Day: June 8, 2023

CEX trading volumes fell to 4-year lows even before Binance, Coinbase suits

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Trading volumes on centralized exchanges have fallen to their lowest levels in more than four years amid mounting regulatory pressure from United States regulators and lawmakers. According to a June 7 report from crypto analytics firm CCData, combined spot and derivatives trading volume in May fell 15.7% from the previous month, marking the second consecutive month of dwindling crypto trading activity. As the data is only current to the end of May, it does not take into account any potential impact from the recent SEC lawsuits against Coinbase or Binance.…

US Treasury Secretary Yellen wants more crypto regulation

Amid escalating legal cases against prominent cryptocurrency platforms, Coinbase and Binance, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen emphasized the need for stronger regulation to safeguard crypto users and investors. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made some remarks on CNBC’s Squawk Box, publicly supporting the U.S. financial regulatory bodies, including the SEC and CFTC, in their quest to keep crypto users and investors safe. This comes in the backdrop of recent legal cases against crypto giants Coinbase and Binance. But she didn’t give any specific comments on these individual lawsuits. Interestingly, her statements…

Republican crypto bill a ‘10x improvement’ on all others: Messari CEO

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Messari CEO Ryan Selkis has praised a newly proposed Republican crypto bill, commenting it is a “10x improvement” on all other crypto bills introduced to the United States Congress so far. The “Digital Asset Market Structure” (DAMS) bill, introduced on June 1, proposes to establish a framework to fill the gaps in the regulatory process between the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on activities related to crypto-assets. Speaking at a Coinbase-hosted event on Twitter Spaces on June 7, Selkis explained that U.S. Representatives Patrick…

SEC’s Move To Sue Top Exchanges Decreases Trading Volumes – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

By Matteo Greco, Research Analyst at the publicly listed digital asset and fintech investment business Fineqia International  BTC closed last week at about $27,000, a 3.5% decrease from the $28,000 price at the end of last week. It dropped to about $25,500 on Monday, slightly moving upwards to $26.394 late Tuesday, after the SEC announced it is suing Binance and Coinbase, the world’s largest crypto exchanges by volume, for trading securities it deemed as being unlicensed in the US. Trading volumes remain at low levels, with BTC on-chain volume decreasing by 13% during May.…

U.S. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against DeFi Startup PoolTogether

The lawsuit, filed by former congressional staffer Joe Kent in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in October 2021, alleged the DeFi platform violated New York state’s gambling laws by “allowing people to evade financial regulations and scam consumers,” according to the original complaint. Kent, who previously worked for crypto skeptic Sen Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), filed the suit as an apparent test case as legislators explored avenues to pursue legal actions against DeFi actors. Source

Bitcoin BTC Price Falls Below $26.5K as Crypto Market Fades Amid Coinbase, Binance Angst

Still, SEC fallout was fierce on Wednesday. BNB, the Binance Smart Chain’s native token, recently dropped 7.6% from Tuesday, same time, and at one point earlier in the day sank to about $252, its lowest price since early January, according to CoinDesk data. Cardano’s ADA, Polygon’s MATIC and Solana’s SOL, all top 10 tokens by market capitalization noted in the SEC filing, recently nosedived between 6% and 9%. Source

SEC chair Gensler offered to serve as an advisor to Binance in 2019: Lawyers claim

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler once offered to serve as an advisor to Binance in 2019, according to lawyers representing Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao, CNBC reports.  In documents filed by the SEC on June 7, attorneys from Gibson & Dunn and Latham & Watkins allege that Gensler offered to serve as an advisor to the exchange in several conversations with Binance executives, including Zhao in March 2019. Gensler was nominated by U.S. president Joe Biden to serve as chair of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in February 2021 and…

Binance Customers Appear Unfazed by SEC Lawsuit As Exchange Sees Only Modest Bitcoin Withdrawals: CryptoQuant

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Binance customers do not seem to be particularly affected by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume. According to data shared by Ki Young Ju, the CEO says that Binance did suffer outflows of 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC), the largest withdrawal total of 2023. But that outflow looks less statistically significant when looking at a zoomed-out time chart, according to Ki Young Ju. The impact of 10k $BTC outflows on Binance.https://t.co/1TXeqp1lnZ — Ki Young Ju (@ki_young_ju) June 5, 2023 Julio Moreno, head…

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, talks about SEC compliance

In an interview with Bloomberg, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong candidly outlined the challenges and complexities his company has faced in its compliance with regulations in the U.S. According to industry insiders, in the world of cryptocurrency, it is a task to balance the entrepreneurial spirit with the governing authorities. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, highlighted his journey navigating this complex terrain while striving to get Coinbase, one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, to comply with the U.S. SEC. Armstrong’s pioneering role in the…