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The episode highlights yet another chokepoint for the blockchain industry: It's become harder for crypto startups to enlist big accounting firms to do audits and asset attestations.
With crypto markets ticking up while bitcoin looks overbought, plus a look at the SEC’s motive behind its recent crackdown, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.
“What we’ve seen is that the trading interest remains really strong both for proof-of-work networks as well as proof-of-stake networks,” Juthica Chou told “First Mover.”
The SEC’s recent actions shut down centralization staking services, but not individual staking and decentralized staking services. That could increase decentralization and help restore crypto’s original mission.
Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad said the exchange would “love to register” its two dormant broker-dealers, but the reality is no clear direction has been provided by lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
CoinDesk Managing Editor Nik De recaps his regulatory scoops from last week. Plus: Austin Federa, head of strategy at the Solana Foundation, details what’s next for the network. [reward]eacf0e23-59ea-4ea9-ab08-c1b6c8e8db68[/reward]