First Mover Asia: Crypto VC Funding Was Resilient in the Bear Market. It’s Now Powering Through This Mini-Bull Cycle

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Non-crypto related deposits held by former Signature Bank (now Signature Bridge Bank) will be assumed by Flagstar Bank, N.A., a subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp, as of Monday, according to the FDIC. Custodia Bank founder and CEO Caitlin Long reacted. Plus, former White House National Security Council Director of Cybersecurity and Secure Digital Innovation Carole House discussed her new role on the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee.

Sam Bankman-Fried will find out this week if he is potentially facing decades in prison. Judge Lewis Kaplan is set to sentence him for his conviction last year on two fraud charges and five conspiracy charges tied to the operation and collapse of FTX.A Presentence Investigation Report, compiled by a probation officer, recommends a 100-year

Protocol Village: McLaren Data Tracker on Minima Blockchain Could Prevent Race Cheating

June 12: Minima, describing itself as the only blockchain lightweight enough to run entirely on mobile and device chips, says it's working with Influx Technology to integrate a data tracker into a McLaren GT4 – a capability that could improve racing performance as well as prevent cheating. According to a press release: "Data points on

The Next Phase of DeFi Is Here

The crypto market is entering a new phase in 2024 with renowned optimism. Having overcome the turmoil of the last 18 months and bolstered by recent regulatory approvals, the shifts in monetary policy and new Web3 innovations are paving the way for a new wave of crypto innovation.Developments in decentralized finance (DeFi) are especially promising.

Real World Asset Tokenization Is Fake News

"Tokenization," particularly of "real world assets," or RWAs, has recently been touted as the next big thing in crypto. Most people do not make the connection that this trend is just another form of security tokens, a term you may not have heard since 2018 (for good reason).Dave Hendricks is the co-founder and CEO of

CasperLabs Raises $14M From Launch-Day Node Runners

Oct 21, 2020 at 16:00 UTCBlockchain startup CasperLabs has banked $14 million from investors who pledged to secure its proof-of-stake Casper network at launch.CasperLabs CEO Mrinal Manohar confirmed the private CLX token presale to CoinDesk and further revealed that Digital Strategies had led the investment, with headline participation from HashKey Capital and Blockchange Ventures, as…

Bitcoin Sees Little Price Boost From Long-Term Bull Cross

markets View Bitcoin continues to trade flat despite a bullish crossover of the 100- and 200-period moving averages on the three-day chart – a lagging indicator. BTC may lack clear directional bias for the next few weeks, historical data indicates. Daily and 4-hour charts continue to call a drop to recent lows below $7,800. A…

Crypto Custodian Anchorage Teases Growth Plan With 2 Executive Hires

May 21, 2020 at 17:15 UTCUpdated May 21, 2020 at 18:04 UTCAnchorage CEO Nathan McCauley (Credit: CoinDesk archives)Anchorage now has six executives in its C-suite, hiring a head of finance and head of sales with experience in both tech and Wall Street. Julie Veltman, who’s joining the crypto custodian as head of finance, has issued…

Bitcoin an ‘Emerging Competitor’ to Gold, Says CME’s Chief Economist

Blu Putnam said gold's ongoing production, likely to increase this year, contrasts with bitcoin's fixed supply.(Wit Olszewski/Shutterstock)Feb 4, 2021 at 8:41 a.m. UTCBitcoin an ‘Emerging Competitor’ to Gold, Says CME’s Chief EconomistBluford Putnam, chief economist and managing director of CME Group, believes bitcoin is an “emerging competitor” to gold.In a CME-presented explainer video posted by…

Why Author Brady Dale Is ‘Drowning’ in Sam Bankman-Fried

I am drowning in Sam. He's everywhere, and unlike any other CEO after a comparably colossal unwinding, he's not coming at me indirectly, via journalists searching out his history.No, this deluge is him. He won't stop. It's as if he can't stop, I want to get to get the story of FTX down, but how…

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