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Coinbase Exec: US Congress Needs to ‘Step Up’ Its Crypto Regulatory Efforts
17.2.2023
Faryar Shirzad, chief policy officer at the exchange, said the exchange would “love to register” its two dormant broker deals, but the reality is no clear direction has been provided by lawmakers on Capitol Hill
Coinbase Investors Prepare for Another Likely Disappointing Quarter
17.2.2023
The crypto exchange is expected to report a slight drop in quarterly revenue from the third quarter, and a 61% drop in revenue in 2022 from the previous year
BlockTower Capital Loses $1.5M in DeFi Market Aggregator Dexible Exploit: Blockchain Data
17.2.2023
The crypto asset investment firm BlockTower Capital may have lost $1.5 million in TRU tokens, according to two blockchain intelligence firms
Jump Crypto Is Unnamed Firm That Made $1.28B From Do Kwon’s Doomed Terra Ecosystem: Sources
17.2.2023
A complaint by the SEC against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs revealed an unnamed trading firm helped Kwon restore UST’s $1 peg in 2021 in exchange for discounted LUNA tokens
SEC Sues Former NBA Star Paul Pierce Over EthereumMax Promos
17.2.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued former National Basketball Association player Paul Pierce for "touting" Ethereum Max (EMAX) tokens without revealing he had been paid to do so
4 Huge Revelations in the SEC’s Charges Against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs
17.2.2023
TerraUSD was a more overt and calculated fraud than was previously known – and Do Kwon is still cashing out, at size
Binance Considers Severing US Ties in Face of Crypto Crackdown: Bloomberg
17.2.2023
The crypto exchange has been investigated by a host of U.S. regulators and government agencies
JPM Cuts Coinbase Price Target Due to Regulatory Risks
17.2.2023
Analysts at J.P. Morgan cut their price target for Coinbase (COIN) stock from $60 to $52 for the year ending in December, a report from the bank on Friday showed
Terraform Labs, Do Kwon Transferred More Than 10K Bitcoin Out of Platform Accounts After Collapse: SEC
17.2.2023
Around $100 million have since been withdrawn from the Swiss account, the securities regulator said in a court filing as it sued the company for misleading customers
Crypto Miner Core Scientific Paid More Than $1M to CEO-Affiliated Personal Jet Company
17.2.2023
The bankrupt bitcoin miner stopped making payments to the company right before it stopped paying off its debt
MicroStrategy Has Raised $46.6M Through Share Sales Since September
17.2.2023
The company in September issued a prospectus for the sale of up to $500 million in common stock
Bitcoin NFTs Challenge the Blockchain’s Largest Use Case: Money
17.2.2023
The Bitcoin community has been abuzz with conversations around how Ordinal Inscriptions could signal a technical improvement to NFTs. But the increased fees and transaction speeds associated with them could stifle Bitcoin’s primary use case as a medium of exchange
First Mover Americas: SEC Suing Do Kwon for Misleading Investors
17.2.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 17, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Crypto Has an Incest Problem
17.2.2023
Court filings reveal complex interlocking relations between major crypto firms – with implications for the ecosystem’s resilience, and for customers owed money
Trader Frontruns Gains Network's Listing on Crypto Exchange Binance to Profit $100K
17.2.2023
A trader bought $208,000 worth of Gains Network (GNS) tokens less than 30 minutes before the token was listed on Binance, making a profit of $106,000 according to blockchain sleuth Lookonchain
No, Hong Kong Won’t Be Allowing Retail Traders Access to Crypto on June 1
17.2.2023
A tweet suggesting the city will make crypto “fully legal” for all citizens is a misreading of the legislation
Celsius Failed to Record Some 7,000 Intercompany Transfers Worth Billions Leading Up to Bankruptcy
17.2.2023
A lack of record-keeping could make it impossible to "fully reconstruct" the bankrupt crypto lender's intercompany claim, court filings show
Unlike Merge, Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade Could Bring Ether Price Volatility
17.2.2023
The Merge turned out to be a non-event for the market, with ether's realized volatility dwindling in four weeks after the event. The impending Shanghai upgrade, however, might inject volatility into the market, one liquidity provider said
Bernstein: SEC Tightening of Crypto Regulations Is not an Existential Threat
17.2.2023
Some in the industry had expressed concerns that crypto was actively being removed from the banking system with an attack on stablecoins and custody rules, the report said
Calm Before the Storm: Is UK’s Financial Watchdog Gearing Up for Enforcement Action?
17.2.2023
The Financial Conduct Authority has largely been silent while its U.S. counterparts have been busy cracking down on crypto – but it has a list of 51 unregistered firms to act on