Crypto Advocate Sees ‘Silver Lining’ for the Industry in SEC’s Warning to Coinbase

Crypto lender Genesis Global Capital has sued cryptocurrency exchange Gemini Trust, its former business partner, to recover more than $689 million, according to a court filing late on Tuesday.It alleges that Gemini made preferential transfers of the "aggregate gross amount of no less than approximately $689,302,000" from Genesis at the expense of other creditors and

Apparently, the Securities and Exchange Commission thinks the NFT market is a securities market. On Tuesday, August 27, NFT marketplace OpenSea received a Wells notice from the SEC. A Wells notice is a formal notification that the SEC staff intends to file a civil enforcement action against the recipient. While a Wells notice is a

opinion Roham Gharegozlou is the CEO of Dapper Labs, the company behind the viral blockchain game CryptoKitties. Brian Flynn works on the Dapper Labs product team.  Introducing as many people as possible to the benefits of decentralization is a cause almost everyone in this industry shares. The issue is that, in making the technology more…

Feb 27, 2020 at 01:05 UTCUpdated Feb 27, 2020 at 01:32 UTCWater ripple. Credit: ShutterstockThe cryptocurrency markets were shaken yesterday amid a flurry of selling that saw more than $190 million worth of longs and shorts liquidated on well-known derivatives exchange BitMEX.According to data analytics provider Skew, around $6.1 million buy and $190 million sell…

Jan 23, 2020 at 20:00 UTCUpdated Jan 23, 2020 at 20:31 UTCThere is an ongoing debate in the crypto community about where mainstream adoption will come from. One point of view is it will be the slow, steady acceptance of digital assets. On that front, Bakkt President Adam White said in Davos yesterday the company…

PodcastsMarkets Daily Crypto RoundupLISTEN: Charles Cascarilla – PayPal Whisperer – Most Influential 2020Listen onIcons/Big/Google-PodcastsApple PodcastsIcons/Big/SpotifySpotifyIcons/Big/PocketcastsPocket CastsIcons/Big/Apple-PodcastsGoogle PodcastsIcons/Big/CastboxCastboxIcons/Big/StitcherStitcherIcons/Big/RadioPublicRadioPublicIcons/Big/RssRSS FeedDec 28, 2020Adam B. LevineHostLyllah LedesmaHostIn this special episode of Markets Daily, CoinDesk Podcasts editor Adam B. Levine reads Zack Seward’s profile of Charles Cascarilla, one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential People in 2020.This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com,…

Bitdeer generated $100 million in proceeds from the private placement, which could grow to $150 million if fully exercised.Tether now has a unit specifically focused on investments in bitcoin mining.Stablecoin company Tether has agreed to purchase up to $150 million worth of shares in bitcoin (BTC) miner Bitdeer (BTDR).Bitdeer entered into a subscription agreement for

Mar 24, 2020 at 17:30 UTCUpdated Mar 24, 2020 at 17:42 UTCMarcelo M. Prates is a lawyer at the Central Bank of Brazil and holds a doctorate from Duke University School of Law. The views expressed here are his and do not reflect the position or policy of any of the institutions with which he…

NEWS Sep 10, 2018 at 16:00 UTC Blockchain research firm and accelerator Cryptic Labs has just taken on two Nobel-winning economists as advisors. Announced in a press release Monday, joining the firm's economics advisory board are Dr. Eric S. Maskin and Sir Christopher Pissarides, who will "provide insights in incentive mechanisms, game theory and macro-economic policies." Dr.…