“Coinbase, a multi-billion-dollar entity advised by sophisticated legal counsel, argues it was unaware that its conduct risked violating the federal securities laws, and suggests that by approving Coinbase’s registration statement in 2021 the SEC confirmed the legality of Coinbase’s underlying business activities – at that time and for all time,” the SEC said in its filing. Source
Edinburgh is probably No. 2 in the U.K. as a startup hub, it felt like there was a good mixture of talent. We’ve decided to stay probably because of the pandemic allowing us to not have to rely on the very good, but fairly small, talent pool in Scotland. There are only 5.5 million people in Scotland. It’s a secondary hub for financial services or banking for the U.K. outside of London, so people tend to get hoovered up, especially the good ones. Source
Layer-2 blockchain Public Goods Network launched a testnet on July 7, promising to spend “the vast majority of net sequencer fees” on public goods instead of paying them out to the development team or token holders, according to an announcement from the network’s developers. In economics, a “public good” is a good that cannot be produced for profit because it is difficult to exclude non-payers from its consumption. The new network was developed by the same team that created Gitcoin, a project that seeks to raise funds for open-source projects.…
Bitcoin’s price gave back some of its recent gains this week, but multiple data points suggest that $30,000 should hold as support going forward. Bitcoin (BTC) remained within a narrow 4.3% range for the 15 days leading up to July 7. Despite the proximity of the $29,895 to $31,165 range, investors’ sentiment was significantly impacted by an unsuccessful attempt to break above $31,400 on July 6. Traders’ tendency to overreact to short-term price movements rather than Bitcoin’s year-to-date gains of 82% could be part of the reason for the short-term correction.…
Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has petitioned a Florida court to confirm a judgement in its favor through arbitration after the platform mistakenly deposited $50,000 into a user’s account. According to the July 6 court filing, Crypto.com “erroneously deposited” $50,000 into James Deutero McJunkins’ account in June 2022, despite the user seemingly not earning the funds through trades or other activity. He immediately transferred the funds into an external bank account out of reach of Crypto.com’s authority, and ignored repeated requests to return the money. In October 2022, Crypto.com went to arbitration…
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. Amid the growing number of hacks in the DeFi ecosystem, a smart contract developer has made a new Ethereum request for comment (ERC) proposal to introduce a circuit breaker that could cut losses from hacks by 70%. In another exploit scare, Some Multichain contracts on Ethereum suffered withdrawals of more than half of their deposits, causing on-chain sleuths to fear an exploit…
Lawyers representing billionaire Elon Musk and Tesla asked a United States district court judge to toss out a motion to have them sanctioned over alleged conflicts of interest in a $258 billion lawsuit alleging Musk participated in an illegal racketeering scheme related to the Dogecoin (DOGE) cryptocurrency. In a filing dated July 6, Musk and Tesla’s team responded to the June 25 motion filed by Evan Spencer, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs in the case against Musk. Spencer referred to the defendants’ lawyers as “yes men” in his filing and…
“Arguments have been made that ETFs, as well as bitcoin exchanges, ignore what some believe is the single most important feature of bitcoin, the ability to control their funds without the need to place trust in a third-party to manage the asset,” said Jim Iourio, managing director of TJM Institutional Services and a veteran futures and options trader. “This flies in the face of Bitcoin’s entire point of existence.” Original
JPMorgan released a research report on Thursday stating that the approval of a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will not have a transformative impact on the crypto markets due to several factors. The report highlights the lack of significant investor interest in similar ETFs that have been available in Canada and Europe for some time. Not groundbreaking The anticipation surrounding the approval of a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States continues to grow among enthusiasts. However, JPMorgan, a leading…
Ether has been on a downward trend, with the $2,000 level forming a crucial resistance level in recent months. While Bitcoin (BTC) recorded 11.94% gains, moving past $30,000 in June after BlackRock filed an application for an exchange-traded fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States, the upside in Ether (ETH) stayed around 3.16%. In the first week of July, buyers attempted to move the price past crucial resistance at around $1,900. However, a failed breakout exposed the price to further correction. The Ethereum network also witnessed a decline in…