A federal judge threatened to sanction the SEC’s lawyers after their “false” arguments prompted a court to impose a temporary restraining order on crypto firm Debt Box. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/12/01/us-judge-warns-sec-over-false-and-misleading-request-in-crypto-case/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The suit, filed in the District Court of the Southern District of California, alleges that Ronaldo “promoted, assisted in, and/or actively participated in the offer and sale of unregistered …

November brought explosive gains for altcoins as a wide range of smaller cryptocurrencies outperformed bitcoin, prompting call for an altcoin season. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/12/01/avalanche-helium-lead-monthly-crypto-gains-as-bullish-bitcoin-consolidation-spurs-altcoin-season-call/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has seized $1.5 million worth of cryptocurrency from Yuriy Shchigol, Ukraine’s former head of the State Special Communications Service, according to local news …

The North Korean hacker group stole the funds over the last six years, which was likely used to fund the country’s projects, the report said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/12/01/north-korean-hackers-lazarus-group-stolen-3b-in-cryptocurrency/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The latest price moves in bitcoin and crypto markets in context for Dec. 1, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto …

The suit was filed in September 2022 by Julian Moreno Beltran and Douglas Gan on behalf of 375 others, who claim they lost a combined $57 million. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/12/01/terraform-labs-do-kwon-fail-to-have-singapore-class-action-suit-rejected-report/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

COIN reached its highest level since April 2022, rising to $130.31 on Wednesday. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/12/01/cathie-woods-ark-invest-offloads-a-further-47m-worth-of-coinbase-shares/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Data shows over $1 billion worth of BTC has been withdrawn from exchanges recently. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/12/01/bitcoin-eyes-40k-as-1b-in-btc-withdrawals-suggests-bullish-mood/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Republican Rep. French Hill and Democrat Rep. Jim Himes see potential future floor votes for crypto bills being key to convincing the Democrat-controlled Senate to play ball. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/11/30/republicans-leadership-squabbles-delayed-us-crypto-bills-until-2024-key-lawmakers-say/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines