The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently initiated legal proceedings against media and entertainment company Impact Theory, resulting in a cease-and-desist order and a financial penalty of over $6.1 million. Two prominent commissioners at the SEC, Mark Uyeda and Hester Peirce, have expressed their dissent against the agency’s enforcement action on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs).The […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled in favor of Grayscale in its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The court found that the SEC had failed to adequately explain why it approved two bitcoin futures ETPs but not Grayscale’s proposed bitcoin ETP.Grayscale had accused the SEC of “arbitrary […]
The crypto community was delighted when the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) rejection of Grayscale Investments’ Bitcoin spot ETF application. Adam Cochran of Cinneamhain Ventures and Miles Deutscher, an influencer, both expressed their enthusiasm on X. Grayscale’s chief legal officer Craig Salm acknowledged the […]
Grayscale has won a major victory in court against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), bringing the U.S. market one step closer to approval of a Bitcoin spot ETF. Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Legal Analyst Elliot Z. Stein had given Grayscale a 70% chance of winning its lawsuit against the SEC. Grayscale’s lawsuit accused the SEC […]
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who was one of the few cryptocurrency-friendly candidates running for president of the United States in 2024, has announced he will be suspending his campaign. In an Aug. 29 announcement on X (formerly Twitter), Suarez said that while running for U.S. president had been “one of the greatest honors of [his] […]
Circle, a fintech company, has announced a partnership with Mercado Libre to bring the USDC stablecoin to Mercado Pago on Aug. 29. Jeremy Allaire, Circle’s CEO, posted a thread on X announcing the launch of USDC on the retail giant’s online payment platform. USDC is a stablecoin, meaning it is pegged to the U.S. dollar. […]
Raoul Pal, CEO of Real Vision and former Goldman Sachs executive, recently held an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on YouTube to explain his bullish stance on crypto assets. He believes that blockchain technology offers users the opportunity to own and operate pieces of a network, unlike other systems where people have to buy stocks […]
Ethereum transaction fees have dropped to their lowest levels since December, according to data from South Korea-based blockchain analytics firm CryptoQuant. The cost of executing transactions on the world’s largest programmable blockchain and the parent platform of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency Ethereum (ETH) has dropped to 1,719 ETH which is valued at approximately $2.8 million. […]
DEGA and Unique Network have announced a collaboration to empower builders within the Unique ecosystem. This partnership will allow builders to leverage DEGA’s Initial Stake Pool Offering (ISPO) platform for crowdfunding and community engagement on Polkadot. The Polkadot team has confirmed the collaboration and is looking forward to the upcoming Polkadot Developer Conference, sub0, which […]
A federal judge has overturned the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision to deny an exchange-traded fund (ETF) offering from Grayscale Investments through its Bitcoin BTC Trust. The court ruled that the SEC’s justification of denying Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF was insufficient and the matter will return to the commission for review.The SEC has […]
