The lack of crypto regulation in the United States has long complicating the lives of users and service providers, and now a judge has acknowledged the pain the judiciary feels from its absence too. Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn, the judge who is leading the Celsius case, said the court will look abroad…
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The Texas State Securities Board, or SSB, and the Texas Department of Banking filed a supplemental declaration on Oct. 14 in the Voyager Digital case stating that the SSB is investigating FTX Trading and FTX US and their principals, including co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, for allegedly offering unregistered securities in the United States. FTX…
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Perhaps one of the most captivating signs of the industry’s maturity is the increasing amount of court cases in which crypto companies fight back against perceived regulatory abuses. Last week saw some major advancements in that direction. Digital asset manager Grayscale has filed its opening brief against the United States Securities Exchange Commission to challenge…
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The French stock market regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), approved France’s Société Générale bank as a digital assets service provider (DASP) on Sept. 27. Société Générale joined international operators such as Voyager, Bitpanda, Binance and Etoro as registered DASPs. The bank did not announce its approval. Société Générale’s digitally focused Forge subsidiary was…
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On Monday, a new report published by Reuters alleged that cryptocurrency exchange Binance “swerved scrutiny” from regulators in the U.K. and U.S. The main spearhead of the allegations arises from two supposed incidents in its operating history. First, Reuters wrote of Binance strategy executive Zoe Wei’s proposal to backdate a service agreement relating to various…
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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite fell to a new year-to-date low last week and closed the week with a loss of 1.55% and 3.11% respectively. The scenario changed drastically on Oct. 17 after earnings season ramps up and a sharp policy reversal from UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt added detail to the government’s…
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While opening a Bitcoin-themed bar sounds like a dream for many Bitcoiners, it also comes with its challenges, according to Adam (who did not share his last name), the founder of Satoshi’s Place. Cointelegraph reporter Joseph Hall visited a Bitcoin-themed pub called Satoshi’s Place and sat down with its founder. The duo talked about the…
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Bitcoin (BTC) headed toward $20,000 as United States equities gained at the Oct. 17 Wall Street open. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Stocks climb as U.S. dollar heads lower Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $19,672 on Bitstamp, up 3.5% versus the weekend’s lows. The pair rose in line…
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While Bitcoin (BTC) investors may not consider the U.S. midterm elections as a significant event, an eerie fractal from 2018 may provide a clue to what could happen before the year ends. Bitcoin to hit $12K–$14K after midterms? Comparing Bitcoin’s price actions prior to the midterm elections of 2018 with those of 2022 shows a…
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Sunny Aggarwal has vivid memories of some of the worst days of his life earlier this year. The blockchain co-founder and his Osmosis protocol were hit hard by the Terra–LUNA collapse and are still recovering from its fallout today. “The Terra crash hit us incredibly hard because we were one of the biggest DEXs for…
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