Binance has announced that it will be gradually winding down its support for BUSD, a stablecoin, by September 7th. This comes after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched a probe into digital asset issuer Paxos, which had been minting BUSD tokens. The SEC labeled BUSD an unregistered security, and Binance and its CEO […]
Elon Musk has recently quashed any possibility that his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, would launch a cryptocurrency token. In response to a developer’s post on the site, Musk shared his insight that the platform’s primary goal is to integrate real-world financial functionality rather than having a cryptocurrency substitute. This marks the second instance […]
The US dollar is at an inflection point, and today’s Core PCE data and the August NFP report will be key in determining its direction. This week, the EUR/USD has bounced from 0.95 to 1.12, and Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have rallied in tandem. However, the EUR/USD could not hold above 1.12, and neither could […]
Jamie Coutts, a crypto market analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, believes that the upcoming year could be a big one for digital assets. He recently posted on the social media platform X that the US currently accounts for 80% of total Bitcoin (BTC) fund assets, despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) stance on crypto. […]
Robinhood, a popular stock trading platform, has been revealed to be the owner of the fifth-largest Ethereum (ETH) wallet, containing approximately $2.54 billion worth of ETH. This wallet also holds various other cryptocurrencies, such as 122,076 Bitcoin (BTC) ($3.3 billion), 34.1 trillion Shiba Inu (SHIB) ($277.8 million), 4.9 million Chainlink (LINK) ($29.7 million) and 2.6 […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is facing increasing pressure to approve Grayscale’s ETF application following a court ruling in favor of the asset manager. Bloomberg ETF analysts have increased the odds of Spot Bitcoin ETFs launching this year to 75%. The analysts had previously put the odds of ETF approval this year at […]
Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate, has expressed optimism about Bitcoin’s prospects and views Grayscale’s recent victory as a promising indicator for cryptocurrency innovation in the United States. Ramaswamy criticized regulators, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), describing them as a shadow government and claiming they were out of control.Grayscale achieved a significant […]
In a landmark ruling, United States District Judge Katherine Polk Failla has declared Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin as “crypto commodities” while dismissing a class-action lawsuit against Uniswap. This decision offers a definitive stance in the ongoing SEC vs. CFTC jurisdiction battle.The lawsuit was filed in April 2022 by six crypto investors who had fallen prey […]
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 […]
The SEC is facing mounting legal setbacks in its case against Ripple and Coinbase, potentially signaling a shift in the regulatory landscape for cryptocurrencies. Ripple’s Chief Legal Officer, Stuart Alderoty, has commented that recent court rulings show the SEC’s approach as “arbitrary and capricious.” This sentiment was echoed in the recent Grayscale Bitcoin ETF case, […]
