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SEC Chief Gensler Warns Crypto Firms to Comply With Rules After Kraken Shutters US Staking Program. Other platforms that offer yield-earning programs should "take note" and come into compliance, the regulator said a day after crypto exchange Kraken said it will pay a $30 million fine to settle SEC charges.
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Compute North’s Reorganization Plan Approved by Bankruptcy Judge. The hosting firm, one of North America’s largest, settled $250 million in secured debt and came to terms with about 11 companies.
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Coincover raises $30m for crypto safety. During a financing round that Foundation Capital headed, the cryptocurrency security business Coincover received $30 million in funding.
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Crypto Exchange Zipmex to Restart Customer Withdrawals Once Rescue Deal Closes. A rescue deal is "signed but not closed," according to Zipmex CEO Marcus Lim.
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UK blockchain carbon offset platform raises $45M in seed funding. CEO Scott Eaton will lead the independent UK Carbonplace entity, set to launch later this year
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France to Tighten Crypto Registration Rules Next January. The plan, set to be endorsed by the National Assembly and Senate, veers away from a proposal to require a license as of October
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Chiliz Spikes 26% as Whales Push CHZ into Top-Traded Cryptos - DailyCoin. Today, Chiliz (CHZ) is celebrating its 5th birthday while also minting the first block of Chiliz Chain 2.0. According to the sports blockchain CEO Alexandre Dreyfus, this day will go down in crypto history books as Chiliz Chain.
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Judge Halts SEC, CFTC Cases Against Bankman-Fried Until Criminal Trial Concludes . The decision may limit the “judicial overlap” between the cases and limit the amount of information available to the Bankman-Fried defense.
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Logan Paul's CryptoZoo Scam Was a Breakout Moment for Bad Crypto. In the past few years, crypto has cycled through a number of celebrity backers. Logan Paul is possibly the industry’s least helpful.
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Digital asset provider Taurus raises $65M in Series B led by Credit Suisse. Digital asset infrastructure provider Taurus has raised $65 million from investors including Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Arab Bank Switzerland and others.
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Sanctioned Mixer Blender Re-Launched as Sinbad, Elliptic Says. Operators of Blender.io might have launched Sinbad after Blender was sanctioned for processing North Korean hackers’ money, blockchain intel firm said.
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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Opens the Week Testing $25K. ALSO: Hong Kong unveils its new crypto licensing framework for Virtual Asset Service Providers in June, but the regulation will not allow retail investors to trade digital, contrary to what a recent tweet suggests. The regulation focuses on accredited, professional investors.
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Charles Hoskinson: Ethereum staking is problematic. Charles Hoskinson of Cardano, while replying to Ben Armstrong rumor of the SEC possibly banning staking, stated that Ethereum staking is problematic.
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Dogecoin (DOGE) Price Set to Slide as Bears Regain Upper Hand. The Dogecoin (DOGE) price is trading inside a short-term bearish pattern, from which a breakdown is epxected.
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Bitcoin blitzkrieg pushes through resistances with ease. Bitcoin destroyed the bears and has produced a tremendous daily candle that has seen it settle above its previous local high at $24,300. Next stop $25,000 then on to...
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VeChain (VET) and Decentraland (MANA) Get On Bullish Track, While.... Crypto investors have been feeling rejuvenated since the start of 2023. The market has become favorable and new projects like Orbeon Protocol (ORBN) have boosted inv...
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Dogecoin (DOGE) Price Has Had a Tough Month so Far – Will It Get Any Better?. The Dogecoin (DOGE) price broke down from an ascending support line but bounced at a horizontal support area afterward.
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What Is The Best Option - Dogecoin (DOGE), Orbeon Protocol.... The cryptocurrency industry is very competitive, with coins fighting to sit on the top-crypto throne. Be it faster transaction speeds or better utility,
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Binance to pay fines ahead of US investigations. Binance, one of the most popular digital asset exchanges worldwide, will be required to pay financial penalties in order to resolve investigations into its operations in the United States
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Centre Pompidou, France's modern art museum, to showcase a cryptopunk and other popular NFTs. This spring, the Centre Pompidou, a modern art museum in France, will showcase non-fungible tokens (NFTs), including a CryptoPunk, in a new exhibition.
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Banks cut crypto ties amid regulatory scrutiny. U.S. lenders are distancing themselves from crypto companies in the wake of increased scrutiny of the industry by regulatory agencies in the country.
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SushiSwap Acquires Cosmos-Based Trading Platform Vortex Protocol . The acquisition of Vortex Protocol also means SushiSwap will be rolling out its services on Cosmos in Q2 this year.
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Tether's Attempt to Block CoinDesk's Request for Stablecoin Reserve Records Dismissed by New York Court. CoinDesk filed a Freedom of Information Law request for documents about Tether's reserves in 2021.
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StarkWare Partnering With Chainlink for StarkNet Growth. The provider of blockchain scaling products will integrate the data provider’s price feeds.
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Craig Wright's UK Case Against 16 Bitcoin Developers to Go to Full Trial. The trial is expected in early 2024 following a successful appeal.
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Ex-Stanford dean says SBF’s parents helped his family battle cancer. Former dean of Stanford Law School Larry Kramer said he co-signed former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bond to help his “loyal and steadfast friends.”
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Amazon Looking to Hire Web3 Staff for Its Cloud Services. The biggest infrastructure provider in the world is targeting Web3 for growth.
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Stablecoin Issuer Paxos Under Scrutiny. The crypto company and stablecoin issuer Paxos is under investigation by a New York-based regulatory body.
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GQ to launch NFT collection featuring original artwork. GQ is set to launch its inaugural non-fungible token (NFT) collection, which will give holders exclusive access to a magazine subscription, merchandise, and live events
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Co-Founder of Banned @NFT Instagram Account Seeks $6 Million for Lil Baby Crypto Dice Game . The @NFT account was suspended on Twitter and Instagram last year. Now, one of its cofounders Aaron Avruskin is back with a new venture.
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Voyager Creditors Subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried, Other Former FTX, Alameda Executives. Voyager’s creditors also subpoenaed Samuel Trabucco, Nishad Singh, Gary Wang, and Caroline Ellison
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Don't Call It 'Britcoin': Digital Pound Nothing Like Crypto, Bank of England Official Says. The central bank has made no decision on whether a digital pound would use distributed ledger technology, Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said.
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Pantos, a Multichain Token System Backed by Crypto Exchange Bitpanda, Starts Beta Version. The launch by Pantos, backed by the Austrian crypto exchange Bitpanda, follows a $12.1 million initial coin offering in 2018.
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Circle's USDC Stablecoin Takes a $1 Billion Hit in Just Seven Days. The second-largest stablecoin by market cap USDC saw its circulating supply drop by around $1 billion in the past seven days.
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Russian Cybercrime Gang Trickbot Sanctioned by US, UK. According to Chainalysis, Trickbot is the second-highest earning cybercrime group, and has extorted at least $724 million in crypto.
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Privacy-Focused Gnosis Chain Co-Founder Proposes Plan to Reduce Ethereum Dependency for GNO Token. Martin Köppelmann flagged potential security issues in a proposal discussion on Gnosis’ governance forums.
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Brazil's oldest bank form partnership with a crypto platform for easy tax filing. Banco do Brasil, the oldest bank in Brazil, is creating a tax payment solution for citizens holding digital assets in Bitfy.
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How South Korea Plans to Use Crypto to Tackle Its Aging Population. Crypto adoption may appear to be the preserve of the young, but one South Korean city is using it to tackle an aging population.
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DeFi Protocol dForce Suffers Reentrancy Attack, $3.6 Million Lost. dForce suffered a loss of over $3.6 million, which the hacker was able to siphon off thanks to a reentrancy attack executed on the Arbitrum and Optimism.
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Massive Gaming Announces World's First Stable Blockchain-Based So.... Seattle, Washington, 10th February, 2023, ChainwireMassive Gaming, NEOWIZ’s overseas affiliate, plans to launch 3 different series of social casino games; Hous...
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Ethereum price prints 'death cross' after losing 13% versus Bitcoin from 2023 peak. Ether could fall by nearly 20% versus Bitcoin by March, per a mix of technical and fundamental indicators.
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Crypto Council for Innovation lawyer to testify at US Senate ‘crypto crash’ hearing. The U.S. Senate Banking Committee has announced three witnesses for its Feb. 14 hearing titled “Crypto Crash: Why Financial System Safeguards are Needed for Digital Assets.”
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Is China Second Guessing Its Cryptocurrency Ban?. Huang Yiping suggests China reevaluate its strict cryptocurrency ban and examine the potential benefits of blockchain technology
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Paxos to stop minting new BUSD stablecoin. Paxos, the issuer of BUSD, has been reportedly told to stop issuing the stablecoin.
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Celsius creditors threaten to sue Alex Mashinsky and other execs. The Celsius official committee of unsecured creditors plans to file a complaint against Celsius executives on fraud, misconduct, mismanagement of funds, and other allegations
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Binance says big auditors not ready for it yet. Binance declares that the big auditors still have a lot to learn about the crypto industry and so a full audit probably won’t take place soon.
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Stargate foundation advises DAO against reissuing STG tokens. The Stargate Foundation, in concurrence with FTX liquidators, has advised the DAO against reissuing STG tokens for safety reasons.
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MasterCard NFT Lead Quits, Sells Resignation Letter As NFT. Sethi railed against the payments tech giant for allegedly mistreating him and downplaying his role in the company's ambition to enter the crypto space.
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Community urges Coinbase to relist XRP as CEO fights for staking. Amid Coinbase CEO standing up for crypto staking and economic freedom, the online community has again urged the exchange to relist XRP.
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Coinbase: Ether Selling Pressure Should Be Fairly Limited Around the Shanghai Fork Upgrade. The amount of potential selling pressure around Ethereum’s planned upgrade has been complicated by Kraken’s decision to wind down its U.S. staking business, the report said.
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4 strategies for staking Ethereum. From liquidity pools to liquid staking and “looping,” Nathan Thompson has a few suggestions for the way you approach Ethereum staking.
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PayPal Puts Stablecoin Project on Hold: Bloomberg. On Thursday it was reported that PayPal crypto partner Paxos was being probed by the NYDFS
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Terra lawsuit a ‘roadmap’ to attack other stablecoins: Delphi Labs. U.S.-based lawyer, Gabriel Shapiro, believes the SEC’s suit against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon could show how the SEC could go after other stablecoin issuers.
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The Future of Financial Planning Lies in AI and Blockchain. AI and blockchain could assist in decisions involving investments, taxes and insurance, and open new avenues for income. But financial advisors will still play a key role.
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The Sandbox Soars 24%, Leading Metaverse Token Rally . Several metaverse-related tokens are flying high on Wednesday, with The Sanbox's SAND posting 24% gains over the day.
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Wallet associated with Ponzi becomes the fifth-largest MATIC holder. A wallet address that was connected to the Avatar Ponzi scheme has accumulated over 22 million MATIC
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Zilliqa turns its gaming division into a standalone business. Zilliqa, a layer-1 blockchain, is creating a new standalone business called Roll1ng Thund3rz from its gaming division.
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Twitter to support longer tweets as they seek regulatory license as a payment platform. Twitter now supports longer tweets a they they seek to get licenses to build a payment system that may also support cryptocurrencies.
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Aptos Is Trending, Orbeon Protocol Price Hits New High. Aptos (APT) is a relatively new cryptocurrency project. Founded in 2021, Aptos (APT) secured over $2 billion in funding and uses the same development team
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Lido (LDO) and Rocket Pool (RPL) are Surging Because the SEC Didn't Totally Kill Staking. Lido and Rocket Pool didn’t immediately see a massive rush in of capital after Kraken announced it had settled with the SEC.
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Bitcoin Miner Digihost Completes Controversial Power Plant Acquisition, Doubling Energy Capacity. Environmental groups oppose the transaction on the grounds that it impedes New York's greenhouse gas emissions goals.
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Hacking Crypto Wallets Is Latest Strategy in Quest to Recover Lost Billions. A company called Unciphered works to recover lost crypto funds by auditing code and finding vulnerabilities in wallets.
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Galaxy Digital CEO ‘wouldn’t be surprised’ if Bitcoin hit $30K this quarter. Mike Novogratz, the chief of crypto financial services firm Galaxy Digital, thinks Bitcoin (BTC) can rally another 20% to hit $30,000 before the end of March.
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Gavin Wood: The Serial Crypto Founder - DailyCoin. Gavin Wood is a serial founder in the crypto ecosystem, and here's how he built his career.
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BIS exploring ways to monitor stablecoin reserves. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is prioritizing the focus on stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) in its forthcoming endeavors.
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Lido DAO (LDO) Proposes Selling or Staking Its $30M in ETH Ahead of Staking Withdrawals - DailyCoin. Lido DAO (LDO) is trying to decide what to do with its treasury ether ahead of the Shanghai upgrade, which will enable ETH staking withdrawals.
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MicroStrategy: Bitcoin’s White Knight? - DailyCoin. We know MicroStrategy is an avid supporter of digital currency, but what is the company behind the internet fame?
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New EU Banking Regulation Assigns Highest Risk Score to Crypto. A new EU draft banking bill gives crypto a risk score of 1250% and mandates disclosures of crypto business lines and capital requirements.
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Binance readies checkbook for potential fines from US regulators: Report. Binance wants to clean the slate with U.S. regulators and expects to be fined for previous compliance probes and misdemeanors.
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Bitcoin Rises to $23.3K as Jerome Powell Repeats 'Disinflationary Process' Comment. The Fed chair spoke days after the central bank last hiked interest rates.
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Ethereum’s $1.5K support weakens as ETH traders turn slightly bearish. ETH traders abandon a portion of their bullish bias after the recent correction pressed Ether price to the $1,500 support.
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ARK Invest purchases another $9.2m worth of Coinbase shares. Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has announced the purchase of $9.2 million worth of Coinbase (COIN) shares. COIN has been down by 0.86% in the pre-market trading on Feb. 13
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Russian government subsidizes crypto mining facility in Siberia. Amid hard times for crypto mining, Russia provides tax incentives for those who dare to invest.
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IMF worried about El Salvador if use of Bitcoin grows. The IMF states that bitcoin risks have not materialised so far, but warns the El Salvadoran government against the risks of seeking more exposure to it.
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Trader Front-Runs Gains Network's Listing on Crypto Exchange Binance to Profit $100K. Someone bought $200,000 worth of GNS tokens shortly before the listing and sold them for a profit afterward as they rose 50%.
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Shiba Inu Challenges of SHIB Reaching $0.01. Can Shiba Inu reach $0.01? This article explores the challenges the cryptocurrency faces in reaching this price point.
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Bitcoin price targets range from $19K to $25K as CPI day dawns. Bitcoin faces CPI with BTC price action at risk of falling below $20,000.
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Binance and Huobi freeze $1.4M in crypto linked to North Korean hackers. The North Korean hacker gang Lazarus Group reportedly had $1.4 million worth of crypto frozen on Binance and Huobi as the trading platforms continue to keep a close eye on suspicious transactions related to the Harmony bridge hack.
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EU Banks Told by Regulator to Apply Bitcoin Caps Even Before They Become Law. The European Central Bank, which supervises big euro area lenders, said crypto should be treated as a risky asset.
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WeChat integrates digital yuan into its payment platform. Chinese social media platform WeChat has incorporated the digital yuan in its payment app to boost the CBDC’s popularity.
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Aave Community Voting to Deploy Version 3 on Ethereum. If the proposal passes, the latest iteration of the Aave protocol will come to the Ethereum blockchain, Aave’s first and largest market.
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Binance Moved Funds From US Affiliate's Silvergate Bank Account in 2021: Reuters. Binance moved $400 million from Binance US's bank account, the report said.
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Most blockchain advocates haven‘t even used Bitcoin. A rather surprising truth popped up during the European Blockchain Convention in Barcelona concerning the world’s largest cryptocurrency.
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Brave Brings dApp Support To Mobile With Solana Partnership. Brave Software has announced it is partnering with the Solana platform, allowing users to access top dApps on Solana directly on the browser.
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Consumer Federation of California reattempts to regulate crypto companies. Bill AB 39 will license crypto companies under the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, ensuring regulatory clarity and investor protection.
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South Korea and Hong Kong join forces for crypto crackdown. Korean and Hong Kong Customs administrations have struck a partnership to help curtail illegal foreign transactions that are carried out through digital assets.
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Bitcoin Miner Hive Delays Latest Financial Filings Till Feb-End. Hive has applied the British Columbia Securities Commission for a management cease trade order, which restricts its CEO and CFO from trading shares until the filing has been completed.
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Crypto and securities: New interpretation of US Howey test gaining ground. Not everyone favors applying the Howey test to crypto assets, arguing the test works better for prosecuting fraud cases than as an aid for registration.
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Ethereum Testnet Zhehiang Successfully Processes First-Ever ETH Staking Withdrawals. The upgrade on the Zhejiang testnet was the first of three dress rehearsals for the much anticipated Shanghai hard fork.
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SEC enforcement action creates a silver lining for GMX, Lido (LDO) and Maker (MKR) price. Data shows an uptick in activity at decentralized solutions like GMX, Lido and Maker after the SEC’s recent crackdown on Kraken and Paxos.
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Game studio Unagi raises $5 million to expand Ultimate Champions and move beyond sports | Headlines | News | CoinMarketCap. Web3 gaming studio Unagi secured $5 million in a seed round led by Sisu Game Ventures. The raise, which closed at the start of this year, comes only …
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Binance Suspends USD Withdrawals as Banks Flee Crypto. Binance will suspend USD transfers on Feb. 3, 2023 following a recent policy change that restricts deposits of Signature Bank customers.
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Binance withdrawals and BUSD redemptions surge post Paxos crackdown. Action by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Department of Financial Services against BUSD and its issuer Paxos has seen investors withdraw billions from Binance in the last day.
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Stablecoin Issuer Paxos Burns $700M Binance USD in 27 Hours Amid Regulatory Pressure. The BUSD supply decreased by more than 6% since Monday.
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Patience Running Thin for XRP as Lack of Ripple News Leads to Price Losing Important Support. The XRP price could be close to the end of its correction. A bounce at the the current pattern will determine if the correction is complete.
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Kansas bill may limit individual crypto donations at $100. The Kansas legislature is looking into a new bill limiting individual crypto donations to $100 for elections.
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Tokenomics vs The Token Economy: What’s The Difference?. The word “tokenomics” and the phrase “token economy” are very often used interchangeably when people are talking about the world of crypto and digital assets.
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DBS Says Bitcoin Trading up 80% in 2022 on DDex Exchange. DBS’ crypto exchange, which is not open to retail traders, currently allows for bitcoin, ether, XRP, bitcoin cash, DOT, and ADA trading.
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Avalanche Blockchain Had 1,500% Transactional Growth in 2022: Nansen. Such transactional activity came even as the total value of tokens locked on Avalanche-based decentralized finance applications slid from 2021’s $15 billion peak to just over $900 million in November 2022.
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S. Korean authorities want Terra associate arrested for bribery. South Korean prosecutors investigating the Terra-LUNA collapse have reportedly applied for an arrest warrant against the former CEO of e-commerce company Tmon.
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