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Bitcoin Spike to $24.5K Stemmed From Regulators' Bank Interventions, Binance Stablecoin Conversion, Investor Hopes for Fed Dovishness
14.3.2023
Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs analysts have predicted that the U.S. central bank will not raise interest rates at its next FOMC meeting on March 22, according to a report
NFT Artist Beeple Opens Digital Art Gallery in Charleston
13.3.2023
Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, has opened the 50,000-square-foot Beeple Studios in Charleston, South Carolina, to showcase his art and to build a community of fellow creators
Bank Board Member and Dodd-Frank Co-Sponsor Barney Frank Suspects ‘Anti-Crypto’ Message Behind Signature Bank Failure
13.3.2023
Barney Frank, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts and leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, discussed his opinion on the recent failure of Signature Bank. In an interview, Frank stated that he believes regulators aimed to “send a very strong...
Bitcoin Was Built Was for This Moment
13.3.2023
Amid a U.S. banking crisis, value is flowing into bitcoin. Is this the beginning of the “Great Reset”? investor and author Tatiana Koffman asks
CFTC Names Executives From Circle, TRM, Fireblocks Among Others to New Tech Advisory Group
13.3.2023
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced former White House official Carole House and TRM Labs' Ari Redboard as the new chair and vice chair of its Technology Advisory Committee
Justice Department Investigating TerraUSD Stablecoin Collapse: Reports
13.3.2023
The investigations follow the filing of the SEC’s civil fraud lawsuit against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon last month
Meta Will End Support for NFTs on Instagram, Facebook
13.3.2023
Meta’s Stephane Kasriel said on Twitter the decision is prompted by a desire “to focus on other ways to support creators, people, and businesses.”
USDC's 'Black Swan' Depegging Could Have Been Avoided With Proper Regulatory Framework
13.3.2023
Fissures among the progressive left are primarily responsible for the lack of U.S. regulatory progress around stablecoins, says John Rizzo, senior vice president for public affairs at Clyde Group
This DeFi Protocol Just Got Hacked. Its Token Is Still Doing Better than a Major US Bank's
13.3.2023
Shares of Euler token fell 50% hours after an exploit on its protocol while First Republic shares fell roughly 62% following U.S. bank turmoil
Circle Partners With Cross River Bank, Handful of US ‘Crypto-Friendly’ Banks Remain; Okcoin Suspends USD Deposits
13.3.2023
Circle Financial, the issuer of the stablecoin USDC, is partnering with Cross River Bank after its former settlement partner, Signature Bank, was closed by New York regulators, according to a statement from CEO Jeremy Allaire. “The 1:1 redeemability of all USDC in circulation is of paramount...
It’s Not Just Fraud That Chilled Crypto Regulation
13.3.2023
While it’s easy to blame the recent shift in the regulatory mood regarding crypto markets on certain bad actors, the real roots lie beyond the crypto ecosystem, says Noelle Acheson
FDIC Planning to Try Auctioning Silicon Valley Bank Again: WSJ
13.3.2023
The designation of SVB’s failure as a potential systemic threat gives the FDIC more options to sell the bank
DeFi Privacy Bridge Aztec Connect Sunsets After Less Than a Year
13.3.2023
The backing Aztec Network is open sourcing the bridge and moving on to next-generation products
U.S. Fed’s Supervision Chief Investigating What Happened With Silicon Valley Bank
13.3.2023
Michael Barr, the vice chairman responsible for bank supervision and regulation at the U.S. Federal Reserve, is examining how the regulated Silicon Valley Bank met with its rapid collapse last week
Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank Reignite ‘Moral Hazard’ Dilemma Bitcoin Was Designed to End
13.3.2023
A debate from the 2008 financial crisis resurfaces as the FDIC intervenes to help two troubled institutions with crypto connections, says CoinDesk's David Z. Morris
Stablecoin Trading Dominates Monday’s Crypto Market, Tether and BUSD Sell at Premiums
13.3.2023
On Monday, the crypto economy experienced significant market activity with $183.85 billion in global trade volume over 24 hours, with a large portion of those trades involving stablecoins. USDC traded near parity with the U.S. dollar, and several stablecoins, including tether and BUSD, sold...
BlockTower Capital Funds Had Exposure to Silvergate, Signature Bank
13.3.2023
Four funds with about $940 million in gross asset value had exposure to the custodians, as of May 2022
Is This a Crypto Banking Bailout?
13.3.2023
As the wreckage that started inside crypto banking threatens financial institutions beyond the sector’s border, the federal government is eager to make it clear that it’s not going to let it get out of hand. But is it a bailout?
Burning USDC and Minting DAI Prove to Be Popular On-Chain Activities Amid SVB Collapse
13.3.2023
Circle’s USDC stablecoin had nearly $3 billion in net redemptions since Friday, while the total supply of DAI increased by 1.2 billion tokens over the same time period
Binance GBP Funding On/Off-Ramp to be Suspended in May
13.3.2023
The change will affect less than 1% of Binance customers, the exchange says