Korean lawmakers rally toward crypto rules in May after grisly murder case: ReportCrypto policy-making efforts have been reignited in South Korea after a woman was murdered following a dispute over digital assets.May 18, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Revolut launches business offering in Australia, seeks banking licenseThe crypto-friendly fintech said that the license would hold it to a higher “regulatory standard” that could give consumers confidence.May 18, 2023Brian Quarmby
Banks dominate payments — That needs to changeMaking accounts at Europe’s central banks accessible to payment companies — such as stablecoin issuers — would be a boon to financial stability.May 18, 2023Patrick Hansen
Binance Australia suspends AUD fiat services, citing issues with third partyAustralian dollar deposits and withdrawals have been impacted due to a decision made by its third-party provider, Binance Australia says.May 18, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Australia marks first FX transaction using a CBDC as eAUD pilot continuesThe Australian digital dollar was used in a trade for a United States dollar stablecoin using an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain.May 18, 2023Jesse Coghlan
SEC warns that Filecoin ‘meets definition of a security’ — GrayscaleThe regulator has asked Grayscale to withdraw its application for a Filecoin Trust product, saying it believes its underlying asset is a security.May 17, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Voyager bankruptcy plan approved, customers may recover 35.7% of claims initiallyThe third try is a charm for the crypto brokerage, whose assets were almost bought by FTX and Binance.US. Now it’s just handing what it has over to its creditors.May 17, 2023Derek Andersen
Miami blockchain folk hero secures $5M for community tokenizationThe fund will be used to help residents secure affordable housing through blockchain initiatives.May 17, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Pakistani finance minister says crypto will never be legal because of FATFPakistan was taken off the FATF gray list in October, and it has good reasons to want to stay in international good graces.May 17, 2023Derek Andersen
South Korean prime minister calls for disclosure of crypto holdings by high-ranking officials Prime Minister Han Deok-soo reportedly believes that including cryptocurrency in property registration is the right thing to do.May 17, 2023Judith BannermanQuist
US Secret Service has an NFT collection: Nifty Newsletter, May 10–16Elon Musk’s May 10 tweet featuring Milady NFT artwork drove the floor price to 7.3 ETH before settling at 5.69 ETH.May 17, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Uniswap will deploy on Polkadot parachain MoonbeamThe decentralized exchange gets a Polkadot version via the Moonbeam network.May 17, 2023Tom Blackstone
Price analysis 5/17: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTCBitcoin and most major altcoins are selling off on rallies, proof that investor sentiment remains negative in the short term.May 17, 2023Rakesh Upadhyay
LayerZero partners with Immunefi to launch $15M bug bountyThe program offers a maximum reward of $15 million for anyone who identifies vulnerabilities classified as high severity.May 17, 2023Ana Paula Pereira
Ripple acquires Swiss blockchain custody firm Metaco for $250MMetaco raised $17 million in a Series A funding round in 2020. The company raised $20 million in total before being acquired.May 17, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Bitcoin price capitulation below $26K possible as Friday’s BTC options expiry loomsThis week’s BTC options expiry could play a decisive role in Bitcoin’s price potentially trading below the $26,000 level.May 17, 2023Marcel Pechman
China state-owned Greenland to apply for Hong Kong virtual asset trading licenseThe real estate developer’s fintech unit already has a digital banking license in Singapore; “We are ready to step into Hong Kong,” CEO says.May 17, 2023Derek Andersen
‘One of the greatest’ Bitcoin metrics says BTC price bull run is hereCast aside short-term BTC price weakness to focus on the bigger investment trend, says on-chain analyst Philip Swift.May 17, 2023William Suberg
Bitcoin self-custody advocate explains why on-ramps are key to adoptionCypherpunk Jameson Lopp highlights the need for easier-to-use, improved self-custody solutions and more on-ramp avenues to drive Bitcoin adoption.May 17, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
New survey says Bitcoin is safer than the US dollar — Watch The Market ReportOn this week’s episode of The Market Report, Cointelegraph’s resident expert discusses if Bitcoin is safer than the U.S. dollar, considering the impending risk of debt default.May 17, 2023Marcel Pechman
Tether to buy Bitcoin based on monthly net profitsTether said that Bitcoin’s decentralized nature and its long-term store of value made it an obvious choice for the stablecoin issuer.May 17, 2023Prashant Jha
Valkyrie Leveraged Bitcoin Futures ETF gets inspiration from TradFi memesAfter being initially discussed in 2021, the investment fund is now capitalizing on the meme-worthy ticker for its new leveraged Bitcoin ETF.May 17, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
Telegram addresses camera exploit, points to Apple macOS security permissionsMessaging app Telegram denies users were at risk after a security exploit was discovered that could allow attackers to gain control of a macOS device’s camera.May 17, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Watch these BTC price levels as Bitcoin threatens to lose $27K supportBitcoin remains in a tight range with low liquidity, but expectations for new local lows are increasing.May 17, 2023William Suberg
Chinese prosecutors to crack down on ‘pseudo-innovation’ in NFT marketAccording to prosecutors, marketing models such as rewards and dynamic rights and interests can quickly evolve into illegal pyramid schemes.May 17, 2023David Attlee
Senators slam bank execs for blaming collapses on crypto, pocketing millionsSenator Cynthia Lummis noted that Signature Bank’s Scott Shay mentioned digital assets 10 times in his testimony about the bank’s collapse.May 17, 2023Felix Ng
‘Is that legal?’ — Elon Musk chides OpenAI’s for-profit pivot after his $50M investmentOpenAI was originally formed as a nonprofit entity to ensure it was free to achieve its stated goal and then became a for-profit company back in 2019.May 17, 2023Luke Huigsloot
Anchorage Digital opens up DeFi voting for custody clientsAnchorage joins AAVE, Lido and BitDAO in adopting the off-chain voting platform Snapshot.May 17, 2023Ciaran Lyons
Distributed ledger tech could save TradFi $100B a year — Lobby groupA new report from the Global Financial Markets Association says regulators need to take distributed ledger technology more seriously.May 17, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Celsius adds over 428K stETH to Lido’s lengthening withdrawal queueThe bankrupt crypto lender wants its huge stash of staked Ether back, but it could be in for a wait.May 17, 2023Martin Young