FTX, a top-rated centralized cryptocurrency exchange, imploded late last year, wiping out over $32 billion from the crypto wallet. The current FTX management has reportedly recovered at least $5 billion of liquid assets, and proposed a plan to appoint Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Capital (GDC) Management as the investment manager charged with overseeing the sale […]
Ripple Labs has announced its intention to file a cross-appeal if the SEC’s request for an interim appeal is granted in the ongoing legal battle between Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ripple’s Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty has encouraged the crypto community to delve into the details of Ripple’s opposition filing.At […]
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, former chair of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has won the election for the city-state’s presidency with more than 70% of the vote. He defeated presidential candidates Ng Kok Song and Tan Kin Lian to become the next president of Singapore and will be sworn into office on Sept. 14. Prior to […]
The hopes for a spot in Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) in the United States were recently given a boost after the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of Grayscale Investment and against the SEC. According to a prediction issued by JPMorgan analysts, the United States Securities and Exchanges […]
The Senate Committee on Economics Legislation in Australia has provided feedback to the cryptocurrency bill introduced by senator Andrew Bragg. The committee has asked for minor amendments to the bill, such as removing the term nonfungible tokens (NFTs) from the definition of regulated digital assets and excluding certain asset-based tokens from the definition of stablecoin. […]
Jay Clayton, former Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), believes that the regulator will soon approve the launch of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The SEC recently decided to delay the applications of BlackRock and other finance giants who wanted to introduce such a product. Clayton believes that the decision could […]
John E. Deaton, a lawyer, recently shared his insights on the negative impact of the ongoing SEC lawsuit against Ripple on the adoption of XRP. Deaton experienced this first-hand when he attempted to make a payment over the Internet and noticed that the payment processor BitPay, which initially had supported XRP, stopped processing XRP transactions […]
The SEC has been rejecting the simplest products like a Bitcoin ETF, pushing demand for crypto offshore and unregulated players. Richard Gardener, CEO of tech infrastructure firm Modulus, believes futures ETFs have long been seen as more palatable for regulators and that the decision over a spot ETF is a matter of when not if. […]
Binance USD (BUSD) has seen its market share rapidly decline this year after it was labeled securities by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This has caused its circulating supply to dwindle to under $3 billion from a peak exceeding $20 billion last year. In response, Binance has recommended its users convert their BUSD […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be forced to approve spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded-fund (ETF) applications from several asset managers after a federal court said the regulator must review its rejection of Grayscale’s attempt to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into an ETF, according to a report from JPMorgan (JPM) on Friday. The […]
