The Department of Justice (DOJ) has affirmed its plan to summon former FTX clients, investors, and staff as witnesses in the upcoming trial involving Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX executive. This will shed light on how these individuals viewed their interactions with Bankman-Fried and his company. The DOJ submitted a letter motion in limine on
Amid growing skepticism about CommEx — the mysterious buyer of Binance’s Russian division — the newly launched firm has continued denying Binance’s ownership involvement. On Sept. 29, CommEx issued an open letter to the community, reiterating that the company is not owned by Binance, which announced its exit from Russia by selling the firm to
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has expressed worries regarding decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) exerting a monopoly over the selection of node operators in liquidity staking pools. In a September 30 blog post, Buterin issues a warning that as staking pools adopt the DAO approach for governance over node operators—who are ultimately responsible for the
Following Judge Analisa Torres’s ruling that programmatic XRP sales did not qualify as securities, the SEC filed an interlocutory appeal with the court. This meant that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) did not agree with the ruling, and while the interlocutory appeal has been approved by the court, pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton has
Aside from liquidity, what do institutions bring to crypto? What precisely is their value added? This is an instructive question to ponder, because there is little consensus on what deeper institutional participation means for an industry that is riven with contradictions. The long-running wait for Bitcoin ETF approval, giving pensions and funds exposure to BTC,
A United States appellate court directed the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August to reassess its denial of Grayscale’s application for a Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF). A little-noted consequence of that decision is that it could open the floodgates for $600 billion in new cash to enter the cryptocurrency market. ETFs provide investors
Top Stories This Week Ethereum futures ETFs to start trading next week Investment firm Valkyrie will start offering exposure to Ether futures in the coming days. On Sept. 28, the firm told Cointelegraph that its Bitcoin Strategy ETF will allow investors access to Ether and Bitcoin futures “under one wrapper,” making it one of the
The lawyer representing Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of the now-defunct exchange FTX, has claimed that the proposed jury questions for the upcoming fraud trial might have the potential to elicit biased responses. In a court filing on September 29, lawyer Mark Cohen, representing Bankman-Fried, contends that the jury questions presented by the US government
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls lost their grip on $27,000 into Sep. 30 as the monthly and quarterly close loomed large. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView Bitcoin braces for three key candle closes Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked a cooling off for BTC price action ahead of the key September candle print. The largest
Polygon Labs announced on Sep. 29 that Google Cloud has joined the Polygon PoS network as a validator. Google Cloud joins more than 100 other validators verifying transactions on its L2 Ethereum network. This month, @GoogleCloud became part of the decentralized validator set for Polygon PoS. The same infrastructure used to power @YouTube and @gmail
Venture capital firm Paradigm has criticized the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for bypassing the standard rulemaking procedures in its current legal action against the cryptocurrency exchange Binance. In a statement released on Friday, Sept. 29, Paradigm stated the SEC is attempting to use the allegations in its complaint to alter the law
Costco has made headlines this week after it rapidly sold out of gold bars. In times of economic uncertainty and rising inflation, it’s no surprise that investors are turning to traditional safe-haven assets like gold. The question is whether gold’s performance will eventually catapult its price above $2,050, a level last seen in early May.
Asset managers keep pursuing digital asset products, with Invesco and Galaxy Digital allegedly filing for a spot Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Sept. 29. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart disclosed the filing on X (formerly Twitter), even though the application hadn’t been uploaded to the SEC’s public database at the time of writing. Invesco
In a significant announcement, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has shortlisted Ripple Labs alongside eight other firms as potential technology partners for its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot project titled “Digital GEL.” Ripple Is In The Shortlist Of Nine In an official press release dated September 28, 2023, the NBG disclosed its intent
Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to trade above $27,000 which is a positive sign. In the past few days, Bitcoin’s price held up above $26,000 in adverse conditions when the United States dollar index (DXY) was rising sharply and the S&P 500 index (SPX) was plunging. This suggests that selling dries up at lower levels. The
The United States House of Representatives has rejected a bill passed on by the Senate aimed at funding the government, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s proposals have so far failed to gain traction with far-right lawmakers in the House — all actions suggesting that the U.S. government is heading toward at least a partial shutdown starting
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