Backers include the likes of prominent crypto businesses and personalities such as Binance, CertiK and Justin Sun, among others. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/19/crypto-community-donates-1m-to-sleuth-zachxbt-after-defamation-lawsuit/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The largest crypto by market cap benefited from last week’s pause in interest rate hikes, but a market analyst suggests that cuts may be necessary for prices to rise …

Binance, Binance.US and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a deal to ensure that only Binance.US employees could access customer funds late Friday. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/06/17/binance-sec-strike-deal-to-move-all-us-customer-funds-wallet-keys-back-onshore/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will decide on June 26 whether to start a formal 90-day review of prediction market provider KalshiEX’s contract that allows users to bet on …

MachiBigBrother has sued ZachXBT for an investigation the latter published in June 2022 alleging the trader stole tens of millions of dollars worth of crypto. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/16/crypto-detective-zachxbt-faces-defamation-lawsuit/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) terminology can sometimes be tricky, and fund management giant BlackRock’s application for a spot Bitcoin ETF has raised some questions. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/16/blackrocks-spot-bitcoin-etf-not-the-same-as-grayscales-product-experts-say/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

And it doesn’t really matter if it’s technically a trust. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/06/16/blackrocks-bitcoin-etf-would-be-a-big-deal/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Markets surged for a second time in the less than 24 hours following the fund management giant’s announcement that it had filed paperwork for the formation of a spot …

A sneak peek of the looming crypo regulatory prize fight highlights that everyone is talking past each other. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/06/16/coinbase-policy-chief-shirzad-squares-off-with-sec-enforcement-director-grewal/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Fund manager Grayscale is currently in a legal standoff with the SEC after the agency denied an application to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into an exchange-traded fund. …