Regulation

According to former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, a single tweet from Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao contributed to the failure of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Testifying in Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial on Oct. 12, Ellison reportedly placed part of the blame for the collapse of FTX on CZ’s social media activity. In the now

China opened an industrial park dedicated to developing the digital yuan ecosystem on Oct. 11, according to Chinese press reports. This is the first such park dedicated to the central bank digital currency (CBDC), which is also referred to as the e-CNY. The industrial park is located in the Luohu district of Shenzhen adjacent to

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have filed parallel lawsuits against Stephen Ehrlich, the former CEO of crypto lending firm Voyager Digital. In an Oct. 12 announcement, the CFTC said it had filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Ehrlich

Anonymous hackers of the now-defunct exchange FTX have been moving large amounts of assets stolen from the platform, with new transactions occurring just as the ongoing trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried gets underway. As much as 72,500 Ether (ETH) of stolen assets from FTX has awakened for the first time since the exchange was hacked

Evidence presented in court as a part of the ongoing criminal trial against Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, former CEO of crypto exchange FTX, reveals SBF believed Binance leaked an Alameda balance sheet to the media in 2022. On Oct. 11, Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, said SBF created a memo that dates back to

A New York bankruptcy judge has approved a settlement between bankrupt cryptocurrency firms FTX and Genesis Global Trading (GGC), allowing FTX-affiliated Alameda Research to get $175 million from GGC. The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York gave the green light to the settlement agreement between FTX and GGC’s parent company

United States District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the District Court for the District of Columbia has reportedly signed multiple orders to clear pending motions in the ongoing lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against crypto exchange Binance ahead of a crucial hearing. Among the key orders, Jackson cleared an amicus brief

BarnBridge decentralized autonomous organization’s (DAO) members have conducted their voting on how to react to the United States Securities Exchange Commission’s (SEC) potential demands.  The voting ended on Oct. 12 with an unanimous decision to comply with the SEC’s potential demands and pay fines if necessary. Tyler Ward and Troy Murray were nominated as DAO’s

FTX’s sister hedge fund, Alameda Research, lost at least $190 million of its trading funds due to arguably avoidable scams, according to a former engineer at the firm. In an Oct. 12 post to X titled “The Hacks,” former Alameda Research engineer turned whistleblower Aditya Baradwaj claims that the firm’s “breathtaking” agility led to “major

Seven members of the United States Senate have called on the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to advance a rule imposing certain tax reporting requirements for crypto brokers “as swiftly as possible”. In an Oct. 10 letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, a group of U.S. senators including

The Malaysia-based Hata has received in-principle approval from Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) to register as a Recognized Market Operator (RMO) as a digital asset exchange and digital broker. The approval means Hata could launch its services in six to nine months. Hata will become the fifth regulated digital asset exchange in Malaysia and the first

Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison claimed in court that Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried attempted to raise equity for FTX by considering an investment from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, or MBS. Addressing the court at SBF’s criminal trial Oct. 11, Ellison reportedly said she had discussed ways of hedging Alameda investments with Bankman-Fried in

Testifying on the sixth day of Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial in New York, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison admitted to providing fudged numbers for review by Genesis. According to reports from the courtroom on Oct. 11, Ellison claimed Bankman-Fried directed her to create “alternative” balance sheets on Alameda’s use of crypto exchange FTX’s

Bitfinex’s parent company, iFinex, has proposed buying back $150 million worth of the company’s shares from users who were offered them as compensation for the $71 million hack on the Bitfinex crypto exchange in 2016, according to Bloomberg. IFinex revealed its plans to buy back the shares in a shareholder letter dated Sept. 22. The digital

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) — the European Union’s financial markets supervisory authority — released an article on decentralized finance (DeFi) and the risks it poses to the EU market on Oct. 11.  In a 22-page report, the ESMA admits the promised benefits of DeFi, such as greater financial inclusion, the development of innovative

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had to publicly insist that their project, one of the world’s first operating central bank digital currencies (CBDC), doesn’t threaten the country’s financial stability.  The press release from the CBN came out on Oct. 9 in response to “news items on some media platforms,” suggesting that the eNaira threatens

Digital assets should not be seen as “somehow special,” nor should action against Coinbase be seen as “novel or extraordinary,” argues an association of North American securities regulators. In an Oct. 10 filing in a New York District Court supporting the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) argued

A bipartisan parliamentary committee has urged the British government to protect creators from copyright infringement associated with nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and address potential harms from sporting groups issuing digital assets. In an Oct. 11 press release, Culture, Media and Sport Committee members warned the “most pressing issue” was the risk to artists’ intellectual property rights

A Brazilian congressional committee has recommended local law enforcement move to indict Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” and three other Binance executives following a probe into financial pyramid schemes in Brazil. On Oct. 10 the committee released a 500-page final report accusing Zhao and local Binance executives Daniel Mangabeira, Guilherme Haddad Nazar and Thiago Carvalho of

At the time of publication, half of the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States was largely paralyzed following a vote ousting then Speaker Kevin McCarthy. U.S. lawmakers voted to declare the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives vacant on Oct. 3, marking the first time in the history of