“We’re not concerned with the labels. We’re concerned with the offerings, the labels are not important to us,” Grewal said. “The technology is important. What’s underneath the hood, because when we look underneath the hood, when we kick the tires, we’ve seen plenty … DeFi [decentralized finance] offers that are neither decentralized nor finance but rather just straight [fraud].” Source
Blackrock’s (BLK) iShares Bitcoin Trust application to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week might stand a better chance than previous attempts by other fund managers thanks to the promise of a “surveillance-sharing agreement” between exchanges. Original
Ethereum whales have taken advantage of ether’s dip below the $1,700 region to accumulate millions of dollars worth of ETH in the last 24 hours, according to on-chain data released by Spot on Chain. While market analysts and on-chain metrics recently suggested that the cryptocurrency markets have entered an early bull season, the regulatory onslaught embarked upon by the US regulatory watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has effectively delayed that transition. The price of ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency crashed to the $1,626 mark on June 15, its…
On March 31, 2021, Tether claimed it had more than $35.5 billion in U.S. dollar equivalents at these institutions, according to the documents. They were shared with CoinDesk by the New York Attorney General’s office (NYAG) in response to a state Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request filed in June 2021. The documents appear to have been created on Aug. 4, 2021, and serve as a snapshot of Tether’s operations on that day. A further $5.1 billion were detailed under “USDT lending” and other assets, for an asset total of…
There is no way to measure the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) that is being sent to self-custody wallets so far, according to one industry executive. Amid the ongoing FUD over lawsuits against major cryptocurrency exchanges, investors have been increasingly offloading their Bitcoin from crypto trading platforms. As of mid-June, Bitcoin’s exchange supply fell to its lowest level since February 2018, according to data from the crypto intelligence platform Santiment. The massive exchange outflows have been triggered by the growth of self-custody fueled by uncertainty around Binance and Coinbase, Santiment said.…
EUIPO has finalized a proof of concept “having engaged in real-life operational tests with four brands, two logistics operators and a customs authority,” following a months-long trial, which showed “promising results,” the agency said of an initiative now known as European Logistics Services Authentication (ELSA), based on a separate project known as the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI). Source link
UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given a go-ahead to the deal noting that Amazon is not violating any competition concerns. Earlier today on Friday, June 16, Britain’s competition regulator gave a go-ahead to Amazon for its planned acquisition of the Roomba vacuum cleaner maker – iRobot Corporation. UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that they have cleared the deal which would not lead to any competition concerns in the country. Earlier in April 2023, the CMA started investigating the deal that Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) made in…
The official Binance exit from the Netherlands follows the exchange’s inability to secure an official license with Dutch regulators. Binance has announced its exit from the Netherlands. According to an official publication, the world’s largest crypto is leaving the Dutch market as it has been unable to secure a license as a virtual asset service provider (VASP). In the exit announcement, Binance notes it will no longer accept new users in the Netherlands with immediate effect. Also, apart from withdrawals, all services will be suspended for existing users resident in the…
dApp Store Kit, which was initially incubated by Polygon Labs, will integrate Ready Games’ mobile game development toolkit to help developers roll out Web3 games. dApp Store Kit’s toolkit for deploying EVM-compatible DApp stores will combine with Ready Games, allowing developers to integrate Web3 on-chain support. This will include the ability to integrate wallets and on-chain user profiles as well as a DApp Store frontend stack to launch Web3 games. The announcement highlighted the prevalence of ‘clunky user experience’ on mobile Web3 games, which often require users to constantly switch…
Stablecoin-issuer Tether has published a lengthy response to reports that the reserves of Tether (USDT), one of the largest stablecoins, once included securities issued by Chinese companies. On June 16, mainstream media outlets including Bloomberg reported that the company once used held securities issued by Chinese state-owned firms. Bloomberg cited documents released by New York’s Attorney General (NYAG) and highlighted that USDT was once backed by securities from firms like the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank Corp. and Agricultural Bank of China. Everything You Need To…