CFTC chair says agency is ‘handcuffed’ as crypto regulations stall: Report

Bybit officially announced that it launched ETHW trading against the USDT stablecoin, planning to soon open ETHW deposits and withdrawals. 964 Total views 12 Total shares Major cryptocurrency exchanges, FTX and Bybit, are among the first crypto trading platforms to launch spot trading for Ethereum proof-of-work (PoW) tokens.While the Ethereum blockchain has not forked into…

Meanwhile, the anti-virus mogul is still imprisoned in Spain. 1956 Total views 6 Total shares Crypto advocate and internet security pioneer John McAfee faces a number of different criminal charges, based on a new statement from the United States Department of Justice, or DoJ. The department accused McAfee of “conspiracy to commit commodities and securities fraud,…

Bitcoin (BTC) price faced fresh bearish sentiment Aug. 21 after a rejection of $11,000 sent markets tumbling hundreds of dollars in minutes.Market visualization. Source: Coin360$9K Levels on horizon for Bitcoin priceData from Coin360 shows BTC/USD topping out at just under $10,900 before reversing. Hours later, a sudden loss of support saw the pair dip to…

A long-running backer of the crypto industry, billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard recently invested in two digital asset startups. 867 Total views 1 Total shares Billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard continues backing the cryptocurrency industry with fresh investment in two digital asset startups.The co-founder of major asset manager Brevan Howard led a $25…

If there’s anything to take away from this federal class-action suit, it’s that this new opinion on ATB Coin provides further guidance on when a token might be considered a security under securities law in the United States.For those with a legal background, this piece is set up in a similar way to a case…

Two pro-cryptocurrency candidates have won seats to become governors of the U.S. states of California and Colorado in the country’s midterm gubernatorial elections, fintech news outlet TrustNodes reports Nov. 7.In the California race, Democrat contender Gavin Newsom sealed 59 percent of the electorate’s support to defeat the Republican Party’s John Cox. According to local newspaper…

The platform aims to consolidate the resources of academic institutions and enterprises in China, and bolster research efforts in areas related to the metaverse. 376 Total views 85 Total shares On May 22, Nanjing, the capital city of China’s eastern Jiangsu province, inaugurated the Chinese Blockchain Technology and Application Innovation Platform to foster and advance…

The regulator claims that Coinbase's document discovery requests are overly broad and disproportionate to the needs of the case.