The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Binance could damage the crypto exchange’s business opportunities in South Korea. A report published in a South Korean daily suggests that the Financial Service Committee (FSC) — the country’s financial watchdog — is reviewing Binance’s acquisition of local crypto trading platform Gopax. Binance acquired a majority…
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Despite the wave of market failures in 2022, the Philippines’ financial regulator has decided not to rush a legal framework on the crypto industry, initially planned to be published in late 2022. However, work on the guidelines is ongoing, and the results could be made public this year. Cited in a local media outlet, the…
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed another document in its lawsuit against Binance.US, saying investors’ funds are at risk. In the filing entered on June 5, the regulators claim that the defendants, including Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao and Binance Holdings Ltd., “have enriched themselves by billions of U.S. dollars while placing…
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A public-private partnership in El Salvador pledging to pump $1 billion into creating a Bitcoin (BTC) mining farm has received its first $250 million. This first release of funds kickstarts a 241-megawatt (MW) power generation park in the country’s Metapán region. The chairman of Volcano Energy, Max Keiser, took to his Twitter on June 7,…
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The United States Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing on digital assets to discuss digital assets and provide clarity for the ecosystem. On June 6, Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, announced a full committee hearing titled “The Future of Digital Assets: Providing Clarity for the Digital Asset Ecosystem.” The…
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Bitcoin (BTC) swiftly erased its month-to-date losses into June 7 as volatility returned to ultimately favor the bulls. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart on Bitstamp. Source: TradingView BTC price cancels Binance, Coinbase dip Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting $27,388 on Bitstamp — almost a new June high. The pair continued a…
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The United States securities chair has hinted at “parallels” between crypto exchange Binance and collapsed exchange FTX — namely their alleged use of sister firms to move funds. Speaking to Bloomberg on June 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler, pointed to FTX’s alleged fraud and manipulation regarding its sister firm Alameda…
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Long-time Bitcoin (BTC) advocate Jack Dorsey has found himself in a Twitter war with several crypto industry pundits after he responded with “yes” to a question asking if Ether (ETH) was a security. The comment caught the attention of Udi Wertheimer, a Bitcoin Ordinals developer at Taproot Wizards, who inferred Dorsey was a “clown” in…
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A number of memecoins drawing their likeness from the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and its chair Gary Gensler have seen a sharp spike in price following the regulator’s lawsuits against crypto exchanges Coinbase and Binance. One such token is Good Gensler (GENSLR) which rallied more than 260% in the hours following the regulator’s…
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Two United States senators have questioned Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg over the tech giant’s “leaked” artificial intelligence model, LLaMA, which they claim is potentially “dangerous” and could be used for “criminal tasks.” In a June 6 letter, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley criticized Zuckerberg’s decision to open source LLaMA, claiming there were…
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