SEC charges company behind Stoner Cats NFT series with unregistered securities sale The animated series, accessible only to NFT holders, had a cast that included Vitalik Buterin, Gary Vaynerchuk and Hollywood A-listers.Sep 13, 2023Derek Andersen
Bitcoin at $25K: Discount or disaster?This week, The Market Report discusses Bitcoin’s recent dip below $25,000 and what it means for the near future. Was it a discount or a disaster?Sep 13, 2023Marcel Pechman
Huobi’s new name, HTX, raises community eyebrowsThe name HTX represents the exchange, the blockchain project Tron and the company’s 10th anniversary.Sep 13, 2023Helen Partz
BNB Smart Chain Optimism-powered layer-2 opBNB hits mainnetBinance’s Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform, opBNB, is now publicly available, following extensive testing of the OP Stack-based platform.Sep 13, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Bitcoin price reacts as 3.7% CPI sees inflation jump beyond forecastsBTC’s price clings to $26,000, with Bitcoin traders braced for the Wall Street open, following the latest CPI report.Sep 13, 2023William Suberg
Gemini Earn users could recover all funds in new DCG remuneration scheme DCG suggests a new deal in Genesis bankruptcy, offering unsecured creditors 70%–90% baseline recovery; if approved, it would involve the renegotiation of a $630-million loan between Genesis and DCG.Sep 13, 2023Savannah Fortis
Are DAOs overhyped and unworkable? Lessons from the front linesMany contend that DAOs have failed to deliver on their promises, but developers are coming up with novel solutions.Sep 13, 2023Donovan Choy
North Korea’s Lazarus Group responsible for $55M CoinEx hack: ReportSecurity firm SlowMist estimated that at least $55 million in digital assets were taken by the CoinEx hackers.Sep 13, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Polygon co-founder: $1B bet on ZK-rollups paying offPolygon has allocated an estimated $1 billion on zero-knowledge technology underpinning its Ethereum scaling layer-2 solutions.Sep 13, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Opera browser debuts stablecoin wallet MiniPay in AfricaOpera’s new in-browser, noncustodial wallet runs on the Celo blockchain and targets the platform’s African user base for P2P stablecoin transactions.Sep 13, 2023Savannah Fortis
Adobe, IBM, Nvidia join US President Biden’s efforts to prevent AI misuseAdobe, IBM, Nvidia and five other companies have joined the initiative, unveiled in July, aimed at preventing the misuse of AI’s capabilities for harmful purposes.Sep 13, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
PayPal PYUSD stablecoin is 100% backed: Paxos transparency reportThe total assets held in PayPal USD custody “meet or exceed the token balance,” with total tokens outstanding amounting to $44.4 million as of Aug. 31, a Paxos report states.Sep 13, 2023Helen Partz
Emurgo to invest and fill 21 areas ‘missing’ from Cardano — CEOEmurgo founder and CEO Ken Kodama told Cointelegraph that the company has identified 21 areas that Cardano is missing but are present in other blockchains.Sep 13, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Nasdaq's Hashdex mixed Ether ETF filing joins crypto ETF raceKnown as the Hashdex Nasdaq Ethereum ETF, this investment fund is the first filing for futures and spot Ether holdings under the ‘33 Act and is overseen and supervised by Toroso Investments.Sep 13, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
Telegram integrates TON crypto wallet, Toncoin price jumps 7%Messaging app Telegram endorsed TON as its blockchain network of choice for Web3 infrastructure, boosting Toncoin’s price by 7%.Sep 13, 2023Prashant Jha
Coinbase to integrate Bitcoin Lightning Network: CEO Brian ArmstrongLighting Network helps Bitcoin solve its scalability problem and compete against newer cryptocurrency projects that promise comparatively faster and cheaper transactions.Sep 13, 2023Arijit Sarkar
Blockchain active users can be misleading metric: Crypto data scientist0xScope co-founder Philip Torres says it doesn’t take much effort to spin up thousands of blockchain wallet addresses and pump up user metrics.Sep 13, 2023Felix Ng
US ‘the only country’ crypto startups should avoid, says Ripple CEOBrad Garlinghouse says Singapore, the United Kingdom, the UAE and Switzerland are jurisdictions with “smart” crypto policies that he thinks the United States should adopt.Sep 13, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Rep. Tom Emmer reintroduces anti-CBDC bill to CongressThe bill would limit the Fed from issuing a CBDC, which Tom Emmer called a surveillance tool that would “undermine the American way of life.”Sep 13, 2023Martin Young
SBF’s lawyers want to quiz jurors on crypto, altruism and ADHDUnited States prosecutors, meanwhile, want to ask prospective jurors their beliefs on how cryptocurrency should be regulated.Sep 13, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Decentralized exchanges a magnet for crypto wash traders: Solidus LabsToken deployers and liquidity providers wash-traded over $2 billion worth of crypto on Ethereum-based DEXs since 2020, a Solidus Labs report claims.Sep 13, 2023Felix Ng
Binance.US cuts third of staff as CEO Brian Shroder leavesThe staff cut and departure comes amid legal action from United States regulators.Sep 13, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Israel, Hong Kong complete retail CBDC test emphasizing privacy, inclusivityThe Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Bank of Israel and Bank for International Settlements teamed up to address the complex issues of rCBDCs.Sep 12, 2023Derek Andersen
Sam Bankman-Fried’s temporary release request denied as trial date loomsLack of internet access wasn’t an insufficient ground to grant Sam Bankman-Fried’s temporary release, according to District Judge Lewis Kaplan.Sep 12, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Bitcoin derivatives data suggests BTC price holds the current rangeBTC investor sentiment turns increasingly bullish after this week’s quick rebound from a sharp price correction.Sep 12, 2023Marcel Pechman
Gary Gensler confirms SEC’s use of AI for financial surveillanceThe chair’s comments came in response to a query from Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto during a Senate oversight hearing.Sep 12, 2023Tristan Greene
OneCoin co-founder Greenwood gets 20 years in US jail for fraud, money launderingKarl Greenwood will also have to pay back the $300 million he made in commissions in the OneCoin pyramid scheme.Sep 12, 2023Derek Andersen
Petition hopes to stop US government agencies from using Chainalysis’ forensicsAccording to the petition on Change.org, Chainalysis’ unproven technology can lead to an assortment of privacy violations.Sep 12, 2023Derek Andersen
NYU law professors argue ‘personal growth bets’ using smart contracts should be legalThe duo’s paper says self-contracts can help a user quit smoking or lose weight, but incentives such as putting a bomb in one’s own skull would surely test the limits of the law.Sep 12, 2023Tristan Greene
Bitcoin data highlights 3 key reasons why investors don’t care about BTC priceBitcoin price is down, but three key metrics used by smart money traders continue to flash bullish signals.Sep 12, 2023Brian Nibley