Further, of the 168 Consensus attendees who answered an electronic survey, participants were split on who will actually own the metaverse: 40% voted that megacorporations like Meta will take charge, while another 40% voted that everyone or no one will lay claim to a unified digital world. Only 19% of participants believed that early adopters with skin in the game would own the metaverse. Source
Month: June 2023
SushiSwap Launch Sushi DEX Aggregator for Liquidity Support
Sushi noted that its team had been working secretly on building an aggregation router for a while now as it is part of the platform’s bigger vision for 2023. Open-source Decentralized Exchange (DEX) SushiSwap has introduced a new aggregator as it makes its first foray into the aggregation business. With this DEX aggregator, SushiSwap customers are allowed to obtain the best prices when trading on the platform without further or additional procedures. In order words, customers will be offered optimum pricing while also exposed to a large range of assets…
Coinbase (COIN) Shares Slump After SEC Files Suit Against Company
“The legal fight will be long and costly for Coinbase, but it might be difficult to argue and prove that they didn’t commingle and unlawfully offer exchange, broker-dealer, and clearinghouse functions,” Edward Moya, a senior markets analyst at Oanda, said. Source
U.S. Doesn't 'Need More Digital Currency' Because It Has the Dollar, Says SEC's Gensler
Gensler’s comments follow landmark suits filed this week against Binance and Coinbase. Source
Swift and Chainlink Will Test Connecting Over a Dozen Financial Institutions Like BNY Mellon to Blockchain Networks
In a new set of experiments, Swift will partner with major TradFi institutions like Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon, Citi, Clearstream, Euroclear and Lloyds Banking Group. The goal is to test how these institutions can use the Swift’s infrastructure to instruct the transfer of tokenized assets across blockchains, the press release said. Source link
Life Insurance Denominated in BTC? Meanwhile Sets Up Shop With $19M Funding
The Bermuda Monetary Authority-licensed company said it raised the funds across two seed rounds. The first was co-led by Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, and former Stripe executive Lachy Groom. The second was led by Gradient Ventures. Meanwhile was previously called Standard Crypto Insurance, and is registered under that name with the BMA, CEO Zac Townsend told CoinDesk. Source
Bankers Shopping FTX’s ‘Hundreds of Millions of Dollars’ Stake in AI Startup Anthropic: Report
CryptoX – Cryptocurrency Analysis and News Portal At the time of its bankruptcy last November, FTX may have owned as much as $500 million worth of stock in Anthropic, the creator of ChatGPT rival chatbot Claude, which was valued at $4.6 billion, having raised $750 million in recent months, according to the report. Source The post Bankers Shopping FTX’s ‘Hundreds of Millions of Dollars’ Stake in AI Startup Anthropic: Report appeared first on CryptoX. CryptoX Portal
Coinbase targeted by state security regulators concurrent to SEC lawsuit
According to a statement published by the Alabama Securities Commission on June 6, a multi-state task force comprising of state regulators from Alabama, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, South Caroline, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin have issued a Show Cause Order against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The order alleges that “Coinbase violates the securities law by offering its staking rewards program accounts to Alabama residents without a registration to offer or sell these securities.” In particular, the order gives Coinbase 28 days to show cause why they should not be directed…
Apple Vision Pro Will Compete with Meta Quest 3, Here’s Difference
Apple and Meta will be taking the battle on the frontier of mixed-reality headsets. Here’s a look into how each of the devices – Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 – compare with each other. Mixed Reality, AR, and VR is the new battleground for tech giants to compete with each other. While Facebook parent Meta has been in the game for a while, Apple just made a big bang entry into the space by unveiling its Apple Vision Pro during the WWDC 2023 event’s opening day on Monday,…
After Binance, SEC Sues Coinbase over Illegal Operation of Crypto Exchange
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, with operating an illegal trading platform that offered unregistered crypto asset securities. The securities watchdog also accused the platform of running a digital asset staking-as-a-service programme without authorization. In a complaint filed before a US district court in New York, SEC further alleged that Coinbase combines the functions of an exchange, brokerage and clearing agency–which are separated under US laws–without registering to engage in these activities. “All the while, Coinbase has earned billions…