A federal judge approved the U.S. Department of Justice’s $4.3 billion fine on Binance after the crypto exchange pleaded guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws last November. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/23/judge-signs-off-on-binances-43b-plea-deal-with-us-prosecutors/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Satoshi saw an irony in the debate between economic conservation and conservation in an email thread with an early collaborator Martii ‘Sirius’ Malmi. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/23/satoshi-anticipated-bitcoin-energy-debate-in-email-thread-with-early-collaborators/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The Texas-based crypto firm’s new suit shows how the industry can use “impact litigation” to get regulatory clarity, lawyers Jake Chervinsky and Amanda Tuminelli write. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/02/23/in-lejilex-vs-sec-crypto-goes-on-offense-in-the-courts/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Layer-1 network Avalanche has failed to produce a block for more than an hour, Ava Labs co-founder Kevin Sekniqi said the issue “seems to be related to a new …

Former president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump has said Bitcoin has taken a life on its own and will probably need some regulation. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/23/trump-bitcoin-has-taken-on-a-life-of-its-own-will-probably-need-some-regulation/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

FIL’s market-beating surge to a 12-month high of $8.5 comes on the heels of Filecoin’s Feb. 16 announcement that it would host programmable blockchain Solana’s block history. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/23/fil-grt-rally-boosts-coindesk-computing-index-as-bitcoin-struggles/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

CAKE token holders will benefit from the success of affiliate forks as they will receive native DEX tokens from affiliates, if things go as planned. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/23/pancakeswap-plans-affiliates-for-expansion-cake-holders-to-benefit/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The FTX bankruptcy estate has been granted approval to sell its stake in artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic, court filings from Thursday show. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/23/ftx-estate-can-sell-near-8-stake-in-ai-startup-anthropic-court-rules/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Block, Inc. (SQ) stocks were up 13% in after-market trading hours. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/23/bitcoin-bets-yield-207m-in-gains-for-jack-dorseys-block/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission didn’t allege fraud and stretched the definition of a contract in its lawsuit against Kraken, the exchange said in a motion to dismiss …