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Crypto staking on proof-of-stake blockchains not a security: SEC staff
30.5.2025
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has backed the guidance, saying it gives clarity to stakers, while her peer Caroline Crenshaw claims it ignores existing laws
Crypto Staking Doesn't Violate U.S. Securities Law, SEC Says
30.5.2025
The SEC's latest staff statement addresses crypto staking, though it noted that it was not binding guidance
SEC Staff: Some Staking Activities Are Not Securities
30.5.2025
The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance has clarified that defined protocol staking on proof-of-stake networks does not constitute a securities offering under federal law. SEC Staff Clarifies Protocol Staking Not a Security for Covered Crypto Assets on PoS Network The U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Suspects in Manhattan Crypto Kidnapping, Torture Case Plead Not Guilty as Investigation Widens
30.5.2025
William Duplessie, 33, and John Woeltz, 37, have been accused of holding a 28-year-old Italian man hostage for over two weeks and torturing him in an attempt to steal his bitcoin
SEC Task Force Chief Says Crypto Traders Need to be Growups, Not Cry to Government
29.5.2025
Hester Peirce, the SEC commissioner who leads its crypto task force, argued for lighter-touch oversight in which crypto investors take responsibility for their losses
OpenSea Announces Upgraded Platform, Says SEA Token Airdrop to Come Later
29.5.2025
OpenSea has still not set a date for the token release
Switch 2 Leaker Explains How He Got The Console Early And Why He's Not Afraid Of Nintendo
29.5.2025
It was the middle of the night when Fedor Volkov found himself anxiously waiting on the streets of Moscow for a ride back home. In his arms he held a Switch 2 box and nestled within was the console fans had been waiting years to get their hands on, but which still didn’t officially go on sale...
Peter Schiff Calls Bitcoin a 'Giant Cult,' Doubles Down on Gold
29.5.2025
Appearing at the Bitcoin 2025 conference, the famed gold bug and no-coiner called bitcoin is a “memecoin” and not real wealth, drawing laughs — and ire
CANTO Rises From the Ashes, Spiking 250% Before Crashing Back Down
29.5.2025
The project has not posted on X since September despite claiming it would release a new roadmap
Crypto vulnerable if CFTC not given authority, says ex-chair Behnam
29.5.2025
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam has said the crypto market will remain unregulated unless the agency he led is given greater authority.In a May 28 Bloomberg TV interview, Behnam sided with the crypto industry on its long-standing argument that cryptocurrencies...
Crypto vulnerable if CFTC not given authority, says ex-chair Behnam
29.5.2025
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam has said the crypto market will remain unregulated unless the agency he led is given greater authority.In a May 28 Bloomberg TV interview, Behnam sided with the crypto industry on its long-standing argument that cryptocurrencies...
Asia Morning Briefing: All Eyes on TON as Elon Musk Pours Cold Water on xAI Deal Talks
29.5.2025
PLUS: BlueSky's Jay Graber says decentralization has a place in her growing social network, but not blockchain or crypto. Trump administration goes to court over trade dispute
GameStop Purchases Over $500M Worth of Bitcoin
28.5.2025
GameStop announced the purchase on X on Wednesday but did not offer further details about when the BTC were acquired or the price paid
Fungible cryptos in secondary sales are not securities, Ripple tells SEC
28.5.2025
Ripple, the blockchain company behind XRP, argued that fungible cryptocurrencies are not securities when transferred in secondary transactions in a recent letter sent to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).In its May 27 letter, Ripple cited US attorney and crypto law thought leader...
Altcoin ‘wildfire’ inbound as trader shuts down bear market fears
28.5.2025
A crypto trader has pushed back against claims that altcoin season is already over, arguing that it hasn’t even started yet, as many tokens are still near their local price bottoms.“I don’t understand why people start claiming that a bear market is around the corner,”...
CFTC’s Goldsmith Romero says commissioner exodus ‘not a great situation’
28.5.2025
Outgoing US Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero says the exodus of the agency’s top brass is “not a great situation” for crypto regulations.The CFTC could be headed by just one commissioner once the other four depart later this year, which...
CFTC’s Goldsmith Romero says commissioner exodus ‘not a great situation’
28.5.2025
Outgoing US Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero says the exodus of the agency’s top brass is “not a great situation” for crypto regulations.The CFTC could be headed by just one commissioner once the other four depart later this year, which...
AI needs better human data, not bigger models
26.5.2025
Opinion by: Rowan Stone, CEO at SapienAI is a paper tiger without human expertise in data management and training practices. Despite massive growth projections, AI innovations won’t be relevant if they continue training models based on poor-quality data. Besides improving data standards...
Spoiler alert: The future of Web3 is not blockchain
23.5.2025
Opinion by: Grigore Roșu, founder and chief executive officer of Pi SquaredFor some, the audacity of questioning the primacy of blockchain in Web3 is borderline heretical. The idea that decentralization and progress could exist without blockchains seems absurd to those who built careers around...
Crypto Trader Opens $1.1B Long Bitcoin Bet on Hyperliquid Using 40X Leverage
22.5.2025
The trade marks a new phase of capital migration from centralized finance to DeFi — one where whales, not just retail, are willing to place big bets outside the traditional system