What to expect at Caroline Ellison’s sentencing hearing
The former Alameda Research CEO’s lawyers have requested time served, and prosecutors seemed flattering in their sentencing memo, but what will Judge Lewis Kaplan say on Sept. 24?
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Play-to-earn (P2E) blockchain-based games gathered investors’ attention in late 2021, with Axie Infinity leading the pack with over 2 million active users. In P2E games, players are awarded tokens or nonfungible token assets (NFTs) as they progress throughout the game. These digital assets can be sold using marketplaces and cryptocurrency exchanges, generating income in a decentralized…

HKEX launches digital asset index as Hong Kong expands crypto licensing
The new index series from HKEX will offer a single reference price for Bitcoin and Ether, aligning with Asia-Pacific trading hours, and it aims to boost transparency in the digital asset market.

NFT firm Dropp GG set to launch ‘geo-minting’ and ‘mixed reality events’
Solana-based augmented reality and NFT platform Dropp GG is developing geographical-based NFT minting and “mixed reality events” tied to the Metaverse.The firm was founded in early 2021 and is progressively rolling out several initiatives over this year including partnered NFT drops, geo-minting events, virtual land plots with AR support, and a metaverse platform that maps…

PayPal’s PYUSD struggles with early adoption — Nansen
PayPal's stablecoin debut raised hopes for broader adoption and an introduction of cryptocurrencies to the masses. Early adoption trends paint a different picture. 65 Total views 7 Total shares PayPal recently released stablecoin PayPal USD (PYUSD) is facing challenges gaining traction, on-chain data reveal. According to findings from blockchain analytics firm Nansen, roughly 90% of…

Uniswap V3 launches — UNI prices surges by 8% in minutes
UNI, the governance token of Uniswap, the most widely utilized automated market maker (AMM) in DeFi, has surged significantly after the launch of Uniswap V3 on March 23. At just over $35 per token, UNI has gained nearly 23% in the past weekThe Uniswap team said:"Today, we are excited to present an overview of Uniswap…

Could the SEC case against Ripple falter over a conflict of interest?
Newly discovered documents could pose a major roadblock for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its case against Ripple if they prove a former commission official had a conflict of interest.The SEC has been embroiled in a legal battle against blockchain company Ripple (XRP) since 2020 in which the crypto company and senior executives…

National Fisheries Institute and IBM’s Food Trust Work on Seafood Blockchain Traceability
United States seafood trade association National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is working with IBM’s blockchain supply chain solution Food Trust to trace seafood, food-related news outlet FoodOnline reports on June 11.Per the report, this is the first effort to track multiple seafood species jointly pursued by multiple companies. Furthermore, NFI members representing harvesters, importers, processors, cold…

Zuck got PUNKed — new Metaverse-linked ETF shorts Meta shares in holdings
“Facebook seems to be the antithesis of what actual consumers want their digital futures to look like,” said Subversive Capital Advisor founder Michael Auerbach. 1104 Total views 9 Total shares An exchange-traded fund linked to companies involved with the Metaverse launched on the Cboe BZX Exchange — shorting shares of Facebook’s parent company, Meta.The Subversive…