Ripple has been granted a full license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to operate as a major payments institution in the country. This license allows Ripple to provide digital payment token services, joining a list of 14 others given the same license by MAS. Ripple has had its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore […]
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a federal judge to deny Coinbase’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the regulator. The SEC believes that some of the cryptocurrencies listed on Coinbase’s platform are investment contracts under the Howey Test and should be subject to SEC registration. The SEC argued that Coinbase […]
US District Judge Analisa Torres has denied the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) request to appeal part of her recent decision in its lawsuit against Ripple Labs over its sales of the digital token XRP. In July, Judge Torres found that some of Ripple’s institutional sales of XRP were unregistered securities offerings in violation of […]
Ripple, the blockchain payment company, has won another legal battle against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Judge Analisa Torres has rejected the SEC’s motion to appeal the Ripple ruling, which was a partial victory for Ripple on July 13. The court ruled that the SEC failed to provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the […]
The SEC and Ripple Labs are gearing up for a courtroom showdown in April 2024, after Judge Analisa Torres denied the SEC’s request for an interlocutory appeal on October 3. The verdict of the trial could have a major impact on the crypto landscape. Ripple’s native cryptocurrency XRP spiked 5% following the ruling. In July, […]
Six new Ether futures ETFs from fund managers ProShares, VanEck, and Bitwise made their debut on Monday, providing investors with new ways to gain exposure to the second-largest crypto by market capitalization. However, the launch failed to generate much trading activity, with a combined $1.9 million in volume on the first day of trading. The […]
Judge Analisa Torres has rejected the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) motion to file an interlocutory appeal against the recent Ripple ruling. In an Oct. 3 court order, Judge Torres denied the SEC’s motion as the SEC failed to meet its burden to show there were controlling questions of law or that there […]
Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX, was worried that his employees had become too wealthy due to the sudden increase in the value of SRM. As a result, he changed the rules and made them wait longer to sell their shares.Michael Lewis’ new book “Going Infinite” details the story of how Bankman-Fried reacted to the […]
Celsius Network has begun its bankruptcy trial in New York, with the goal of relaunching itself as a user-owned Bitcoin miner. The company has informed a judge that it intends to repay customers whose funds have been frozen since June 2022 with a portion of what they are owed by the end of the year. […]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned crypto wallets allegedly connected to individuals and companies involved in the production of fentanyl. The U.S. Justice Department announced indictments against several China-based chemical manufacturers and their employees, who allegedly used crypto transactions to conceal their identities and the movement of […]
