Trader Joe’s grocery store files trademark lawsuit against Trader Joe DEXThe claims include allegations of federal trademark infringement and dilution, with Trader Joe allegedly capitalizing on the store’s “name, goodwill, and brand recognition.”Oct 12, 2023Turner Wright
Changpeng Zhao’s tweet ‘contributed’ to collapse of FTX, claims Caroline Ellison The former Alameda Research CEO placed part of the blame for FTX’s failure on CZ, while the Binance CEO claimed Ellison’s offer to buy the firm’s FTT holdings was the cause.Oct 12, 2023Turner Wright
Uniswap launches Android wallet beta for Google PlayUniswap launched a beta version of its wallet app for Android, paving the way for a Google Play Store launch once testing is complete.Oct 12, 2023Tom Blackstone
Uptober may be over: Bitcoin price data shows investor sentiment at 3-month lowBitcoin price has corrected at each attempt to rally above $28,000. Cointelegraph explains why.Oct 12, 2023Marcel Pechman
China opens industrial park for digital yuan CBDC development in ShenzhenThe government is incentivizing new residents to come develop payment solutions, smart contracts, hard wallets and promotions for the digital yuan.Oct 12, 2023Derek Andersen
CFTC and FTC file lawsuits against former Voyager Digital CEO for fraud, making false claimsThe legal action followed reports staff at the CFTC had completed an investigation concluding Stephen Ehrlich violated U.S. derivatives regulations.Oct 12, 2023Turner Wright
Trader swaps 131K stablecoins for $0 during USDR depegAn attempt to withdraw USDR stablecoins amid a liquidity crunch appears to have gone horribly wrong.Oct 12, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Did SBF really use FTX traders’ Bitcoin to keep BTC price under $20K?Bitcoin sales by FTX come to light as part of the SBF trial, as one prediction suggests that they stopped the BTC price from hitting $100,000.Oct 12, 2023William Suberg
Mastercard announces successful wrapped CBDC trial resultsThe experiment demonstrated that CBDCs could be wrapped to purchase NFTs on blockchains such as Ethereum.Oct 12, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
FTX hacker moves $120M amid Sam Bankman-Fried trial: ReportBlockchain analytics firm Elliptic didn’t rule out the possibility of the $477 million hack being an FTX inside job.Oct 12, 2023Helen Partz
Sam Bankman-Fried blamed Binance for balance sheet leak to media: Court evidenceAn internal document was revealed in court showing Sam Bankman-Fried believed Binance leaked Alameda’s balance sheet to the media in 2022.Oct 12, 2023Savannah Fortis
Indonesia to conduct blockchain trials for public servicesTuhu Nugraha, who works with the Indonesian government, said the country will soon conduct trials on applying blockchain technology in public service use cases.Oct 12, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Bitcoin faces elevated CPI, with BTC price tackling $26.8K focal pointCPI joins macro data coming in higher than predicted, something not conducive to BTC price upside, Bitcoin analysts continue to imply.Oct 12, 2023William Suberg
Elon Musk streams, Amazon partners with Immutable, MetalCore preview: Web3 GamerX’s new gaming feature, exclusive Q&A with Cronos Labs’ Ella Qiang, Immutable’s cloud titan partner.Oct 12, 2023Erhan Kahraman
Eleanor Terrett on impersonators and a better crypto industry: Hall of FlameFox Business producer Eleanor Terrett’s following exploded after she began providing commentary on the SEC v. Ripple lawsuit.Oct 12, 2023Ciaran Lyons
Circle admitted by judge as amicus curiae in SEC vs. Binance lawsuit: ReportThe orders to pass the pending motion come just a day before the key hearing between Binance and the SEC on Oct. 12.Oct 12, 2023Prashant Jha
Crypto lending invalidated by Chinese court in second landmark rulingThe plaintiff, Mr. Ming, will have no judicial relief to recoup his 80,000 Tether loan after its borrower defaulted.Oct 12, 2023Zhiyuan Sun
Court approves Genesis settlement of $175M to FTX, expunges billions in claimsGenesis reportedly said the $175 million settlement was “fair and equitable,” while FTX creditors wanted to contest it.Oct 12, 2023Helen Partz
Platypus DeFi loses $2.2M in another flash loan exploitThe attack marks the third time Platypus has been exploited in 2023, with one incident taking $8.5 million in February and another taking $157,000 in July.Oct 12, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Caroline Ellison testimony: SBF bribed Chinese officials for $150M to unfreeze fundsCaroline Ellison, the star witness in the Sam Bankman-Fried criminal trial, testified that SBF tried to use identities linked to Thai sex workers to unfreeze funds before bribing Chinese officials for millions.Oct 12, 2023Savannah Fortis
Japanese yen-backed digital currency, DCJPY, to go live in July 2024Digital currency and electronic payments business DeCurret Holdings intends to launch the coin in July 2024.Oct 12, 2023David Attlee
Coinbase spot trading volume falls by 52% compared to 2022: ReportCoinbase recorded around $76 billion in spot trading volume, sharply declining compared to the same quarter in 2022.Oct 12, 2023Ezra Reguerra
BarnBridge DAO votes to comply with SEC orderThe voting ended with a unanimous decision to comply with the SEC’s potential demands and pay fines if necessary.Oct 12, 2023David Attlee
Trezor releases new hardware wallet and metal private key backupTrezor is celebrating its 10th anniversary by releasing three new self-custody products, with a focus on providing entry-level devices.Oct 12, 2023Helen Partz
BlackRock seeks court crackdown on 44 copycat sites, some crypto adjacentThe world’s largest asset manager wants to take control of a raft of domain names that have been registered to imitate it.Oct 12, 2023Martin Young
ARK’s amended spot Bitcoin ETF filing is a ‘good sign’ of future approvalARK Invest and 21Shares amended spot Bitcoin ETF filing seemingly addresses earlier concerns highlighted by the SEC, which is a good sign of progress, according to Bloomberg’s ETF analysts.Oct 12, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Alameda Research lost $190M to scams and ‘questionable’ blockchains: WhistleblowerFormer Alameda Research engineer Aditya Baradwaj says one trader lost more than $100 million after clicking on a fake link.Oct 12, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Decentralized finance yet to pose ‘meaningful risk’ to stability — EU regulatorThe European Securities and Markets Authority argued that DeFi was still too small to pose any sizeable risks to overall financial stability, but should be monitored.Oct 12, 2023Martin Young
WOO Network to sever ties with Three Arrows Capital after share buybackWOO Network said it had agreed to repurchase all the tokens and equity previously held by collapsed hedge fund Three Arrows Capital.Oct 12, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Stars Arena recovers 90% of stolen funds after offering $257K bountyThe exploiter of the Web3 social media platform agreed to keep a 10% bounty in exchange for returning the remainder of the stolen funds.Oct 12, 2023Jesse Coghlan