Ripple CTO outlines the SEC appeal and emphasises the intricacy of the case
David Schwartz, the chief technology officer of Ripple Labs, recently provided an update that highlighted a recent event regarding the appeal of the
David Schwartz, the chief technology officer of Ripple Labs, recently provided an update that highlighted a recent event regarding the appeal of the
The NFT-backed loans protocol must now choose how to close the gap after losing about $12 million in cryptocurrency during the recent Curve exploit (and subsequently paying a $1 million bounty to recover the majority of the funds).Customers receive a pETH derivative of ETH from JPEG’d, an NFT-collateralized cryptocurrency lending platform, which is linked to their loans.Many of those users put their pETH in a protocol-endorsed liquidity pool on Curve, the well-liked trading protocol on the Ethereum blockchain, in an effort to increase their interest rates. Early in August, an exploiter drained that pool and several others, ruining their yield bet.JPEG has, however, agreed to pay the exploiter a 611 ETH prize in exchange for 5,495 ETH (90%) being returned.The decision prevented both the protocol’s consumers and its financial situation from being completely destroyed.However, 611 ETH must be consumed by someone.Investors in the JPEG’d DAO are voting until this coming Saturday on six proposals that would each shift that responsibility to a different party.JPEG’d’s unpaid clients and the DAO itself will both suffer under the alternative that is currently overwhelmingly in the lead. Option D would see most, but not all, of the pETH price speculators’ and yield farmers’ investments returned. These individuals did not deposit into Curve via JPEG’s internal facility, called Citadel.pETH miners who paid a nominal price to participate in a Curve pool through Citadel were paying clients, in contrast, who received interest.All of their needs are met.In accordance with this strategy, the DAO will suffer a net loss of 484 ETH (or approximately $802,000) and 861 million JPEG tokens (or about $450,000).Additionally, it intends to do away with pETH in favor of a new derivative token that it would airdrop to all holders, although this will take occurring regardless of the outcome. Option D, according to an anonymous user experience (UX) developer for JPEG’d who goes by the screen moniker 0xtutti, is a “in-between” solution to the problematic issue. Whatever choice prevails, “everyone gets a share of the recovered assets” anyway.“Generally the community cared about protecting paying customers as much as possible,” 0xtutti said.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requested approval on Friday to appeal a federal judge’s decision that XRP sales through exchanges did not violate securities law, a day after the judge stated the SEC could make its case.The SEC petitioned Judge Analisa Torres of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to certify for an interlocutory appeal (meaning an appeal filed before the overall case is resolved) one day after she granted the request.Due to the fact that individual buyers of the asset on an exchange would not have the same expectations as an institutional buyer of XRP directly, the federal regulator is expressly appealing the judge’s decision that Ripple’s programmatic sales of XRP did not breach securities law. “The rulings that the SEC seeks to appeal were legal determinations about the existence of investment contracts based on undisputed facts. The
A paper written for the New Zealand Parliament has suggested a slow, adaptive approach, despite the call for crypto legislation growing louder and louder around the world, and regulation by enforcement being controversial.In 2021, the Finance and Expenditure Committee of the New Zealand House of Representatives ordered a report with the working title “Inquiry into the current and future nature, impact, and risks of cryptocurrencies.” The 99-page study, which was cowritten by a partner at the legal firm MinterEllisonRuddWatts and an associate professor of commercial law at the University of Auckland, took into account feedback from the public that had previously been requested and included 22 suggestions.It adopted a positive stance toward digital assets and blockchain technology in general. The research issued a warning against overly harsh regulations despite issues like volatility, environmental damage, and criminal usage, stating that they would “reduce the viability and competitiveness of such businesses as purchasers increasingly make payments in cryptocurrencies.”It also issued a warning against attempting to regulate too soon.“Creating and implementing an integrated [regulatory] framework would be a complicated endeavour.Based on our understanding, agencies are not resourced or equipped
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Insolvent cryptocurrency lender Celsius will hold a vote on its proposal to sell assets to the Fahrenheit consortium after a judge on Thursday permitted disclosures that suggested creditors should expect to recover 67%-85% of holdings.In a year that has witnessed major turmoil in the cryptocurrency markets and the arrest of former Chief Executive Officer Alex Mashinsky on fraud charges, which he has denied, approval is the last stage in Celsius’s year-long journey out of bankruptcy and the repatriation of assets to customers. In a statement sent via email, Chris Ferraro, the company’s interim CEO, stated that the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case that began in July 2022 and is being overseen by New York Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn “remains laser focused on creating the best outcome for customers and creditors and returning value as soon as possible.” Between August 24 and September 22, creditors will receive ballots to vote on the plan, which calls for the transfer of assets to a group that includes Arrington Capital and the miner U.S. Bitcoin Corp.Returns to creditors, which will mostly be made in bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), could range from 67% for individuals with Earn Accounts to 85.6% for those taking part in Celsius’ Borrow Program, as opposed to just 47% for a liquidation of assets, according to court documents. In previous cryptocurrency bankruptcy plans, creditors overwhelmingly approved reorganization proposals.A sale to Binance was favored by 97% of Voyager’s creditors, a crypto lender.US, even if the buyer unexpectedly withdrew after legal snags. Mashinsky was detained in July on suspicion of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, securities fraud, commodities fraud, and conspiring to influence the price of Celsius’ CEL coin.As a result of its cooperation and acceptance of responsibility, the business was not prosecuted. It has also stated that plans to refund consumers’ money won’t be impacted by the Federal Trade Commission’s $4.7 billion punishment.
According to Coinglass statistics, cryptocurrency traders lost $1 billion in liquidations during the past 24 hours as a result of one of the worst sell-offs of the year in the digital asset markets and a two-month low in the price of bitcoin.After falling as low as $25,000 earlier in the day, Bitcoin, the biggest and first cryptocurrency, fell 7% to approximately $26,900, its lowest level since June. According to CoinGlass, traders who had long positions—bet that prices would rise—lost over $821 million during the stampede for the door.The biggest losers were traders of bitcoin (BTC), who endured protracted liquidations totaling $472 million, followed by dealers of ether (ETH), who lost $302 million. According to Coinalyze data, which was collected around the time the price of the most popular cryptocurrency fell to $17,000, this was the highest amount of BTC liquidations for a single day since June 2022.The liquidations took place after cryptocurrency values plunged through the floor on Thursday in U.S. time, turning this month’s gradual decline into a massacre amid uncertainties in the financial markets caused by the devaluation of other currencies, concerns about the Chinese economy, and soaring bond yields.Major cryptocurrencies like BTC and ETH had losses close to double digits, dropping to levels not seen since early summer. Liquidations occur when an exchange shuts a leveraged trading position as a result of a partial or complete loss of the trader’s initial capital, or “margin” – if the trader is unable to meet the margin requirements or does not have sufficient cash to keep the trade open.A cascade of liquidations may begin when asset prices plummet, escalating losses and price decreases.
As the crypto markets abruptly crashed late on Thursday, data reveals that an unidentified single trader or trading entity lost $55 million on an ether trade against the binance usd (BUSD) on the cryptocurrency exchange Binance.The position, which included 38,986.528 ether (ETH), was closed out at a price of $1,434.According to the data, that represented about 30% of all liquidated futures on Binance. The very high quantity for one trader shows that a big company or a big ether holding was severely hurt by yesterday’s sharp decline.With a surge in trading activity from $6 billion to over $20 billion across platforms, ether fell from $1,780 to as low as $1,560 in a matter of minutes.The asset then swiftly made up some of those losses as soon as news broke that American securities regulators will permit the trading of ether (ETH) futures ETFs.Friday evening in Asia, ETH was trading at slightly over $1,690, down 6% from the previous day.The market impact of the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX was greater than the price decline in ether that occurred during one of the biggest futures liquidations in over a year. Data reveals that highly leveraged long positions, or bets on higher prices, were liquidated in a classic long squeeze situation amid unfounded allegations that SpaceX was liquidating its bitcoin holdings.The corporation merely reduced the holdings’ book value, which was perceived by sales in some segments of the market and resulted in selling pressure.In a time of low volatility, Bitcoin dropped 7% in the last day, marking its biggest decrease in recent months.However, among the majors, xrp (XRP), doge (DOGE), and bitcoin cash (BCH) led losses, plunging as much as 15%.
In a press release, the Avalanche Foundation announced that it would provide up to $3 million worth of AVAX tokens to Dexalot, a central order limit book decentralized exchange (DEX) developed on an Avalanche subnet.The project is a component of Avalanche’s Multiverse, a fund with incentives to promote the development of new subnets.Defining its own membership and tokeneomics policies, a subnet is a self-governing network. Through a decentralized on-chain program, Dexalot, a DEX, seeks to imitate the experience of a centralized exchange.With the use of its central limit order book, it hopes to enable users to make orders at precise levels.In February, Dexalot launched its network.Avalanche’s Multiverse funding will be distributed over a 12-month period starting in the fall through the Dexalot incentive program.According to the press release, the monies are conditional and will be given out in line with the subnet reaching new milestones.Concerning the specifics of what the milestones are, the business refuses to say.
Tether, a stablecoin issuer, said that it will stop supporting Omni, a Bitcoin layer that has been used since 2014 for USDT payments.According to the release, Tether will also stop supporting the SLP implementations for Kusama (KSM) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). The software layer Omni was constructed on top of the Bitcoin blockchain.It was created to provide smart contract functionality to the Bitcoin network, enhancing its benefits. “Over the years, the Omni Layer faced challenges due to the lack of popular tokens and the availability of USDT on
To expand its offering to registered investment advisors (RIAs), asset tokenization company Securitize has acquired digital asset wealth platform Onramp Invest.An email notification on Thursday stated that the acquisition is anticipated to close soon and that the specifics of the transaction were not made public.In order to incorporate Securitize goods into its current business, Onramp will operate as a subsidiary of Securitize. The goal of Securitize is to enable RIAs to provide tokenized investments to their clients in alternative asset classes like real estate, private equity, private credit, and secondaries. “Onramp already offered RIAs easy access to digital assets, so it is a very natural extension to offer them tokenized alternative
A layer-1 blockchain called Linera announced the closing of a new $6 million fundraising round headed by venture capital firm Borderless Capital in an effort to address scalability difficulties using “microchains.”The company has now raised a total of $12 million in investment and was formed by Mathieu Baudet, a former engineer for Meta Novi (Meta’s digital wallet, which will be discontinued in September).Linera will be using the new funding for “expanding the team, launching a devnet and a testnet for the protocol and fostering a
The makers of hardware wallets Ledger and PayPal have teamed together to enable customers to purchase cryptocurrency in Ledger Live using their PayPal accounts, the firms announced on Wednesday.Users of Ledger Live can deposit tokens straight into the hardware wallet and purchase cryptocurrency using fiat money.Users will be able to link their PayPal accounts without undergoing any further verification thanks to the integration of PayPal. “We’re combining the uncompromising security of Ledger with PayPal’s leadership in protected payments technology to help facilitate a seamless platform for user
Layer 1 networkIn a statement on August 16, ZetaChain stated that it has obtained $27 million to promote its chain-independent platform.Among the investors who took part in the round are Blockchain.com, Human Capital, Vy Capital, Sky9 Capital, Jane Street Capital, VistaLabs, CMT Digital, Foundation Capital, Lingfeng Capital, GSR, Kudasai, and Krust. The 2021 protocol was developed to offer standardized network interoperability, enabling non-smart contract chains to communicate with the larger decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.Developers can therefore use smart contracts on platforms like Bitcoin and Dogecoin that do not support the technology. A smart contract is an electronic document that is kept on a blockchain and is automatically carried out when certain criteria are satisfied.The capacity of contracts to communicate between blockchains has, however, been a weakness in the crypto ecosystem.By enabling developers to create omnichain decentralized apps (DApps), ZetaChain hopes to address this problem by enabling access to all assets and data from a single platform, regardless of the blockchain on which they were generated or kept, and without the use of bridging or wrapper tokens. According to ZetaChain, more than 27,000 DApp contracts from a variety of third-party apps, including cross-chain DeFI, nonfungible tokens, Web3 identities, and gaming protocols, have been implemented on the platform.According to the protocol, more than 1.7 million users have carried out over 13 million transactions on its testnet.Ankur Nandwani (ex-Coinbase, Brave, and 0x), Panruo Wu (early contributor to THORchain), and Brandon Truong (ex-BuzzFeed, Udacity, and Yada) are a few key contributors to the platform that have been involved from its beginning.The core team also includes a number of people who formerly worked on the blockchain projects Cosmos, Ignite, ConsenSys, and others. “Our [Ethereum Virtual Machine] EVM-compatible cross-chain smart contracts alleviate these issues by allowing decentralized app developers to build services
According to a study report released on Monday by Morgan Stanley (MS), the first half of the earnings season saw a shift in how businesses discussed artificial intelligence (AI), with 15% of organizations estimating the revenue or cost-benefit from deploying machine learning across a wide range of applications. The bank reports that 316 qualified enterprises cited AI, with 106 explicitly attributing essential business advancements to the application of AI or machine learning. “29 quantified the revenue opportunity, 36 quantified a cost or productivity gain, 12 discussed customer service and in-housing as the lowest
Nearly two years after it was initially approved, London-based Jacobi Asset Management has listed Europe’s first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Euronext Amsterdam.The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) oversees the Jacobi FT Wilshere Bitcoin ETF, which will trade with the symbol “BCOIN.” According to a Tuesday announcement by Jacobi, Fidelity Digital Assets will be in charge of the fund’s custody, and Flow Traders will serve as the market maker. In October 2021, Jacobi received authorisation for the fund, with the intention of listing it the following year. Due to unfavorable conditions elsewhere in the market for digital assets, like the failure of the Terra ecosystem and the bankruptcy of crypto exchange FTX, the company decided to delay its ambitions. Exchange-traded products (ETPs), which is another name for exchange-traded notes (ETNs), are widely used in Europe, but Jacobi’s offering is the first ETF.ETN investors own a debt security, whereas ETF owners own a fraction of the product’s underlying shares. Unlike ETNs, according to Jacobi, its ETF cannot be leveraged or use derivatives. Despite dozens of petitions to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the last few years that were all refused, the listing implies that Europe will see a spot bitcoin ETF traded before the U.S. However, after asset management behemoth BlackRock (BLK) spearheaded a rush of new applications incorporating “surveillance-sharing” agreements intended to prevent market manipulation, there has been renewed optimism that the regulator will authorize a spot bitcoin fund.
Following a public consultation in October of last year, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has released its framework for regulating stablecoins.The Layer 2 Blockchain ‘Base’ of Coinbase Has Launched Officially, With… The structure established by the central bank will be applicable to single-currency stablecoins tied to the Singapore dollar or any other G10 currency, such as the US dollar, the euro, or the British pound. The MAS detailed various conditions pertaining to value stability, capital, and redemption capitals in an announcement on Tuesday for issuers of these stablecoins seeking regulation in Singapore. For instance, stablecoins are required to have a minimum base capital of $1,000,000 Singapore dollars ($740,000) and to offer redemption within five business days of a request.In June, the MAS granted a license for digital payment token services to the Singapore branch of stablecoin issuer Circle. A number of governments have either established stablecoin regulatory frameworks or are in the process of doing so. A measure for such a framework is now being debated in Congress in the United States.
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The developer sent Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange, 2,100 ether.In August, the meme currency fell 90%, but not before some traders made enormous profits from the token.On Sunday, the unidentified creator of bald (BALD), one of the most popular currencies in recent months, returned over $12 million in ether (ETH) to the Ethereum network.The move took place a few weeks after bald had amassed a capitalization of $80 million before certain events led the price to fall by 90%.The bald token deployer bridged 7,000 ether ($12.9M) from the Base network back to Ethereum on Sunday, according to data published by analytics company Lookonchain.Transferring coins between other blockchains is referred to as bridging. The deployer then made a deposit to the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken of 2,100 ether, which is currently worth $3.87 million.A Dune Analytics search reveals that this transfer was the first occasion that more money was moved out of the Base network than was bridged in.Early in August, when Base, a blockchain created by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, wasn’t even formally open to the public, Bald experienced a surprising increase.A popular tweet about a trader who turned $500 into hundreds of thousands of dollars caused Bald to soar 4,000,000% in a matter of days, bringing in almost $66 million in ether from investors looking to squeeze out profits from an otherwise stagnant larger market. Bald appeared to have it all, seemingly limitless liquidity, a thriving neighborhood, an infusion of new traders, and, in some circles, tenuous expectations that it may develop into the next Shiba Inu (SHIB).This exhilaration, however, did not endure more than a few days.After the token’s deployer pulled millions of dollars’ worth of liquidity, bald prices peaked and then dropped as much as 90%. As a result, sentiment swiftly soured and traders fled the market amid the uncertainties.The deployer had previously contributed up to $35 million worth of ether to a liquidity pool on the Base network-based exchange Leetswap, giving the appearance that the project was well-funded. They may have earned millions of dollars in fees by selling ether for bald when prices increased as well as by supplying ether in exchange for bald tokens.The developer didn’t seem very concerned as a result of the price reduction.“The tokens controlled by the deployer address, including liquidity tokens, are owned by the deployer who reserves the right to
Trading of cryptocurrenciesThrough a collaboration with regional financial services provider Peoples Trust Company, Coinbase announced on August 14 that it was expanding the range of services it provides to Canadian users.All of Coinbase’s users now have the option to deposit and withdraw money from their accounts using the Interac e-Transfer service.Since the app’s August introduction in Canada, this feature has reportedly received the most requests from users there.Canada’s attraction in the cryptocurrency market was discussed by Nana Murugesan, vice president of international and commercial development at Coinbase industry.“Canada is well positioned to be a global leader in the cryptoeconomy thanks to the high levels of crypto awareness, a passionate
The world’s largest payments company, PayPal, recently introduced the stablecoin PayPal USD (PYUSD), which is pegged to the dollar. In an update to its terms and conditions, PayPal included a feature called Cryptocurrencies Hub that lets users store and deal with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in their PayPal accounts. The most recent version of PayPal’s terms and conditions outlines the requirements for customers who want to utilize the network for cryptocurrency.The Cryptocurrencies Hub service, according to the business, will enable cryptocurrency sales and purchases.Additionally, it will make it easier for PayPal users to pay for goods with the proceeds from the sale of their The Cryptocurrencies Hub will also be crucial to convert between PYUSD and other crypto assets. PayPal further clarified,“Any balance in your
Rocket Pool, a decentralised Ethereum staking pool, has received a strategic investment from Coinbase Ventures, the investment division of the well-known cryptocurrency exchange
In order to prevent stifling American innovation, Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein emphasised the necessity for a well-balanced regulatory approach to cryptocurrencies. Michael Sonnenshein,
The government of Brazil is advancing legislation that will increase taxes on cryptocurrency kept abroad. Local news sources claim that a legislative committee
Hong Kong Virtual Asset Exchange (HKVAX) has been granted in-principle authorisation by Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to run a virtual asset trading platform in accordance with local securities legislation. The SFC gave HKVAX “approval-in-principle” on August 11 for company to conduct Type 1 and Type 7 regulated operations.The company’s ability to run a digital asset trading platform that deals with securities is permitted by a Type 1 license, according to the release, while providing automated trading services to individual users and institutional investors is authorized by a Type 7 license. In order to take advantage of Web3 investment prospects, the release states that HKVAX plans to provide a product category dubbed security token offerings.The exchange claimed that it will provide an institutional-grade exchange platform, an insured custody solution, and over-the-counter (OTC) brokerage once it has received the final permission. OTC brokerage enables customers to trade between fiat and digital assets.In the announcement, HKVAX co-founder and CEO Anthony Ng stated that as the exchange expands, it will keep broadening its product offerings in Hong Kong and collaborating with important investors for its upcoming investment rounds. Following the launch of cryptocurrency retail trading in Hong Kong with exchanges HashKey and OSL, HKVAX made its statement.Both businesses were the first to acquire the required licenses to provide cryptocurrency trading services in Hong Kong on Aug. 3.Since the FTX collapse, Hong Kong regulators have been concentrating on regulating cryptocurrency.After the collapse of the FTX exchange in 2022, according to SFC CEO Julia Leung Fung-yee, cryptocurrency trading will play a significant role in the ecosystem of virtual assets.Leung claimed in a speech that the new licensing system for suppliers of virtual asset services will guarantee investors’ protection when they trade.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a lawsuit against several people and their company, Fundsz, alleging that they participated in a
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase was requested to be dismissed by a federal court on Friday by
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According to a blog post published on Thursday by Visa, testing for a procedure that would enable consumers to pay on-chain petrol taxes
The proprietary Bitcoin Greed & Fear Index from cryptocurrency services firm Matrixport, which has a good track record of predicting trend reversals, is