Coinbase Blasts SEC for No Clear Answers Even after Court Order

Coinbase chief of legal said that the Court should grant a mandamus since the SEC’s delay is severely impacting the industry. Crypto exchange Coinbase has been actively pursuing its case against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to gain enough clarity on the regulatory rules for digital assets. The exchange recently blasted the federal securities regulator for failing to answer questions asked in the US Court of Appeals. In the June 17 letter filed in the court, lawyers representing Coinbase accused the SEC of offering “no straight answers” in…

Do Kwon denies forging passport, blames ‘Chinese’ agency: Report

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon told a Montenegro court that he wasn’t aware the passport he was traveling with was allegedly forged and instead pinned the blame on a Chinese-named agency. In a June 17 report from South Korean news outlet Segye Ilbo, Kwon told the Montenegrin Basic Court he received his allegedly forged passports and travel documentation, including a Costa Rican passport, through third-party “agencies.” “I received my Costa Rica passport after filling in the documents required by a Singaporean agency that was recommended to me by a friend.…

‘Britcoin’ launch inches closer after Project Rosalind CBDC tests

The Bank of England (BoE) is a step closer to launching its central bank digital currency (CBDC) dubbed “Britcoin” following the conclusion of a trial study called Project Rosalind. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) along with the BoE launched the joint experiment in July 2022 to explore how prototypes of an application programming interface (API) could be implemented in retail CBDC transactions. A June 16 report which summed up phase two of Project Rosalind found a CBDC could make payments between individuals cheaper and more efficient while allowing firms…