Monthly Archives: August 2024

A pleasant Tuesday summer evening in the U.S. was upended when bitcoin (BTC) plunged nearly 6% in a handful of minutes, more than erasing sizable gains seen late last week after a dovish turn by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the teaming up of pro-crypto presidential candidates Donald Trump and RFK Jr. After touching

Teng rejected claims that Binance had seized "all funds from all Palestinians," as publicized on X. The exchange complies with anti-money laundering legislation, like all financial institutions, he said. A letter in the original post shows a rejected appeal by a wallet holder against a seizure order from November, but it doesn't identify the recipient.

In recent op-eds, Bloomberg and Better Markets both weigh in against the crypto industry giving to candidates for office they believe would support efforts on behalf of digital assets. Leaving aside their First Amendment rights to do so, as a former Democratic Commissioner at the CFTC and now involved in regulatory compliance issues, I feel

Cryptocurrencies of non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces dipped during Wednesday U.S. morning hours following news of OpenSea facing potential U.S. regulatory action. Adding to earlier losses alongside a broad crypto decline begun Tuesday evening U.S. hours, Blur (BLUR) fell another 5% in the minutes following the news before a modest bounce. It's now down 10% over

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is set to appear in a French court Wednesday following the head of the popular social-media and messaging platform's arrest on Saturday at an airport near Paris. He was initially held as part of an investigation into crimes allegedly planned or broadcasted on Telegram. The crimes included money laundering, drug trafficking