Ohio Becomes Latest US State to Legally Recognize Blockchain Data

news QuadrigaCX, the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange, made headlines world last week when it announced it was filing for creditor protection and owed upwards of $130 million or more to its customers. The long-suffering exchange has had banking issues for more than a year, and customers complained they could not easily withdraw fiat or crypto over…

The U.S. Department of Justice thinks FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s proposed jury questions are “unnecessarily intrusive” and may be intended to support his defense.Bankman-Fried and the DOJ both proposed voir dire questions earlier this week, ranging from standard queries about whether potential jurors were familiar with the case to more specific questions about whether they

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed an enforcement action against a California man and his company for running an elaborate romance scam that swindled dozens of investors out of more than $1 million, according to a Thursday press release.The action, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleges…

Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Amitoj Singh is CoinDesk's regulatory reporter covering India. He holds BTC and ETH below CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000. Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market…

Featured SpeakerYat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and NFTs.Cam Thompson is a news reporter at CoinDesk.Featured SpeakerYat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and…

news It’s business as usual for CME Group’s bitcoin futures market, despite a retrenchment by rival derivatives exchange operator Cboe Global Markets. Contacted by CoinDesk Friday, a spokesperson for CME said the exchange has “no changes to announce re our bitcoin futures contract” and declined to comment on Cboe’s pullback. The affirmation is notable in…

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has revealed the names of five entities who have won participation in its stablecoin issuer sandbox. Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), Animoca Brands Ltd., JINGDONG Coinlink Technology Hong Kong Limited, RD InnoTech Limited and Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) Limited are the other five entities. A day after the Hong Kong

Ether ETFs experienced the largest outflows since July, with over $79 million exiting on Monday. The outflows were predominantly from Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust (ETHE), while other ETFs like Bitwise's ETHW saw minor inflows, highlighting Grayscale's significant influence on the market dynamics. Despite an 11% rise in ether prices due to favorable macroeconomic conditions like Fed

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