Amicus briefs filed to support the SEC argue crypto is insignificant, only used for speculation, and captured by existing investor-protection rules Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/10/11/us-state-regulators-intervene-in-coinbases-unregistered-securities-case/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The testimony of Caroline Ellison, the former business, romantic – and by her estimation, criminal – partner of Sam Bankman-Fried, whom she identified upon prosecutors’ request – began in …

Traders expect risk assets to fall further should geopolitical tensions continue to rise. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/11/bitcoin-slips-to-27k-as-escalating-hamas-israel-conflict-dampens-investor-confidence/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The 20 million WOO tokens repurchased from 3AC have been sent to a burn address. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/10/11/woo-network-buys-back-shares-and-tokens-from-bankrupt-three-arrows-capital/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Sam Bankman-Fried’s attorneys asked Judge Lewis Kaplan, who’s overseeing the case, to grant them permission to ask former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison about whether she deleted Signal messages …

Tokenized real-world asset (RWA) marketplace Untangled Finance went live Wednesday on the Celo network after securing a $13.5 million venture capital boost to bring tokenized private credit to the …

Meanwhile, bitcoin’s dominance continues to climb Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/10/10/bitcoin-hovers-above-27000-as-us-stocks-advance/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

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Failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital’s (3AC) attempt to pursue a $284 million claim against crypto lender BlockFi was put into mediation by the U.S. bankruptcy judge overseeing …

Few operational disruptions were reported, but some crypto employees were getting called up for reserve duty. Executives and developers coped with the stress of attending funerals, responding to security …