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news A U.S. federal court has largely denied crypto entrepreneur and self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he misappropriated billions of dollars’-worth of bitcoin from the estate of a former business partner. Wright is being sued by Ira Kleiman on behalf of the estate of his brother, the late…

The SEC Is Weighing a Bitcoin Futures ETF – Here’s What That Means

The distinction between a physical and futures-backed ETF is worth unpacking given that one may or may not have a better shot at SEC approval.

First Mover: Why Bitcoin Traders Couldn’t Give a Sat About the Twitter Hack

Jul 17, 2020 at 12:24 UTCFirst Mover: Why Bitcoin Traders Couldn’t Give a Sat About the Twitter HackCryptocurrency traders yawned at one of the year’s biggest news stories for bitcoin, with prices barely budging as the digital-asset industry became a primary victim of this week’s massive hack on Twitter accounts. The notoriously volatile bitcoin slid…

FTX Seeks to Claw Back Nearly $4B in Ongoing Bankruptcy Case

Nikhilesh De is CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation. He owns marginal amounts of bitcoin and ether.Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX wants to claw back nearly $4 billion in funds from similarly bankrupt Genesis Global Capital, the company said in a court filing Wednesday.Genesis was "largely repaid" the nearly $8 billion in loans made…

PayPal Cuts Service to Crypto-Funded Domain Registrar Hosting Right-Wing Sites

Oct 26, 2020 at 10:13 UTCUpdated Oct 26, 2020 at 10:19 UTCPayPal has stopped working with controversial domain registrar and hosting service Epik, a company providing services to far-right groups.A report by Mashable on Saturday said Epik claimed in open letters that the PayPal block is due to "anti-conservative bias." However, PayPal said it had…

Celestia’s TIA Token Pops 22% as Staking, ‘Modular’ Narrative Gains Favor

Celestia’s TIA token gained over 22% in the past 24 hours, bucking the muted broader market trend, as investor interest in staking TIA gained momentum alongside rising hype for the blockchain's underlying technology.TIA traded at just under $17 in the early Asian morning hours Friday before giving back some gains. It recorded nearly $800 million

EU Lawmakers Call to Reduce Tech Dependency on Other Countries With Metaverse Strategy

European Union lawmakers want the 27-nation bloc to take the lead on shaping the metaverse in order to reduce technological dependencies on other countries and support EU businesses.The call was part of a report by the European Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection on opportunities, risks and policy implications of virtual worlds. The

Tether’s $100M Investment in LatAm Agriculture Firm May Be a Tokenization Play

Tether acquired a nearly 10% stake for $100 million in NYSE-listed agricultural conglomerate Adecoagro SA, a regulatory filing shows. Agrotoken, together with Adecoagro, started the development of three stablecoins, SOYA, CORA and WHEA, which allow producers to have their own currency represented in grains, Agrotoken CEO Novillo Astrada said. Tether is also working on a

Bitcoin’s Rise Fuelled by U.S. Investors Buying Ahead of Potential Spot ETF Approval: Matrixport

The world’s largest cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC), has risen 25% in the last month, with most of these gains accumulating during U.S. trading hours, crypto services provider Matrixport said in a note on Wednesday.“This is a significant development and shows that U.S. institutions and U.S. investors are embracing the news that a U.S.-listed spot bitcoin exchange-traded-fund

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