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SEC rejects WisdomTree’s Spot Bitcoin ETF

According to the SEC, the surveillance agreement is crucial before it can approve any spot bitcoin-ETF, given that the market for bitcoin is highly unregulated.

4 years ago

Hacks ETH +3.08%

Temple DAO hacked for over $2.3M

TempleDAO has taken down the dApp to avoid accidental usage and is offering the hacker a legal bounty for the exploit.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Bittrex to pay $30M for sanctions violation

The exchange is fined by the U.S. Treasury Department because it kept serving sanctioned individuals.

4 years ago

Crypto SHIB +0.18%

Research: What exactly happened in 2021 for Shiba Inu?

The SHIB token soared in price and usage during 2021. Towards the year-end, SHIB tokens were withdrawn from exchanges as prices started to fall.

4 years ago

Bankruptcy CEL -26.27%

Coffeezilla calls out Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky for dumping CEL tokens

The address labeled Mashinsky Cashout Wallet which Coffeezilla claimed to belong to the Celsius founder moved about 10,000 CEL tokens on Oct. 11.

4 years ago

Banking

BNY Mellon receives New York approval for crypto custodial services

BNY Mellon clients would be able to store the keys to their assets with the bank.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Google to integrate crypto payments with cloud services from 2023 via Coinbase partnership

As of press time, COIN shares were up 6% following the announcement of Google's intention to use Coinbase Prime to hold its crypto.

4 years ago

Research

Liquidations expected as Bitcoin open interest, leverage ratio spike higher

Bitcoin leverage, open interest, and funding rate metrics point to a significantly hot and overleveraged derivatives market.

4 years ago

Payments XRP +1.18%

Ripple partners with Lemonway, Xbaht to bring ODL payments to Europe

Ripple's new partnerships will eliminate the need for Lemonway and Xbaht to pre-fund their accounts when making transactions abroad.

4 years ago

Scams

CNN’s NFT marketplace shutdown sparks rug pull accusations

Vault By CNN's unprecedented shutdown has done away with thousands of investors' NFT holdings and utilities promised for the future.

4 years ago

Taxes DOGE -0.47%

Portugal will implement 28% tax on crypto in 2023

Capital gains earned from crypto held for less than a year will be taxed 28%.

4 years ago

Stablecoins LUNC -1.67%

Terra USTC spikes 33% after talks of re-peg

The proposal has led to increased interest in USTC and other Terra classic ecosystem tokens.

4 years ago

Crime

Couple mistakenly paid $10.5M by Crypto.com defends spending spree as contest winnings

The pair who received $10.5 million by mistake are charged with theft. After buying houses and cars, among other things, $3 million remains unaccounted for.

4 years ago

Crypto

CryptoSlate Daily wMarket Update – Oct 10: XRP leads losses as Bitcoin holds steady at $19K

The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets over the weekend, published 08:00 UTC on weekdays.

4 years ago

Crypto

CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: EU readying regulations on DeFi; Bitcoin mining difficulty reaches new ATH

BitBoy Crypto alleges former SEC director accepted bribes to declare Ethereum a commodity, investors pile on bonds as the interest in crypto fades, and much more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.

4 years ago