FTX Bankruptcy Judge Denies US Trustee’s Request for Independent Examiner
The judge presiding over the FTX bankruptcy case has denied the U.S. Trustee’s request to appoint an independent examiner for...
Month: February 2023
Bitcoin Ordinal Inscriptions Surge Past 100,000 Mark, Spurring Development of Supporting Infrastructure
According to the latest statistics, more than 100,000 ordinal inscriptions have been added to the Bitcoin blockchain since the start...
Napster Expands Into Web3 Music Space With Acquisition of Mint Songs
On Wednesday, Napster, the music streaming service originally launched in 1999, announced that the company has finalized a deal to...
El Salvador Considers Opening Second Bitcoin Embassy in Texas to Boost Economic Exchange
On Feb. 14, 2023, Milena Mayorga, the Salvadoran ambassador to the United States, announced that her country is considering opening...
The SEC shook Kraken down for $30M, but it doesn’t mean they had a case
Kraken agreed to a settlement with the SEC, but that didn’t change the law. Staking does not constitute a security....
US lawmakers reintroduce bill to remove roadblocks for crypto investments in retirement accounts
Four Republican senators have signed on to a bill aimed at barring the U.S. Department of Labor from investigating individuals...
FDIC warns CEX.IO and its reviewers to remove potentially false claims about insurance
The U.S. federal agency found a claim about deposit insurance in the fine print on the exchange’s website and on...
Abu Dhabi to back the growth of Web3 startups with $2B
The initiative promises to provide Web3 startups with access to corporate, government, and investment partners in both global markets and...
France’s top museum to display NFTs: Nifty Newsletter, Feb 8–14
France’s top modern art museum will showcase NFTs from collections like CryptoPunks and Autoglyphs. In this week’s newsletter, read about...
Price analysis 2/15: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC
Bitcoin and select altcoins have rebounded sharply off their support levels, a possible sign that traders are buying the recent...
Judge allows release of guarantors’ identities behind Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail
Court documents showed Stanford University research scientist Andreas Paepcke and former Stanford Law School dean Larry Kramer signed on as...
EC launches blockchain regulatory sandbox for 20 projects annually through 2026
The sandbox will match up public and private sector projects with the appropriate participating regulators for assessments and consultations. The...
SEC enforcement action creates a silver lining for GMX, Lido (LDO) and Maker (MKR) price
Traders are pivoting into decentralized solutions like GMX, LDO and MKR as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cracks down...
Zipmex says it may resume 100% of Z wallet withdrawals subject to conditions
The creditors have until February 21, 2023, to vote on a new scheme proposed by the company. According to a...
Kansas state lawmakers look to cap crypto political donations at $100
Under the proposed amendments, crypto campaign contributions under $100 were acceptable, provided the receiver immediately convert the funds to USD...
