The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is advising brokers and investment advisers that they need to use heightened scrutiny when it comes to making crypto recommendations to ensure …

The company, a member of a16z’s Crypto Startup School, aims to create a security standard across Web3 projects through its API, Discord Bot and certification program. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/04/20/web3-security-startup-shield-raises-21m-in-pre-seed-funding/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Coinbase (COIN) has obtained a license to offer its services in Bermuda as part of its international expansion efforts, the firm announced in a blog post on Wednesday. Source: …

Formally enacted today, the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation is the most comprehensive framework of its kind. How will it influence how non-EU states regulate digital assets? Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/04/20/is-europes-mica-a-template-for-global-crypto-regulation/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The decentralized-exchange (DEX) aggregator, which nabbed $175 million in a 2021 series B funding round, is one of the biggest protocols yet to launch on a zero-knowledge EVM (zkEVM). …

The platform allows users to create a single concentrated liquidity position that buys and sells in specific price ranges. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/20/decentralized-exchange-bancor-starts-on-chain-trading-platform-carbon/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

TransUnion, one of the largest credit agencies in the U.S., will provide off-chain credit scores for blockchain-based loan applications in a way that maintains the privacy of consumers. Source: …

Pertsev has been in a Dutch jail since August after U.S. authorities sanctioned the privacy protocol Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/20/tornado-cash-developer-alexey-pertsev-can-be-freed-on-bail-court-rules/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder of Thodex, one of Turkey’s largest crypto exchanges, facing charges of fraud and running a criminal organization, has been extradited to Turkey and was …

A new court filing suggests non-contentious elements of the $1 billion deal could go ahead even before an appeal is heard. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/20/us-government-allows-the-bulk-of-voyager-binanceus-deal-to-proceed/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines