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Oct 12, 2020 at 14:59 UTCUpdated Oct 12, 2020 at 15:12 UTCGrayscale Managing Director Michael Sonnenshein (CoinDesk archives)Bitcoin and Ether Rally After Grayscale’s ETH Trust Becomes SEC-ReportingBitcoin (BTC) advanced to fresh two-month highs on Monday while ether (ETH) clocked three-week highs after Grayscale reported that its Ethereum Trust has become an SEC reporting company.BTC, the…

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest Prices(CoinDesk)Top StoriesBitcoin kicked off the week by reclaiming $69,000 as crypto assets ticked up across the board during the European morning. BTC is priced around $69,200 at

Perhaps you haven’t noticed but crypto has become a laughingstock in respectable traditional finance, or TradFi, circles. We have transitioned from being the smart, nouveau riche kid at the party to being the clown in the corner, with questionable personal hygiene. The ongoing criminal trial of Sam Bankman-Fried cements this narrative and puts the clown

news The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has granted virtual currency licenses to two subsidiaries of crypto derivatives provider Seed CX. NYDFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell announced Monday that Seed Digital Commodities Market LLC (SCXM) and Zero Hash LLC, both of which operate under Seed CX, had received BitLicenses, while Zero Hash has also…

The world's largest asset manager will allow two of its funds to get into bitcoin futures, as Guggenheim speculates a market pullback in the near term.(Shutterstock)Jan 21, 2021 at 5:45 p.m. UTCBlockchain Bites: Crypto in the Red, BlackRock Green Lights Bitcoin FuturesBitcoin fell to lows last seen on Jan. 11. Some analysts point to Treasury…

The U.K. on Wednesday published notices encouraging crypto users to voluntarily report unpaid taxes to avoid penalties.A 2022 government survey showed 72% of crypto owners in the U.K. had not read its crypto tax guidance, but ignorance won't count as an excuse for tax evasion, experts told CoinDesk.Regulators can use a number of tactics, including

Binance, Binance.US and Changpeng Zhao argued that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did not meet the requirements of the "Howey Test" in its suit against the two companies and their founder in a new filing Tuesday.Binance and Zhao, more commonly known as "CZ," filed a reply to the SEC, alongside Binance.US, which submitted its

The U.S. government published an up-to-$5 million reward for information on OneCoin's Ruja Ignatova. Ignatova disappeared in Athens in 2017 after her Ponzi scheme fell apart. The U.S. State Department is offering a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest or conviction of OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova, the self-styled “Cryptoqueen,” who vanished in

Jack Schickler is a CoinDesk reporter focused on crypto regulations, based in Brussels, Belgium. He doesn’t own any crypto.Camomile Shumba is a CoinDesk regulatory reporter based in the UK. She previously worked as an intern for Business Insider and Bloomberg News. She does not currently hold value in any digital currencies or projects.The House of…