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US Lawmakers Want State Department to Disclose Crypto Rewards
7.12.2022
The State Department will have to report on payments it makes in crypto and their effects, according to a draft of the NDAA
Nifty News: Winamp adds NFT support, Atari gets physical and more
7.12.2022
Atari has teamed up with Pixels.com for physical NFT artworks and Investopedia has given a rundown on NFT tax law
Report: FTX Co-Founder SBF Retains White-Collar Lawyer Who Represented Ghislaine Maxwell
7.12.2022
On Dec. 6, 2022, the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) reportedly retained the attorney Mark Cohen, the lawyer that represented Ghislaine Maxwell during her recent sex trafficking case. SBF’s spokesperson further explained that the FTX co-founder is being consulted by a professor at Stanford...
World Cup Player Gets Gaming Setup Shipped To Qatar So He Can Play Fortnite
7.12.2022
England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has made a few handy saves so far at this World Cup, but between waiting around for large parts of a game and then having days between matches, there’s a lot of spare time to fill. Which he has duly done by getting an enormous gaming setup shipped over from...
Early Bitcoin Pioneer Ian Freeman Goes to Trial in New Hampshire
7.12.2022
CONCORD, New Hampshire — Federal prosecutors say early bitcoin pioneer and Libertarian activist Ian Freeman and a group of his associates helped scammers and other criminals launder more than $10 million using bitcoin through a network of bitcoin vending machines and in-person and virtual...
Lawmaker Pleads With Sam Bankman-Fried to Attend Congress Hearing on FTX — SBF Says He’ll Testify When He’s Ready
7.12.2022
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, has politely asked former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) to attend a congressional hearing on the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange. Bankman-Fried says he will testify when he has finished “learning...
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Its $17K Perch Amid Rate Hike Concerns
7.12.2022
ALSO: Sam Reynolds writes that Asia is ready for a scaled up, crypto-friendly bank, particularly if the U.S. oversteps in regulating the industry following the recent FTX debacle
Crypto Audit Platform Sherlock Expects $4M Loss From Troubled Loans on Maple Finance
7.12.2022
Sherlock deposited $5 million USDC of its staking pool into the beleaguered credit pool on Maple, which suffered a $31 million hit from Orthogonal Trading’s loan defaults
Coinbase CEO Slams Sam Bankman-Fried for Blaming FTX’s $8 Billion Hole on ‘Accounting Error’
7.12.2022
The chief executive of the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, has slammed former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) for claiming that FTX is missing $8 billion due to an “accounting error.” He stressed: “It’s stolen customer money used in his hedge...
GensoKishi Official Release | LAND Sales Coming in December
7.12.2022
PRESS RELEASE. On November 30th, the MMORPG game “GensoKishi Online-Meta World” was officially released. It is the web 3 version of the iconic Japanese 3DMMO “Elemental Knights Online,” which won the “Game of the Year Gold Award 2012” in Taiwan and accumulated...
Exploring Biden’s Executive Order on Crypto, 6 Months In
7.12.2022
CoinDesk published its annual Most Influential series on Monday, highlighting a number of regulators, lawmakers and similarly impactful individuals. I spoke to Carole House, one of the authors of the White House executive order on crypto, to take a look at the document, its origins and where we...
Signature Bank to Reduce Crypto-Tied Deposits by as Much as $10 Billion
7.12.2022
Nearly a quarter of the Wall Street bank's current deposits come from crypto-related businesses
Fan tokens struggle to hold on as World Cup quarter-finals draw nearer
7.12.2022
Soccer fan tokens have seen their prices and trading volumes plummet since the start of the World Cup on Nov. 20
Court in China Recognizes NFTs as Virtual Property Protected by Law
6.12.2022
A court in the Chinese city of Hangzhou has determined that non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, represent virtual property protected by the laws in the People’s Republic. The ruling comes from a case over a dispute between a customer and a platform hired to sell a collection of tokens. Hangzhou Internet...
Crypto Markets Today: Fir Tree Suit Against Grayscale Adds to Industry’s Growing Woes
6.12.2022
The hedge fund wants more details about the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which has fallen by nearly 75% this year. Crypto Markets Today is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today's crypto markets
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Expects to Recover Less Than Half Its Deposit From Bankrupt Compute North
6.12.2022
The miner paid $50 million initially, $8 million of which was written off and only about half of the rest are expected to be recovered
Bitcoin Miners Offered Way to Cut Texas Electricity Usage to Help the Grid
6.12.2022
The voluntary program to lower power consumption during high demand period, might go live around Jan. 1, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried Hires Mark Cohen as His Attorney: Reuters
6.12.2022
The former head of the now-bankrupt crypto exchange, Bankman-Fried has yet to be charged with any crimes
US House Investigators Say Rep. Cawthorn Improperly Promoted Crypto Token
6.12.2022
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) is already exiting the U.S. Capitol after losing his seat in this year’s elections, but an ethics investigation unveiled Tuesday will secure something of a legacy for the young congressman: How not to promote cryptocurrency while in Congress
Report Suggests FTX’s Tokenized Stocks Might Not Have Been Backed 1:1, Synthetics May Have Been Used to ‘Manipulate’ Real Stock Prices
6.12.2022
On Dec. 4, 2022, a report details that FTX-based synthetic stocks may have been used to manipulate the value of AMC shares. In May 2021, FTX offered 36 tokenized stocks but speculators believe it’s questionable whether or not the firm actually held the real stocks in the first place....