Regulation
Politics
Donald Trump can now ‘live with’ Bitcoin accepting growing demand, suggests further regulation
Trump's stance towards the emerging industry has drastically evolved over the past years.
Crypto
Texas Blockchain Council including Riot file lawsuit against US Energy Department over Bitcoin miner survey
The Bitcoin miners alleged the US agencies acted "arbitrarily and capriciously."
Exchanges
Kraken seeks to dismiss SEC lawsuit citing retribution for regulatory critique
Kraken seeks to dismiss SEC lawsuit, citing lack of fraud or consumer harm.
DeFi
Singularity attracts $2.2 million to develop KYC-compliant DeFi platform for institutions
Singularity is "developing a KYC/KYB-compliant DeFi access layer" for institutional use.
Crime
Hackers steal $6.2 million in digital assets from LastPass users, investigators track stolen funds
The recent LastPass breach impacted 41 crypto addresses and was traced back to a December 2022 hack of the platform.
Investments
ZCash jumps 15% after Grayscale seeks SEC nod for privacy ETF
The Privacy ETF's Index will allocate 10% of its funds to Privacy-Preserving Protocols via the Grayscale Zcash Trust (ZCSH)
Regulation
ECB officials attack Bitcoin with call of ‘practically forbidding it’
The ECB officials described the ETF approval as a misjudgement by the authoities.
Regulation
Nigerians turn to VPN as government blocks access to Binance, Coinbase, others
The Nigerian government barred access to crypto platforms because of their alleged roles in the country's fiat currency struggles.
Crypto
Coinbase backs Grayscale’s Ethereum ETF bid, spotlighting ETH as a commodity
Coinbase favorably compares Ethereum to S&P 500 stocks, and highlighted how ETH ownership and trading activity are dispersed.
Stablecoins
First Digital’s FDUSD market cap hits record high, dethrones USDC in Bitcoin trading volume
FDUSD trading volume climbed 51.1% to $122 billion in January, making it the second most popular Bitcoin trading pair after Tether's USDT.
Exchanges
Binance accused of manipulating Nigerian Naira as ‘glitch’ impacts P2P traders
Binance Nigerian users speculated that the exchange implemented a price cap at the behest of the government.
Exchanges
Former FTX executives Backpack exchange expands to 11 US states
The crypto trading platform recently hit $1 billion daily trading volume.
