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Sam Bankman-Fried Sentencing: U.S. Attorney Damian Williams' Statement

[Mar 28, 2024 11:10 AM]

Ethereum Hit by 'Blobscriptions' in First Stress Test of Blockchain's New Data System

[Mar 28, 2024 11:08 AM] Ethereum fees for "blobs" – the blockchain's new dedicated class of cheaper data storage – spiked Wednesday after a project called Ethscriptions created a new way of inscribing data, known as “blobscriptions.”

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced By Judge To 25 Years In Prison

[Mar 28, 2024 10:30 AM] Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge in New York for orchestrating an $8 billion theft from FTX customers. BREAKING: JUDGE SENTENCES SAM BANKMAN-FRIED TO 25 YEARS IN…

OKX’s Global Compliance Chief Left After Six Months

[Mar 28, 2024 9:56 AM] Patrick Donegan, whose LinkedIn profile says he managed a team of 300 people around the world, was at OKX from August 2023 to January 2024.

MicroStrategy Slumps 14% After Short Seller Says Stock Trades at an Unjustifiable Premium to Bitcoin

[Mar 28, 2024 8:48 AM] The bitcoin price implied by MicroStrategy’s share price is $177K, 2 ½ times the spot price of the cryptocurrency, the report said.

Dogecoin Bets Jump to $2B as Price Reaches Highest Level Since 2021

[Mar 28, 2024 7:52 AM] DOGE prices tend to move on speculation about the token's use on X, the Elon Musk-owned social media giant.

Prisma Finance Suffers $11.6M Hack in Liquid Staking Shockwave, Moves to Mitigate Fallout

[Mar 28, 2024 7:30 AM] The decentralized finance (defi) entity, Prisma Finance, has fallen prey to a security breach, with onchain detectives revealing that $11.6 million has been pilfered from its liquid staking protocol. Prisma Finance in Turmoil: $11.6M Lost to…

Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

[Mar 28, 2024 7:30 AM] SBF returned to a federal courthouse in Manhattan for sentencing on Thursday.

Ethereum's Rising Validator Count Is Causing Concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets Says

[Mar 28, 2024 6:57 AM] Future roadmap upgrades for the network will become more difficult with a large validator set, the report said.

First Mover Americas: Tokenized Treasury Notes Surpass $1B

[Mar 28, 2024 6:55 AM] The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 28, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF Hits $200M Daily Inflows for First Time

[Mar 28, 2024 6:51 AM] The bitcoin ETF market registered net inflows of $243.4 million as BTC teased a return north of $72,000 a week after sinking below $63,000.

Over $1B in U.S. Treasury Notes Has Been Tokenized on Public Blockchains

[Mar 28, 2024 4:48 AM] Tokenized Treasuries are digital representations of U.S. government bonds that can be traded as digital tokens on the blockchain.

Recapping FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial

[Mar 28, 2024 4:00 AM] Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted last year. Here's how his trial came together.

Bitcoin Halving Could Bolster ETF Tailwinds for the Cryptocurrency: Canaccord

[Mar 28, 2024 3:30 AM] If history repeats itself, an even more bullish period for bitcoin and crypto markets could be on the horizon in the months following the halving, the report said.

Fewer Than 30% of Jurisdictions Globally Have Started Regulating Crypto: FATF Chief

[Mar 28, 2024 3:24 AM] Globally, less than 30% of jurisdictions have started regulating the crypto sector as of June 2023, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) President T. Raja Kumar told CoinDesk in an interview from Singapore.

Indonesia Will Require Crypto Products to Pass Through Regulatory Sandbox or Be Deemed Illegal

[Mar 28, 2024 2:49 AM] The initiative is aimed at combating fraud and will kick in at the start of next year.

Canadian Province Asks QuadrigaCX Co-Founder to Explain His Wealth in New Order

[Mar 28, 2024 1:55 AM] This is the third test for the Province's new tool to combat money laundering.

Bitcoin Cash Rallies 13% Ahead of BCH Halving, Bitcoin Steady Around $70K

[Mar 28, 2024 1:34 AM] The Bitcoin Cash halving is expected on Apr.4, blockchain trackers show, and has historically preceded price bumps.

Bitcoin, Ether Could Witness Upside Volatility as $15B Options Expiry Looms

[Mar 28, 2024 12:38 AM] Dealer hedging could breed volatility at around $70,000, one observer said.

Protocol Village: Zircuit Launches 'Build to Earn' Program With Rewards for Devs

[Mar 27, 2024 5:17 PM] The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of March 28-April 3.

Crypto Addresses of 'Hamas-Aligned' Gaza Now Is Sanctioned by U.S, U.K.

[Mar 27, 2024 2:53 PM] Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic found that the online organization raised a mere $21,000 in crypto for Hamas since the October 7th attacks.

Ethena, a $1.3B Yield-Earning Protocol, to Debut Governance Token Next Week

[Mar 27, 2024 2:53 PM] The DeFi protocol, which generates yield from ether derivative funding rates, is set to airdrop 750 million ENA tokens, 5% of the total supply, on April 2.

BlackRock's Tokenized Fund Quickly Rakes in $245M, Right Behind Franklin Templeton's Older Offering

[Mar 27, 2024 2:23 PM] The tokenized U.S. Treasury market is poised to reach $1 billion "very soon" given the growth of BlackRock's BUIDL, an analyst noted.

BlackRock's Fink Says an Ether ETF Is Possible Even if ETH Is a Security

[Mar 27, 2024 2:06 PM] BlackRock CEO Larry Fink isn't worried about the U.S. Securities and Exchange classifying Ethereum's ether as a security.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says He's "Very Bullish On The Long Term Viability of Bitcoin"

[Mar 27, 2024 1:39 PM] BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has made bullish remarks about Bitcoin today on Fox Business, stating that their spot Bitcoin ETF, $IBIT, is experiencing unprecedented growth, making it the fastest-growing ETF ever.JUST IN: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says…

The Protocol: Meme Coins (and Pepe's Best Friend) Swarm Coinbase Layer 2 Chain

[Mar 27, 2024 1:22 PM] The meme coin frenzy that drove up activity – and failed transactions – on Solana appears to have quickly migrated to Base, Coinbase's six-month-old layer-2 blockchain. Who is the blue-faced creature behind the $BRETT token?

Crypto Stocks Like MicroStrategy, Coinbase Could Shoot Up if Short Sellers Exit

[Mar 27, 2024 1:17 PM] MicroStrategy and Coinbase's stock prices could shoot up if short sellers bail out, according to a report by data analytics firm S3 Partners.

Bitcoin ETF Demand Surges, Outpacing Supply by 600%

[Mar 27, 2024 12:49 PM] The demand for US spot Bitcoin ETFs surged significantly on Tuesday, outpacing the new supply created daily by miners by a remarkable 614%, according to Gayatri Choudry, Quantitative Research Analyst at Bitwise Asset Management.Demand from US BTC…

Dutch Prosecutors Seek 64-Month Jail Sentence for Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev

[Mar 27, 2024 11:58 AM] The judge will deliver the verdict on May 14, the court said.

Ondo Finance to Move $95M to BlackRock's Tokenized Fund for Instant Settlements for Its T-Bill Token

[Mar 27, 2024 11:54 AM] The allocation marks to first example of a crypto protocol leveraging BlackRock's tokenized fund for its own offering.