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Dec 30, 2019 at 18:59 UTCUpdated Dec 30, 2019 at 20:03 UTCThurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse (Photo via WikiCommons)Virgil Griffith is slated to be released to his parents' home in Alabama pending some pre-release conditions, after a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Vernon Broderick in New York Monday."Laws in this country are not suggestions," Judge…

Oct 7, 2020 at 09:00 UTCUpdated Oct 7, 2020 at 09:07 UTCChinese tech companies were once seen as copycats of their Western peers: Alibaba was a knockoff of eBay and Baidu imitated Google. More recently, Chinese firms like TikTok and Huawei have established such dominant international positions that U.S. authorities have tried to hold them…

Dec 3, 2019 at 22:25 UTCUpdated Dec 3, 2019 at 22:25 UTCImage via Wikimedia CommonsState Street, the global custodian bank, has taken a new direction with its blockchain strategy and cut scores of developer jobs in the process, people familiar with the situation said.The focus is now more on digital assets such as tokenized stocks…

Valkyrie Digital Assets refiled its application for a spot bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, joining asset managers including BlackRock and Fidelity in taking another stab at the process.The Tennessee-based asset manager filed a new 19b-4 paper saying crypto exchange Coinbase would act as the partner for a so-called…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Krisztian Sandor is a reporter on the U.S. markets team focusing on stablecoins and institutional investment. He holds BTC and ETH.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.MakerDAO’s community on Monday approved…

Rosie Perper is the Deputy Managing Editor for the Web3 news section, focusing on the metaverse, NFTs, DAOs and emerging technology like VR/AR. She has previously worked across breaking news, global finance, tech, culture and business. She holds a small amount of BTC and ETH and several NFTs.Sky Mavis, the creator of non-fungible token (NFT)…

Two of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization are now trading at their lowest level in a year. Ethereum, the world's second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell to its lowest price since 2017 on Wednesday, a development shared by Cardano, the world's ninth largest by market capitalization. At 16:00 UTC, during the middle…

Japan is set to implement stricter anti-money laundering measures, including the so-called "travel rule" of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) from June 1, according to local news outlet Kyodo News.The decision was made by Japan's cabinet on Tuesday after the nation's anti-money laundering steps were deemed insufficient by global financial crimes watchdog FATF, the…

Benchmark assumed coverage of Galaxy Digital with a buy rating and a C$19 price target.The digital assets platform is set to benefit from improving political sentiment towards cryptocurrencies, the broker saidThe approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in January was a boost for the company, the report said.Galaxy Digital (GLXY) is well positioned to benefit from