First US state to ban nearly all crypto mining: Law Decoded, Nov. 21-28New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the moratorium, prohibiting any new mining operations that aren’t based on 100% renewable energy.Nov 29, 2022David Attlee
National Bank of Ukraine releases draft concept for digital hryvniaOne of the design options for the Ukrainian CBDC describes the e-hryvnia available for usage in crypto exchange operations.Nov 29, 2022Helen Partz
LBRY alleges Apple forced it to censor certain terms amid COVID-19 pandemicAfter Elon Musk lamented the winding back of Apple’s Twitter advertising, crypto company LBRY replied about its own troubles with Apple and censorship.Nov 29, 2022Stephen Katte
Israel’s chief economist lays out recommendations for crypto regulationThe chief economist said the Supervisor of Financial Service Providers and the Israel Securities Authority should be granted more powers to oversee the industry.Nov 29, 2022Brayden Lindrea
Nifty News: China’s lockdown protest NFTs emerge, Candy Digital cuts staff and moreTwo collections have appeared on NFT marketplace OpenSea depicting images and art related to the rare widespread protests in China over its lockdown policies.Nov 29, 2022Jesse Coghlan
Silvergate denies recent FUD, confirms minimal exposure to BlockFiSilvergate Capital has been quick to distance itself from the now-bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi.Nov 29, 2022Martin Young
Calls for regulation get louder as FTX contagion continues to spreadThe FTX saga has made some crypto executives, researchers, analysts and politicians more aligned on regulation than ever.Nov 29, 2022Stephen Katte
FTX resumes paying staff and contractors after weeks in limboThe payments will exclude former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and certain former execs including Gary Wang, Nishad Singh and Alameda’s Caroline Ellison.Nov 29, 2022Brayden Lindrea
BlockFi sues FTX’s Bankman-Fried over shares in RobinhoodBlockFi is demanding Bankman-Fried’s investment company turn over its shares in Robinhood as collateral it agreed to pay as part of a pledge agreement.Nov 29, 2022Jesse Coghlan
From the NY Times to WaPo, the media is fawning over Bankman-FriedMainstream media outlets just can’t seem to stop drooling over the disgraced FTX founder.Nov 28, 2022Matthew Liu
Bitcoin capitulations abound — Data shows realized and unrealized losses at record-highsBankruptcies, shrinking profit margins and traders realizing hefty losses are all signs of capitulation from various market participants.Nov 28, 2022Kyle White
Meta fined 265M euros for allowing scrapers to steal Facebook's centralized user dataBlockchain and Web3 companies are attempting to prevent leaks like these in the future by creating alternative login processes and distributing necessary data collection in a highly decentralized way.Nov 28, 2022Tom Blackstone
ECB president reiterates calls for ‘MiCA II’ in response to FTX collapseIn June, Christine Lagarde said a potential MiCA II framework “should regulate the activities of crypto-asset staking and lending, which are definitely increasing.”Nov 28, 2022Turner Wright
FTX collapse impacts Miami’s nightclub scene: ReportYoung crypto entrepreneurs went from spending big bucks on champagne showers to being visibly absent from the nightclub scene.Nov 28, 2022Judith BannermanQuist
GK8 increases insurance cap on digital assets to $1BInstitutional customers storing Bitcoin and other digital assets in GK8’s cold vault will receive up to $1 billion in insurance coverage.Nov 28, 2022Sam Bourgi
Bitcoin’s bottom might be below $15.5K, but data shows some traders turning bullishBitcoin whales and market makers continue to add to their leverage long positions, even though it’s unclear whether $15,500 was the final bottom.Nov 28, 2022Marcel Pechman
Compound Finance to impose lending caps in light of failed Aave exploitSome illiquid altcoins will have their borrow limit reduced by upward of 99%.Nov 28, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
Controlling shareholders' stakes in GBTC are 'highly illiquid': Report "It's net good news for GBTC shareholders and FUD fighting," says blockchain researcher Selkis.Nov 28, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
US House committee sets Dec. 13 date for FTX hearingThe House event, titled "Investigating the Collapse of FTX," will follow a similar hearing in the Senate Agriculture Committee scheduled for Dec. 1.Nov 28, 2022Turner Wright
Staking tech firm Kiln closes $17.6 million, eyes future ETH staking demand Staking infrastructure firm Kiln has closed a $17.6 million fundraising round led by the likes of Consensys, GSR and Kraken Ventures.Nov 28, 2022Gareth Jenkinson
MakerDAO community votes against CoinShares’ $500M investment proposal Over 70% of the community’s votes were against CoinShares’ proposal to invest MakerDAO’s funds into various traditional assets.Nov 28, 2022Judith BannermanQuist
Price analysis 11/28: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, DOTTurmoil in China, concerns over the global economy and BlockFi’s bankruptcy filing are all weighing on crypto markets this week.Nov 28, 2022Rakesh Upadhyay
Kraken settles with US Treasury’s OFAC for ‘apparent’ sanctions violationsThe U.S.-based crypto exchange has agreed to pay more than $362,000 as part of a deal “to settle its potential civil liability” related to violating sanctions against Iran.Nov 28, 2022Turner Wright
Jack Dorsey’s Block sues Bitcoin.com for trademark infringement “The use of the designation ‘VERSE’ constitutes an infringement of our client's trademarks under German trademark law,” Block’s legal counsel tells Bitcoin.com.Nov 28, 2022Sam Bourgi
FTX logos and promotional material still everywhere despite bankruptcy proceedingsThough some institutions have removed all traces of their deals with FTX, the firm's branding still appears on some prominent sports venues and merchandise.Nov 28, 2022Turner Wright
Game7 allocates $100M in open-source technology grants for Web3 gaming companies"We're looking to support teams building innovative open-source infrastructure that can accelerate the blockchain gaming space and foster collaboration," Game7 says.Nov 28, 2022Zhiyuan Sun
BlockFi files for bankruptcy, cites FTX collapse for its troublesThe crypto lender was previously “rescued” by FTX following Terra’s stablecoin collapse.Nov 28, 2022Derek Andersen
Bitcoin will ‘teleport’ to $14K or worse if BTC breaks $16K — AnalystBitcoin faces pressure from China, a stock market trend in addition to the FTX fallout.Nov 28, 2022William Suberg
Tokenized government bonds free up liquidity in traditional financial systems There are a number of benefits associated with tokenized government bonds, yet adoption may take time.Nov 28, 2022Rachel Wolfson
The metaverse is a new frontier for earning passive incomeThose looking to earn passive income in the metaverse have several available options, but how profitable and durable these are isn’t yet clear.Nov 28, 2022Francisco Rodrigues