SEC Can't Seal Docs Tied to Hinman's Ether Speech, Judge in Ripple Suit Rules
The SEC and Ripple have sparred for months over a set of documents related to Bill Hinman's 2018 speech on securities law and ether.
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Lightning Labs Releases 'Better' Version of Token Minting on Bitcoin After BRC-20s Clog System
The project formerly known as "Taro" has been rebranded "Taproot Assets" after Lightning Labs was hit with a trademark infringement lawsuit. The new offering comes with a "core set of features to bitcoinize the dollar," according to the firm.
Bitcoin Slides Below $27K as Investors Eye Debt Ceiling Negotiations
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned the U.S. could breach its debt limit by June 1, potentially setting off a recession in the event of default.
Balancer Might Arbitrage Itself to Rescue Inverse Finance’s Frozen Crypto
Automated market maker Balancer is working with a trio of DeFi protocols to rescue crypto frozen since Euler's massive hack.
Bitcoin Is a Threat to the Energy-Use Status Quo – and That’s a Good Thing
Banning or taxing crypto mining out of existence isn’t going to solve this country’s issues around power consumption and grid stability – but supporting Bitcoin just might.
Serial Phishing Scammer Uses a Mix of Laundering Techniques, Including Coin Swaps and a Mysterious OTC
Attacker behind a fake HitBTC website might have stolen $15M worth of crypto from multiple scams and phishing attacks
Ledger Bats Back Criticism of New Wallet Recovery Service
“You’re saying this is not what customers want. Actually, this is what future customers want,” said Ledeger CEO Pascal Gauthier.
Optimism, Scaling Solution for Ethereum, Sets June Date for Biggest Ever Upgrade, ‘Bedrock’
The Bedrock hard fork, proposed earlier this year and approved by the Optimism community in April, is supposed to bring a “new level of modularity, simplicity and Ethereum equivalence.”
Origin Protocol Enters Competitive Ether Yield Market With OETH Offering
OETH is a yield-bearing, ether-pegged token, offering an easy way to maximize yield from ETH staking using protocols such as Curve Finance.
Bitcoin Miner Cormint Raises $30M Series A to Build Texas Data Center
Executives of Nasdaq-listed semiconductor firm Silicon Laboratories participated in the round.
Crypto Wallet Bitski Taps Hardware Wallet Ledger To Make Web3 More Secure
The browser-extension wallet is integrating support for Ledger to help users navigate decentralized applications while keeping their assets safe.
Peter Thiel Backs Bitcoin Startup River in $35M Round
The Series B round for the Bitcoin financial services provider was led by Kingsway Capital.
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Digital-Linked Startup Auradine Raises $81M
The Bitcoin miner backed the web infrastructure startup, and CEO Fred Thiel sits on the board.
Bitcoin's Realized Price on Cusp of Flashing Major Bullish Signal
Bitcoin's realized price looks set to cross above the average on-chain acquisition price of long-term holders, indicating a prolonged bullish period ahead.
Asymmetry, ‘ETF’ for Liquid Staking Tokens, Raises $3M Round From Ecco Capital, Ankr and Others
The crypto project’s safETH token represents a basket of liquid staking tokens from Lido, Rocketpool and Frax.
Endaoment Expands Web3 Charitable Fundraising Efforts With GlobalGiving Partnership
This partnership has tripled the number of verified charitable organizations willing to accept digital assets.
Red Beard Ventures Closes $25M Funding Round With Animoca Brands, Others
The Web3 venture capital firm hopes to support early-stage DeFi and Web3 gaming projects and is also launching a tokenomics accelerator.
Justin Sun Says Huobi Founder Li Lin's Brother Acquired HT Token for Free and Cashed Out
Tron founder blockchain and Huobi stakeholder Justin Sun has lodged a series of accusations against the brother of Huobi founder Li Lin, alleging that he acquired Huobi's native token (HT) "abnormally" at zero cost and sold it for "huge amounts of…
Bitcoin-Ether Correlation Weakest Since 2021, Hints at Regime Change in Crypto Market
As Ethereum has shifted from PoW to PoS, the economics of supply and demand underlying the two cryptocurrencies will continue to diverge, one observers said.
EU’s Crypto Legal Framework Inches Towards Law With Finance Ministers’ Sign-Off
The landmark Markets in Crypto Assets regulation was given final approval by the EU’s Council, which also agreed a new law for sharing data on crypto tax holdings.
The New Crypto Cycle Will Be About Ether Yields: Bernstein
Ether staking trends following the Shanghai upgrade have beaten expectations, the report said.
One Million Individual Wallets Now Hold a Whole Bitcoin
The bump comes as transactional activity on Bitcoin has surged in the past few weeks.
Token of Layer-1 Blockchain Kava Surges 40% Ahead of Mainnet Upgrade
The change improves transaction speed and aims to beef up security on the platform, Kava says.
BlockFi Creditors Say Crypto Lender Was a Victim of Bad Management
The creditors committee said in a court filing that BlockFi was pressing a “false case narrative” by portraying itself as a victim, and more blame should be placed on its management.
Coinbase Initiated at Hold, Likely To Face Enforcement Action From SEC: Berenberg
Executing a successful pivot away from the U.S. would be a tall order for the crypto exchange, Berenberg said.
Lending Platform Atlendis Deploys Upgrade on Polygon, Opens $2M Lending Pool for Banxa
Atlendis Labs is a blockchain-based credit marketplace that offers revolving credit lines for small and medium-sized businesses and fintech firms.
Coinbase Hasn't Proven SEC Needs to Create Crypto-Specific Rules, Regulator Says
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told an appeals court that crypto exchange Coinbase hadn't proven the regulator needs to create a new regulatory framework for the digital asset industry late Monday.
Matrixport Integrates With Copper’s ClearLoop on Prime Brokerage Offerings
The collaboration will see Matrixport integrating with Copper’s ClearLoop to offer its institutional clients off-exchange settlement.
First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Prices Stuck in 'Wind Tunnel'
There all sorts of indicators traders can use to get a sense of where sentiment is heading in crypto markets. A key metric is funding rates on perpetual futures on bitcoin and ether.
Liquid Staking Leader Lido Upgrades to Second Version on Ethereum
Lido users can now unstake their stETH and receive ETh at a 1:1 ratio.