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April 26, 2024

New Bitcoin Exchange Traded Product Launches in Germany, Chasing 24/7 Trading

The latest bitcoin ETP from issuer ETC Group calculates the fund’s net asset value three times a day instead of just once. 

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Consensys’s Lawsuit Against The SEC: Will It End Gensler's ‘Unlawful Power Grab’? - Ep. 637

Episode #637 | April 26, 2024

Consensys’s Lawsuit Against The SEC: Will It End Gensler’s ‘Unlawful Power Grab’?

With its lawsuit, Consensys aims to settle the question of whether staking turned ether into a security, and to hopefully put an end to what it calls the SEC’s “regulatory overreach.”

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Bitcoin

April 26, 2024

New Bitcoin Exchange Traded Product Launches in Germany, Chasing 24/7 Trading

A fresh entrant to the exchange traded spot bitcoin market has launched with an extended-hours trading twist. ETC Group, a crypto exchange traded product (ETP) issuer with about $1.5 billion of assets under management, on Thursday launched its ETC Group Core Bitcoin ETP. It trades on the German stock exchange …

April 26, 2024

Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Strategy May Be on the Verge of Paying Even More Dividends for MicroStrategy

Software firm MicroStrategy (MSTR) has been borrowing billions since August 2020 — roughly $7.53 billion so far, according to its founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor — to buy bitcoin (BTC) as part of its long-term investment strategy. That approach, coupled with a new public accounting rule announced in December …

April 26, 2024

Weekly Recap: DOJ Action on Samourai Wallet, SEC Attorneys Resign

In this weekly recap, we cover: DOJ Cracks Down on Crypto Privacy Tools: Founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused crypto wallet, were arrested under charges of money laundering, as the DOJ intensifies its scrutiny of crypto mixing services. SEC Attorneys Resign After Court Reprimand: Following a court’s decision that chastised …

April 26, 2024

Rare ‘Epic Sat’ From Bitcoin Halving Sells for $2.1 Million

An anonymous member of the crypto community just paid a hefty sum to take home an incredibly rare memento from the recent Bitcoin halving.  The first satoshi (representing the smallest unit of Bitcoin) mined from Bitcoin’s fourth halving block was sold at an auction for 33.3 BTC or $2.13 million. …

Business

April 26, 2024

New Bitcoin Exchange Traded Product Launches in Germany, Chasing 24/7 Trading

A fresh entrant to the exchange traded spot bitcoin market has launched with an extended-hours trading twist. ETC Group, a crypto exchange traded product (ETP) issuer with about $1.5 billion of assets under management, on Thursday launched its ETC Group Core Bitcoin ETP. It trades on the German stock exchange …

April 26, 2024

Weekly Recap: DOJ Action on Samourai Wallet, SEC Attorneys Resign

In this weekly recap, we cover: DOJ Cracks Down on Crypto Privacy Tools: Founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused crypto wallet, were arrested under charges of money laundering, as the DOJ intensifies its scrutiny of crypto mixing services. SEC Attorneys Resign After Court Reprimand: Following a court’s decision that chastised …

April 25, 2024

Cboe Shutters Spot Crypto Business, Citing Regulatory ’Headwinds in the US’

Exchange operator Cboe is shutting down its spot crypto trading business, telling institutional clients in a note on Thursday that “regulatory uncertainty and headwinds in the US” played a role in the decision. Exchange representatives said in a statement that the plan is to wind down the spot trading division, …

April 24, 2024

Binance’s CZ Apologizes for ‘Poor Decisions’ as DOJ Pushes for 3 Year Prison Term

Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao penned a letter to the judge overseeing his case ahead of his sentencing hearing on April 30, saying he deeply regretted his choices and assured the court that the charges he is on trial for would be his “only encounter with the criminal …

DeFi

April 26, 2024

Weekly Recap: DOJ Action on Samourai Wallet, SEC Attorneys Resign

In this weekly recap, we cover: DOJ Cracks Down on Crypto Privacy Tools: Founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused crypto wallet, were arrested under charges of money laundering, as the DOJ intensifies its scrutiny of crypto mixing services. SEC Attorneys Resign After Court Reprimand: Following a court’s decision that chastised …

April 25, 2024

The Chopping Block: Uniswap’s SEC Scrutiny, Token2049 Flood Catastrophe, and Bitcoin’s Halving Impact

Welcome to The Chopping Block, where Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner dissect the crypto world’s topics of the day. In this episode, we delve into the SEC’s recent scrutiny of Uniswap, exploring the potential legal and regulatory impacts on the DeFi landscape. We also discuss the …

April 24, 2024

Renzo’s ezETH Depeg Amid Criticism of Airdrop Underlines Broader Risks in Restaking

Following its airdrop announcement, Renzo Protocol’s liquid restaking token, ezETH, deviated from its one-to-one peg to ether (ETH), sparking community criticism regarding poor execution of the planned event. The price of the liquid restaking token (LRT) plummeted as it de-pegged, reaching a low of $688 on decentralized exchange Uniswap. ezETH …

April 19, 2024

Weekly Recap: Avi Eisenberg Found Guilty, Hong Kong’s ETFs Approval

In this weekly recap, we cover: Mango Markets Fraud Conviction: Avi Eisenberg faces up to 40 years after being found guilty of commodities fraud and other charges in a landmark DeFi case, setting a critical precedent for crypto market regulations. Hong Kong Approves Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs: The Hong Kong …

Ethereum

April 26, 2024

Weekly Recap: DOJ Action on Samourai Wallet, SEC Attorneys Resign

In this weekly recap, we cover: DOJ Cracks Down on Crypto Privacy Tools: Founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused crypto wallet, were arrested under charges of money laundering, as the DOJ intensifies its scrutiny of crypto mixing services. SEC Attorneys Resign After Court Reprimand: Following a court’s decision that chastised …

April 26, 2024

Consensys Sues the SEC Over Ether’s Status as a Security

A number of crypto firms have been taking on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC). The latest to do so is Ethereum infrastructure firm Consensys, which is counter-suing the regulator after receiving a Wells notice earlier this month. In a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Texas on …

April 19, 2024

Weekly Recap: Avi Eisenberg Found Guilty, Hong Kong’s ETFs Approval

In this weekly recap, we cover: Mango Markets Fraud Conviction: Avi Eisenberg faces up to 40 years after being found guilty of commodities fraud and other charges in a landmark DeFi case, setting a critical precedent for crypto market regulations. Hong Kong Approves Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs: The Hong Kong …

April 18, 2024

BlobScriptions: A New Type of Inscription on Ethereum

Ethereum blockchain underwent the Dencun upgrade in March 2024, introducing a concept called Blobs. Blobs are a novel data storage concept intended to lower transaction costs on layer 2 scaling solutions. While the concept was intended primarily to lower costs, some creators used blobs to develop “BlobScriptions.” Read on to learn …

NFTs

April 26, 2024

How OpenSea’s Weekly NFT Volumes Plummeted From $1 Billion to $20 Million in Just 2 Years

OpenSea, long the dominant NFT marketplace, has struggled to reverse its fortunes since losing its trading volumes lead.  OpenSea’s dropoff comes as the competitive landscape — and the business tactics that derive profits — for non-fungible token marketplaces has shifted.  Nearly two years ago, before the launch of rivals Blur …

April 26, 2024

Weekly Recap: DOJ Action on Samourai Wallet, SEC Attorneys Resign

In this weekly recap, we cover: DOJ Cracks Down on Crypto Privacy Tools: Founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused crypto wallet, were arrested under charges of money laundering, as the DOJ intensifies its scrutiny of crypto mixing services. SEC Attorneys Resign After Court Reprimand: Following a court’s decision that chastised …

April 19, 2024

Weekly Recap: Avi Eisenberg Found Guilty, Hong Kong’s ETFs Approval

In this weekly recap, we cover: Mango Markets Fraud Conviction: Avi Eisenberg faces up to 40 years after being found guilty of commodities fraud and other charges in a landmark DeFi case, setting a critical precedent for crypto market regulations. Hong Kong Approves Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs: The Hong Kong …

April 3, 2024

Crypto: The Game’s Second Installment Maxes Out Player Roster in 15 Minutes

The second season of Crypto: The Game, completed its public mint today within 15 minutes of it going live, with 800 players signing up to play in the next installment of the popular onchain game. NFT’s required to play the game sold for 0.1 ETH each, contributing to a winning …

Regulation

April 26, 2024

Weekly Recap: DOJ Action on Samourai Wallet, SEC Attorneys Resign

In this weekly recap, we cover: DOJ Cracks Down on Crypto Privacy Tools: Founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused crypto wallet, were arrested under charges of money laundering, as the DOJ intensifies its scrutiny of crypto mixing services. SEC Attorneys Resign After Court Reprimand: Following a court’s decision that chastised …

April 26, 2024

Consensys’s Lawsuit Against The SEC: Will It End Gensler’s ‘Unlawful Power Grab’?

Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. On Thursday, Consensys sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a Texas federal court, seeking to prevent an impending SEC action against …

April 26, 2024

Consensys Sues the SEC Over Ether’s Status as a Security

A number of crypto firms have been taking on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC). The latest to do so is Ethereum infrastructure firm Consensys, which is counter-suing the regulator after receiving a Wells notice earlier this month. In a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Texas on …

April 25, 2024

Ex-Binance CEO Zhao’s Cadre of 160 Supporters Beseeching Court for Leniency Dwarfs SBF’s Defenders

With more than 160 letters of support in advance of Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s sentencing, it appears that the co-founder and onetime chief of Binance has outplayed his old rival Sam Bankman-Fried once again.  As the disgraced FTX founder Bankman-Fried awaited sentencing from a high-security Brooklyn prison, about two dozen supporters, …

Tech

April 26, 2024

Weekly Recap: DOJ Action on Samourai Wallet, SEC Attorneys Resign

In this weekly recap, we cover: DOJ Cracks Down on Crypto Privacy Tools: Founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused crypto wallet, were arrested under charges of money laundering, as the DOJ intensifies its scrutiny of crypto mixing services. SEC Attorneys Resign After Court Reprimand: Following a court’s decision that chastised …

April 25, 2024

Why Many ‘Zombie Blockchains’ Still Have Market Caps in the Billions of Dollars

When a public company falters and is delisted to the penny stock arena, trading grinds to a halt and its valuation plummets as stockholders cut their losses and move on. Equities trade upon a set of near-universal fundamentals that take the rise and fall of their company’s fortunes into account. …

April 24, 2024

Chainlink Opens Up Its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol to All Developers

Blockchain oracle network Chainlink announced on Wednesday that its cross-chain interoperability protocol (CCIP) has become available for all developers, marking the end of the early access stage of the protocol’s development. The move is expected to make it easier for developers to create cross-chain smart contracts. Before the announcement, developers …

April 19, 2024

Weekly Recap: Avi Eisenberg Found Guilty, Hong Kong’s ETFs Approval

In this weekly recap, we cover: Mango Markets Fraud Conviction: Avi Eisenberg faces up to 40 years after being found guilty of commodities fraud and other charges in a landmark DeFi case, setting a critical precedent for crypto market regulations. Hong Kong Approves Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs: The Hong Kong …

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BlobScriptions: A New Type of Inscription on Ethereum

BlobScriptions made waves in the Ethereum community as a new type of inscription, similar to Ordinal inscriptions on Bitcoin.

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The Runes protocol brings a new fungible token standard to Bitcoin that improves on its predecessor BRC-20.

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