A recent victory by Grayscale against the federal securities regulator has raised the probability of an approved spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) by the end of 2023, according to Bloomberg analysts. Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, said the chances have risen to 75% from an earlier 65%. James Seyffart and Elliot Stein, […]
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnhenshein spoke to CNBC’s Squawk Box on Wednesday to discuss the company’s recent victory in its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The court determined that the SEC was being “arbitrary and capricious” by denying Grayscale’s conversion into a Bitcoin spot ETF while approving Bitcoin futures ETFs.The SEC now has […]
A U.S. District judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit against Uniswap Labs and its backers for allegedly abetting token scams. The judge concluded that current law does not provide a legal avenue for enforcing financial liability.The lawsuit was filed by a group of investors who claimed that Uniswap Labs and its backers had aided […]
A US court has dismissed a class action lawsuit against Uniswap, a crypto platform. The suit alleged that users lost money in scam tokens on the platform, but the judge ruled that the software provider cannot be held liable for crimes committed by third parties.Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the US District Court for the […]
Grayscale, a crypto investment manager, has won a significant victory over the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court revoked the SEC’s order to turn the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into a Bitcoin Spot ETF.Crypto stakeholders had predicted Grayscale’s victory before it […]
Ripple’s legal team, including the Chief Legal Officer, CEO, and other experts, have voiced their skepticism about the SEC’s uniformity and regulatory clarity in the cryptocurrency space. This follows Grayscale Investments’ success in their legal battle against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).John Deaton, a prominent lawyer supporting XRP, mockingly commented on the SEC […]
The crypto futures market has seen a large amount of liquidations on Wednesday as Bitcoin has registered a sharp surge. Data shows that liquidations totaled at $170 million during the past 24 hours. This surge was likely due to news that Grayscale had won a lawsuit against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), […]
The cryptocurrency market has been thrown into disarray by a series of regulatory developments, leading to considerable volatility for major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. The recent SEC lawsuits against industry giants Binance and Coinbase have further compounded market anxieties, sparking widespread speculation of a systematic effort to destabilize the industry.As a result, Bitcoin and […]
Binance, one of the largest U.S. crypto exchanges, has been in the news a lot over the past week. The company has been facing intense scrutiny from regulators, and has had to make some changes to its business lines and regions. This week, Binance cut ties with five sanctioned Russian banks listed on its peer-to-peer […]
Coinbase Exchange announced today that it will be suspending 41 non-USD trading pairs, including ALCX/USDT and BIT/USD, in order to improve overall market health and consolidate liquidity. The affected trading pairs account for a negligible amount of Coinbase’s total trading volume. Users of Coinbase Advance will still be able to trade the suspended assets through […]
