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SEC, Ripple Call for Immediate Ruling in Suit Over Whether XRP Sales Violated Securities Laws
SEC, Ripple Call for Immediate Ruling in Suit Over Whether XRP Sales Violated Securities Laws
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple Labs each want a federal judge to rule either that the crypto company affiliated with the XRP cryptocurrency viola...
SEC, Ripple Call for Immediate Ruling in Suit Over Whether XRP Sales Violated Securities Laws

Rep Himes: ‘Notable Momentum’ in Washington on Crypto Regulation
Rep Himes: ‘Notable Momentum’ in Washington on Crypto Regulation
CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the key takeaways from his recent interview with Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) about his reaction to the...
Rep Himes: ‘Notable Momentum’ in Washington on Crypto Regulation

SEC Chair Gensler Testifies Before Lawmakers on Future of Crypto Regulation
SEC Chair Gensler Testifies Before Lawmakers on Future of Crypto Regulation
According to the Wall Street Journal, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said that proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains, which generate new coins for inventors who pool their holdings, take o...
SEC Chair Gensler Testifies Before Lawmakers on Future of Crypto Regulation

Celsius Asks for Court’s Permission to Sell Stablecoin Holdings
Celsius Asks for Court’s Permission to Sell Stablecoin Holdings
According to new court filings, Celsius Network has asked the court for authorization to sell its stablecoin holdings in order to generate liquidity to help fund its operation...
Celsius Asks for Court’s Permission to Sell Stablecoin Holdings

Crypto Oversight Remains Unclear Despite Biden’s Executive Order
Crypto Oversight Remains Unclear Despite Biden’s Executive Order
The series of reports from the Treasury Department provided rather limited clarification on what the Biden administration and regulators intend to do about digital assets. Coi...
Crypto Oversight Remains Unclear Despite Biden’s Executive Order

South Korean Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon
South Korean Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon
A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant against Do Kwon, the co-founder of the now defunct stablecoin issuer Terraform Labs, according to the financial crimes unit o...
South Korean Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Terra Co-Founder Do Kwon

BitGo Files $100M Lawsuit Against Galaxy Digital Over Allegedly Breaching Merger Agreement
BitGo Files $100M Lawsuit Against Galaxy Digital Over Allegedly Breaching Merger Agreement
Cryptocurrency custody firm BitGo sues crypto financial services firm Galaxy Digital, alleging that the latter intentionally breached its $1.2 billion merger announced in May...
BitGo Files $100M Lawsuit Against Galaxy Digital Over Allegedly Breaching Merger Agreement

Trial Between Hodlonaut and Craig Wright Kicks Off in Norway
Trial Between Hodlonaut and Craig Wright Kicks Off in Norway
Twitter influencer Hodlonaut and Australian computer scientist Craig Wright are going to trial in Norway to determine whether Hodlonaut’s tweets – in which he wrote that Wrigh...
Trial Between Hodlonaut and Craig Wright Kicks Off in Norway

White House Report Calls for Crypto Mining Standard to Reduce Energy Usage
White House Report Calls for Crypto Mining Standard to Reduce Energy Usage
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy called for the U.S. to conduct further research on the energy impact of crypto mining in order to set standards for the...
White House Report Calls for Crypto Mining Standard to Reduce Energy Usage

SEC Chairman Gensler Tells CoinDesk: Crypto Platforms Have an Obligation To Register
SEC Chairman Gensler Tells CoinDesk: Crypto Platforms Have an Obligation To Register
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, in an interview with CoinDesk’s Nikhilesh De, doubled down on his assertion that most cryptocurrencies are securities. That being the case, Gensler...
SEC Chairman Gensler Tells CoinDesk: Crypto Platforms Have an Obligation To Register