The United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accepted Valkyrie’s Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal for official review. According to data from the SEC’s Nasdaq rulemaking list, Valkyrie’s proposal for its spot Bitcoin ETF entered the official docket on July 17. Valkyrie’s listing on the docket is the second spot Bitcoin ETF proposal
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Bankrupt cryptocurrency lending firm Celsius has requested the court to grant relief in the motion related to the distribution of funds from its sale of the self-custody platform GK8. The Celsius Network’s debtors on July 17 submitted a filing stating that its Series B holders have agreed on a settlement to distribute $25 million from
A United States-based crypto mining company, Marathon Digital, heads to court, as its shareholders allege that CEO Fred Thiel, alongside other top executives, committed a breach of fiduciary duties, unjust enrichment and waste of corporate assets. A shareholder complaint against Fred Thiel and nine other Marathon executives was filed in the United States District Court
Three months after Faruk Fatih Özer — the founder and former CEO of Thodex — was detained in Türkiye, he received a prison sentence of seven months and 15 days for failing to submit documents requested during the trial. Thodex was once one of the biggest crypto exchanges in Türkiye before it suddenly shut down
Caroline Pham, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner, believes the path to United States crypto regulatory clarity has been laid out following Ripple’s partial victory. Speaking on Bloomberg TV on July 17, Commissioner Pham said recent big court decisions regarding the classification of crypto assets will eventually lead to regulatory clarity. “You know, last
Gary Gensler, the chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, believes staff at its agency could benefit from greater use of artificial intelligence. During a July 17 speech before the National Press Club, where he later broke his silence about the recent Ripple court ruling, Gensler listed several potential use cases of AI that could
Crypto firms and influencers may need to start slapping disclaimers on crypto memes to stay compliant with advertising laws in the United Kingdom, according to a new proposed guidance from the country’s financial regulator. On July 17, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released a proposed guidance on social media financial promotions which targets promotional memes
Cathie Wood, the founder and CEO of ARK Investment Management, said she remains bullish over Coinbase in light of Ripple’s partial victory over the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13. While Wood noted the ruling wasn’t in outright favor of Ripple, she lauded the outcome as “by and large, very positive for [crypto] exchanges.”
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler has commented publicly about the last week’s ruling on the agency’s suit against Ripple. Gensler gave a talk on artificial intelligence at the National Press Club on July 17 and was asked about the ruling during the questions and answers afterward. Does the ruling affect his stance
Timothy Massad, former chair of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has said though a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Ripple court ruling may impact the way businesses and lawmakers address crypto, his call for regulatory clarity remains the same. In a July 7 op-ed with The Wall Street Journal, Massad and
Given the current push for crypto regulation, the industry breathed a sigh of relief on July 13 as Ripple Labs scored a partial victory in its legal battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dating back to 2020. Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New
The July 13 ruling on the suit filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has led to unprecedented interest in the XRP token. In the few days since the court decision, a jump in XRP (XRP) trading has seen it surpass all other cryptos in monthly volume, according to Kaiko. In a research report
ChatGPT eats cannibals ChatGPT hype is starting to wane, with Google searches for “ChatGPT” down 40% from its peak in April, while web traffic to OpenAI’s ChatGPT website has been down almost 10% in the past month. This is only to be expected — however GPT-4 users are also reporting the model seems considerably dumber
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) — an international organization that monitors the global financial system — has come up with a global regulatory framework for crypto. The guidelines recommended to the 20 leading economies of the world, known as the G20, are crafted upon the principle of “same activity, same risk, same regulation.” A public
Another “Big Four” bank in Australia has said it will put blocks on certain cryptocurrency platforms, citing high levels of scams risk in the industry. National Australia Bank (NAB) on July 17 officially announced a set of new measures to protect customers from fraud as part of its “bank-wide scam strategy.” Alongside halting “millions in
Former Securities and Exchange Commission official John Reed Stark spoke out against the recent ruling on Ripple Lab’s case, calling the decision “troublesome on multiple fronts” in a LinkedIn analysis. Stark broke down Judge Analisa Torres’ decision from July 13 by examining the grounds upon which she ruled in favor of Ripple in a lawsuit
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will face a prolonged process before having the chance to appeal Judge’s Torres favorable ruling in the case against Ripple. On July 13, Judge Torres ruled partially in favor of Ripple Labs in a case brought forth by the Securities and Exchange
United States presidential candidate Ron DeSantis once again criticized central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), arguing against the possibility of a digital dollar in the country. Speaking at the Family Leadership Summit on July 14, DeSantis promised to ban CBDCs in the U.S. if he is elected president. “If I am the president, on day one,
A third-party entity named “Eeon” has stepped forward to intervene in the case, representing the interests of Binance’s customers regarding the lawsuit filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Binance. As stated in the filing with the District Court for the District of Columbia, Eeon claims that the SEC and Binance’s
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accepted https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/nasdaq.htm application for a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) following its acknowledgment of a similar application by Bitwise the day before. The SEC’s acknowledgment indicates the commencement of the official review process for BlackRock’s ETF proposal. While it is an initial step in a
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