Joseph O’Conner, a British man who made roughly $900,000 in an elaborate Twitter hack and a separate crypto-related SIM-swapping scheme, received a 5 year sentence from a federal judge …

The approved consortium includes Mastercard, broker Genial, registrar Cerc and financial software fintech Sinqia as partners. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/06/23/brazilian-central-bank-adds-crypto-exchange-mercado-bitcoin-in-cbdc-pilot-including-mastercard/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The gaming, entertainment and loyalty industries are poised for big changes, thanks to Web3 tech such as NFTs and DAOs. We talk to the experts on how. Plus, Nike …

The crypto exchange is accused of serving Belgian customers from countries outside the European Economic Area in violation of the law, the FSMA has said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/06/23/binance-ordered-to-immediately-halt-offering-crypto-services-in-belgium-by-markets-regulator/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has been surging this week after three financial services giants filed applications for spot bitcoin ETFs. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/06/23/bitcoin-hits-one-year-high-soars-past-313k/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Volatility Shares’ 2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITX) will become the first leveraged crypto ETF available in the United States after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) let it …

The FDIC guarantee included over $3.3 billion the USDC stablecoin issuer held at the lender. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/06/23/circle-was-top-depositor-aided-by-svb-government-rescue-bloomberg/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has surged by 36.5% in the past three-days after EDX, the exchange backed by Fidelity, Schwab and Citadel, listed it alongside bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and …

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 23, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the …

The crypto banking firm said last week that it had ended its planned acquisition of Germany’s Sutor Bank, citing regulatory delays and market conditions. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/23/bcb-groups-deputy-ceo-departs-after-failed-german-bank-merger/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines