U.S. feds forget to seize $400k in Bitcoin forks
Crypto research firm Coinfirm has found that US authorities have left “substantial funds” left on various cryptocurrency wallets seized from criminals over the years,...
Law Decoded: Green lights of the SEC, black flags of Binance, Nov. 13–20
Libel laws and new faces at the U.S. securities regulator lead the week's news.
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BitMEX parent company undergoes leadership change following CFTC charges
BitMEX has long been a polarizing platform within the crypto industry, with it being the trading venue of choice for those utilizing margin, while...
FCA bans the sale of crypto-derivatives to retail customers in the U.K.
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a new set of rules banning the sale of crypto derivatives to retail consumers in the...
Chainalysis and Texas firm win million-dollar IRS contract to crack Monero
On Wednesday, the IRS awarded two $625,000 contracts looking for tracing tools for privacy token Monero and Layer 2 protocols. The winners were blockchain...
Nexo founder feels vindicated by the FinCen leak, talks of double-standards
Nexo co-founder Antoni Trenchev told Cointelegraph that he believes the information revealed during the recent FinCen leak vindicates the crypto industry. According to the...
South Korean regulators are not excited about Ethereum NFTs
If you happened to drop by the crypto space on social media in recent weeks, NFTs, short for non-fungible tokens, look to be the...
Visa, Goldman Sachs and Mick Mulvaney join leading blockchain trade association
On Wednesday, the Chamber of Digital Commerce announced the addition of Visa, Goldman Sachs and Six Digital Exchange (SDX) to its executive committee. Mick...
Booming African crypto adoption drives concerns over regulation
2020 has seen an acceleration in African crypto adoption, with the continent emerging as the second-largest region for peer-to-peer (P2P) trading, and two African...
Digital euro will not be a substitute for cash: ECB President
Any digital currency released in the European Union may not fully replace fiat, said the President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde.Speaking at...
Mark Cuban-backed $31 million ICO “Unikrn” agrees to US SEC fines
Unikrn, a Seattle-based e-sports platform, has agreed to pay a $6 million fine to settle a complaint by the US Securities and Exchange Commission...
Governments vs. blockchain privacy, Sept. 4-11
Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s noteOne of the most persistent...
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Ripple (XRP) has no plans to settle SEC lawsuit. It’s prepared to go to trial
Ripple plans to take the ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit all the way to trial, saying it does not intend to settle...
Ethereum Leads ahead of Traditional Markets Performance over the Past 30 Days
The London Hardfork or EIP 1559 upgrade that got activated in August seems to have boosted Ethereum’s performance in the last 30 days.
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BTC price falls back to $47K as weekly close neatly tracks Bitcoin futures gap
Bitcoin (BTC) retested $47,000 on Sept. 19 as the weekly close looked set to hinge on the CME futures gap.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp)....
What Is Avalanche? The Layer 1 Blockchain’s Ecosystem Unpacked
Key Takeaways
Avalanche is a Layer 1 blockchain that achieves high throughput and offers compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine.
Network activity has soared in...
