Court denies Kraken’s motion to dismiss SEC lawsuit

Ripple, whose business is built on providing financial institutions with an infrastructure to facilitate international payments and currency trades, has always been a more likely ally to governments and regulators than most other major blockchain projects and cryptocurrencies. Seeking to enhance rather than disrupt the operations of the legacy financial industry, the company has been…

Major cryptocurrency exchange Kraken made its WebSockets private Application Program Interface (API) available for all Kraken clients.On Oct. 24, Kraken reported on its blog that the first two messages of the private API have gone live to all of its clients after being in beta mode since the beginning of October.The new functionalitiesThe crypto exchange advertises…

Web3 advisor Hilary Kivitz discussed countermeasures that DAOs can employ against hostile takeovers during her talk at the EthCC 5. 137 Total views 27 Total shares At the Ethereum Community Conference 5 in Paris, France, a presenter explored decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) and what countermeasures they could employ against hostile takeovers. Hilary Kivitz, a Web3 advisor…

Do Bitcoin's market cycles depend on its structure as an asset, human psychology, or both? 1894 Total views 12 Total shares Since its launch approximately 12 years ago, Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a number of bull and bear cycles, each greater than the last. What drives these cycles, however? Decred co-founder Jake Yocom-Piatt claims that…

Most of the fundraising in the cryptocurrency space shifted from the Americas to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific regions (APAC), according to a recent report by Big Four auditing firm PwC.According to PwC's 2nd Global Crypto M&A and Fundraising Report, during 2019, fundraising efforts in the crypto space obtained…

In the aftermath of the recent BitMEX data leak, lawyer and general counsel at decentralized finance startup Compound Finance Jake Chervinsky raised the question of whether exposing the public to data risks that Know Your Client (KYC) requirements entail is worth it.It is about time we reconsider KYCIn a tweet posted on Nov. 1, Chervinsky…

“The pay disparities at Coinbase appear to be much larger than those in the tech industry as a whole," wrote the New York Times. 2426 Total views 13 Total shares San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase may have had a problem with paying its employees fairly based on gender and race. According to a report from The…

Memecoins linked to Joe, Jill, and Hunter Biden tanked more than 60% while a memecoin tied to US Vice President Kamala Harris rallied 133% before cooling off.