One Ethereum bull hopes the launch will help onboard a host of other crypto companies and financial institutions onto Ethereum.
‘It would be absurd’ for a US court to rule private NFTs as securities: Lawyer
The comments from the hosts of lawyers comes as Judge Victor Marreo said that Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot Moments NFT may constitute a security.
Only 0.04% of Ethereum validators have been slashed since 2020, says core dev
Only 226 validators have been slashed since Ethereum staking began, with 75 of those coming from one single event in Feb. 2021.
LinksDAO likely to put in ‘compelling offer’ to buy Scottish golf course
If the final tally remains in favor of the purchase, the LinksDAO acquisition committee will officially put out a “compelling offer” to purchase the golf course.
Solana Spaces will close New York and Miami stores 7 months after opening
Norby said the “experiment” was part of a plan to onboard more people onto Solana, but the stores didn’t bring in as many users as they initially hoped.
Nifty News: PROOF cancels NFT conference, Bitcoin meme creator cashes in $150K and more
The conference known as “Proof of Conference” was slated to run in May has been canceled due to “less interest than anticipated,” according to co-founder Kevin Rose.
FTX poked the bear and the bear is pissed — O’Leary on the crypto crackdown
Kevin O’Leary believes U.S. Senators are “fatigued” and “pissed” at the cryptocurrency industry for having to deal with one blowup after another.
‘Unworkable’ bill to ban blockchain immutability is introduced in Illinois
Florida-based lawyer Drew Hinkes described the bill as “the most unworkable state law” related to blockchain and cryptocurrency that he has ever seen.
Bitcoin market cap ‘flips’ payments giant Visa for the 3rd time
While the collapse of FTX shaved $100 billion off of BTC’s market cap in just four days last year, BTC has managed to fully recover and stack on another $65 billion.
Terra lawsuit a ‘roadmap’ to attack other stablecoins: Delphi Labs
Delphi Lab’s general counsel said the SEC was being “more thorough than usual” in its lawsuit against Terraform Labs and its co-founder Do Kwon.
Binance mints 50M TrueUSD days after Paxos ordered stop issuing BUSD
Despite the minting of $50 million in TUSD, Zhao previously said the regulatory crackdown on stablecoins in the U.S. will cause the USD-back stablecoin market to “shrink.”
Bitcoin price hits $25K in new 2023 high
Despite macroeconomic headwinds and regulatory crackdowns on crypto, Bitcoin is made a new high for 2023.
Wyoming lawmakers pass bill to prevent forced disclosure of private keys
If Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signs the bill, from July 1 individuals in Wyoming will be protected from being forced to divulge their private keys, with one limited exception.
SEC proposes tougher rules as part of its crypto custody crackdown
The new proposals set forth by the Gensler-led SEC seek to “expand the scope” of rules set out by the 2009 Custody Rules.
Binance and Huobi freeze $1.4M in crypto linked to North Korean hackers
The North Korean-based hacker outfit Lazarus Group resorted to different privacy mixers attempting to anonymize the stolen funds, but it didn’t work.
Sell or stake: Ethereum staking giant Lido mulls choices for its $30M ETH
While LidoDAO’s current inflows of about 1000 stETH are sufficient to cover operating costs for the time being, it’s worried that may not last.
SEC to target crypto firms operating as ‘qualified custodians’ — Report
If a majority of the five-member SEC panel votes in favor of the draft proposal, it will proceed to the next stage, which will be reviewed by other members of the SEC.
OFAC-compliant blocks on Ethereum hit three-month low of 47%
Back in November, the percentage of Ethereum blocks complying with orders from the Office of Foreign Asset Control peaked at 79%.
Bitcoin hits record 44M non-zero addresses, thanks to Ordinals: Glassnode
Glassnode noted that this is the first time in Bitcoin history where the network has been used for purposes other than for monetary purposes.
Are stablecoins securities? Well, its not so simple, say lawyers
One lawyer said that while stablecoins are meant to be stable, buyers may possibly profit from a range of arbitrage, hedging, and staking opportunities.