Guilty Verdict for Woman Accused of Laundering Bitcoin Tied to Alleged $6B China Fraud: Bloomberg
[Mar 20, 2024 10:32 AM] Police in the U.K. seized over 1.7 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) worth of related bitcoin in 2018.
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Ethereum Foundation Faces Inquiry From a Government; Fortune Says SEC Investigating ETH
[Mar 20, 2024 9:15 AM]
Do Kwon Appeal of South Korea Extradition Rejected by Montenegro Court
[Mar 20, 2024 8:33 AM] The U.S. is also seeking Kwon's extradition despite the Montenegrin court's decision to send him to South Korea.
Bitcoin's Halving May Be Here Sooner Than You Know (Again)
[Mar 20, 2024 8:30 AM] Several months ago, the halving was expected to take place on April 28; now it's on track to land on April 18. Blame the surge in bitcoin's price, which has attracted more mining power and sped up the network.
Tornado Cash Dev Pertsev's $1.2B Money Laundering Allegations Detailed Ahead of Dutch Trial
[Mar 20, 2024 8:01 AM] Pertsev's trial is set to take place on March 26 and 27 in a 'S-Hertegonbosch court.
Kraken Unveils Qualified Custody for Institutions in Crypto-Friendly Wyoming
[Mar 20, 2024 7:30 AM] Kraken Institutional operates under the exchange’s state-chartered banking license in Wyoming, attained back in 2020.
Berachain's Crypto Trade Aggregator Ooga Booga Raises $1M
[Mar 20, 2024 7:00 AM]
First Mover Americas: BTC's Drop Below $62K Is the Biggest Single-Day Loss Since FTX’s Collapse
[Mar 20, 2024 6:31 AM] The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 20, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Starknet, an Ethereum Layer 2, Plans 'Parallel Execution' to Mimic Solana's Speed Feature
[Mar 20, 2024 6:00 AM] The new feature, described as "multitasking for rollups," is on Starknet's project road map for the second quarter of 2024, released Wednesday.
Lithuania-Licensed Crypto Bank Meld to Offer Tokenized RWAs to Retail Investors
[Mar 20, 2024 5:00 AM] Meld, which is in partnership with the layer-1 blockchain of the same name, signed an initial agreement with DeFi platform Swarm Markets, which started a real-world asset platform in December.
Bitcoin Climbs Above $63K, Crypto Longs Take On $600M in Liquidations
[Mar 20, 2024 4:24 AM] The broad-based CoinDesk 20, an index of various major tokens minus stablecoins, was little changed over the past 24 hours with losses of just 0.34%.
Solana Leapfrogs Ethereum on DEX Volume
[Mar 20, 2024 4:04 AM] The meme coin frenzy seems to have catalyzed higher volumes on the Solana blockchain, which also boasts greater capital efficiency than Ethereum.
3AC Co-Founder Kyle Davies Says He Won’t Apologize for Crypto Hedge Fund Going 'Bankrupt'
[Mar 20, 2024 1:59 AM] Kyle Davies, the co-founder of the now-defunct Three Arrows Capital, has stated that he is not sorry for the company going bankrupt.
Russia Introduces Bill to Apply Money Laundering Controls to Digital Ruble Transactions
[Mar 20, 2024 1:30 AM] A group of lawmakers in Russia introduced a bill that would extend money laundering controls to digital ruble transactions. The proposal, spearheaded by the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov, establishes…
Bitcoin Registers Biggest Single-Day Loss Since FTX's Collapse
[Mar 19, 2024 11:28 PM] Spot BTC ETFs witnessed record outflows on Tuesday, provisional data from Farside show.
Crypto Fan Won Ohio Senate Primary That Could Alter the Industry's U.S. Destiny
[Mar 19, 2024 8:26 PM] Ohio's U.S. Senate race may be the biggest congressional contest this year for the crypto industry, now pitting a digital assets booster against Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the sitting Senate Banking Committee chairman who has stood in the way of…
DOJ's Proposed 50-Year Sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried 'Disturbing,' FTX Founder's Lawyers Say
[Mar 19, 2024 7:12 PM] Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team pushed back against what it called the "disturbing" sentencing memorandum filed by the Department of Justice last week in a new letter, saying the DOJ was making the FTX founder out to be someone he was not.
Salvadoran Press Raises Doubts on Piggy Bank Funds’ Ownership: 80% of BTC Came From Bitfinex
[Mar 19, 2024 6:30 PM] Reports from local Salvadoran press are raising questions about President Bukele’s announcement last week, when he transferred 5,690 BTC to a cold wallet, stating that all of these belonged to the country. Moises Alvarado, a Salvadoran…
Immutable, King River Capital, Polygon Labs Set Up $100M Web3 Gaming Fund
[Mar 19, 2024 4:00 PM] Immutable and Polygon Labs will identify investment opportunities while King River will manage the investment process and deploy the capital across game studios and web3 infrastructure firms.
Ether ETFs Likely Won't Get Approved in May, Bloomberg Analyst Predicts
[Mar 19, 2024 3:16 PM] Odds that spot ether ETFs will get approved in May have gotten slimmer, according to a Bloomberg ETF analyst who cited U.S. regulators' seeming lack of engagement with potential issuers over the products.
Wu-Tang’s Ghostface Killah to Release Exclusive Music Collection on Bitcoin Blockchain
[Mar 19, 2024 3:00 PM] This week, the popular American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member, Ghostface Killah, declared his intention to release exclusive tracks on the Bitcoin blockchain. The influential hip-hop artist mentioned that this issuance will encompass a…
BlackRock Creates Fund With Securitize, a Big Player in Real-World Asset Tokenization
[Mar 19, 2024 1:39 PM] The fund was seeded with $100 million in USDC stablecoin using the Ethereum network, blockchain data shows.
Bitcoin Rebounds to $65K as Investors Weigh Looming Fed Decision Risk
[Mar 19, 2024 12:47 PM] Disappointing flows into bitcoin ETFs over the past days partly resulted from investors trimming risks ahead of Wednesday's FOMC meeting, one market observer said.
GBTC Experiences Its Largest Daily Drain Yet, Nearly 239,000 BTC Gone in Under 70 Days
Polygon Labs Paid $4M to Host Starbucks' Failed Foray Into Crypto: Sources
[Mar 19, 2024 11:54 AM] Polygon once hailed Starbucks
Optimism Finally Starts Testing 'Fault Proofs' at Heart of Design – and of Criticism
[Mar 19, 2024 10:40 AM] A version of the new proof system, which will help secure withdrawals from Optimism and other networks based on its tech, will be deployed to Ethereum's Sepolia test network on Tuesday.
Sygnum Tokenizes $50M of Fidelity International Fund as Matter Labs Moves Reserves to Blockchain
[Mar 19, 2024 10:39 AM] The move was part of zkSync developer Matter Labs' long-term goal to move its treasury reserves to a blockchain.
LQWD Partners with Amboss as Key Lightning Network Liquidity Provider
[Mar 19, 2024 10:00 AM] LQWD Technologies Corp., an infrastructure and liquidity provider for the Bitcoin Lightning Network, has announced a new partnership with Amboss Technologies Inc. to become their premiere Lightning Network Liquidity Service Provider (LSP)…
Human Rights Foundation Grants $500,000 To 14 Bitcoin Projects Worldwide
[Mar 19, 2024 8:00 AM] Today, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) announced its most recent round of Bitcoin Development Fund grants, according to a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. $500,000 is being granted across 14 different projects around the world focusing…
Genesis to Pay SEC $21M Penalty to Settle Charges Over Gemini Earn Product
[Mar 19, 2024 7:51 AM] The bankrupt crypto lender Genesis Global Capital has agreed to a final judgment ordering it to pay $21 million to settle charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for violating securities laws by offering and selling its…