framework for crypto, according to Kyle Bligen, director of financial policy at the Chamber of Progress.
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