Tether, the issuer of the popular stablecoin USDT, has reportedly added Britannia Bank & Trust, a private bank based in The Bahamas, to its platform to process dollar transfers. It is unclear when the banking relationship between Tether and Britannia Bank began, but other reported banking partners include Deltec Bank and Capital Union Bank.The move […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled in favor of Grayscale in its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The court found that the SEC had failed to adequately explain why it approved two bitcoin futures ETPs but not Grayscale’s proposed bitcoin ETP.Grayscale had accused the SEC of “arbitrary […]
The crypto community was delighted when the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) rejection of Grayscale Investments’ Bitcoin spot ETF application. Adam Cochran of Cinneamhain Ventures and Miles Deutscher, an influencer, both expressed their enthusiasm on X. Grayscale’s chief legal officer Craig Salm acknowledged the […]
Grayscale has won a major victory in court against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), bringing the U.S. market one step closer to approval of a Bitcoin spot ETF. Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Legal Analyst Elliot Z. Stein had given Grayscale a 70% chance of winning its lawsuit against the SEC. Grayscale’s lawsuit accused the SEC […]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who was one of the few cryptocurrency-friendly candidates running for president of the United States in 2024, has announced he will be suspending his campaign. In an Aug. 29 announcement on X (formerly Twitter), Suarez said that while running for U.S. president had been “one of the greatest honors of [his] […]
A federal judge has overturned the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision to deny an exchange-traded fund (ETF) offering from Grayscale Investments through its Bitcoin BTC Trust. The court ruled that the SEC’s justification of denying Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF was insufficient and the matter will return to the commission for review.The SEC has […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals has recently made a decision that the SEC is not the ultimate arbiter of crypto. This means that the SEC does not have the final say in the matter, and that the U.S. court system and Congress can also offer legal interpretations. This is significant due to the recent statements […]
CryptoQuant, an on-chain data analytics provider, has recently explored the changes to Bitcoin (BTC) over the last year. According to their findings, the BTC reserves on non-US-based exchanges have increased while the same number has declined in US-based exchanges. This hints at the possibility of institutional buyers accumulating the leading crypto asset by market cap.CryptoQuant […]
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) has ruled in favor of Grayscale in its dispute with the SEC over its Bitcoin ETF proposal. The SEC had previously denied Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF based on the view that the proposal was not “designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested a federal judge to allow documents to be filed under seal in its civil case against Binance, Binance.US, and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). According to former SEC official John Reed Stark, the request could hint at an ongoing criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of […]
