Day: September 13, 2023

What Has the Blockchain Association Actually Achieved?

First, she said, the association helped beat back a proposed rule from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the U.S. Treasury’s money laundering watchdog, requiring exchanges to collect personal information on unhosted or self-hosted crypto wallets. Second, the association, she said, helped water down a crypto tax and expansive reporting requirement contained in President Joseph Biden’s 2021 omnibus infrastructure bill. Third, the association has helped member companies, such as Ripple, Coinbase and Grayscale, to push legal arguments as they fought Securities and Exchange Commission actions against them. But you might…

Court approves sale of FTX digital assets

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The Delaware bankruptcy court has approved the sale of FTX digital assets. Judge John Dorsey made the ruling at a hearing on Sept. 13. Major changes were made to the order authorizing the sale on the previous day. FTX will be allowed to sell digital assets excluding Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and “certain insider-affiliated tokens” in weekly batches through an investment adviser under pre-established guidelines. There will be limits of $50 million for the first week and $100 million in subsequent weeks. There will be an option to increase the…

Paxos confirms it’s responsible for $500K mistaken Bitcoin transaction

The account that overpaid $500,000 in fees on Sept. 10 for a Bitcoin transfer belonged to Paxos, according to a Sept. 13 statement from the company. Paxos claimed that end users have not been affected and all user funds are safe. Paxos is most well-known as the issuer of stablecoins, including PayPal USD (PYUSD) and Pax Dollar (USDP), but also runs a crypto brokerage firm that carries Bitcoin (BTC). The statement comes after users on X (formerly Twitter) were speculating that PayPal may have been responsible for the transaction due…

This Latest Move Suggests SEC Lawsuit Against Ripple Is Pushing The Crypto Firm Outside The US

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Ripple may be in the process of leaving the United States market for good as the prominent crypto firm has stated that it will be acquiring the majority of its employee candidates from countries outside the US.  Ripple Will Recruit A Workforce Overseas US-based cryptocurrency solutions provider, Ripple has enacted plans to conduct its hiring processes outside US borders. The cryptocurrency firm has stated that over 80% of its workforce will be recruited from countries outside the US that encourage crypto adoption and innovation. The decision to hire the majority…

Wash Trading: $2 Billion Lost Since 2020, Blockchain Research Firm Says

Wash trading, a deceptive practice in financial markets, has emerged as a pervasive concern within the decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX) landscape, according to a recent report from Solidus Labs. The report, released on September 12 as the second part of its 2023 Crypto Market Manipulation Report, sheds light on the rampant practice of “wash trading” in these supposedly trustless platforms. The Enigma Of Wash Trading Wash trading, an illicit trading strategy where a trader simultaneously buys and sells the same asset, artificially inflates trading volumes and creates a false impression…

Google to allow NFT game ads, metaverse ‘hot’ in Asia: Nifty Newsletter

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In this week’s newsletter, read about how Google will start allowing games featuring nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to advertise and promote themselves using its platform and how a developer stole $1 million in assets from the Milady NFT collection. Check out how an insurance company excluded NFTs from a $20-million policy and how the metaverse is “hot” in Asian markets like Hong Kong, Korea and Japan. And don’t forget this week’s Nifty News featuring Binance ending its support for Polygon-based NFTs.  Google will allow ads for NFT games starting Sept. 15…

Ripple says security incident accelerated its acquisition of Fortress Trust

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The takeover of Fortress Trust by financial technology company Ripple on Sept. 8 involved more than just an acquisition deal. The transaction was accelerated by a security incident hours earlier involving a Fortress third-party analytics vendor, Ripple confirmed to Cointelegraph.  According to a representative from Ripple, discussions between the companies intensified last week after cloud tools of a third-party analytics vendor were compromised. In an interview with Fortune, Fortress CEO Scott Purcell said the company lost $12 million to $15 million in the incident. A majority of the funds were…

EU parliament votes overwhelmingly in support of DAC8 crypto tax reporting rule

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Lawmakers in the European Union parliament voted overwhelmingly in support of the eighth iteration of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC8), a cryptocurrency tax reporting rule, in a plenary session on Sep. 13.  Held in Strasbourg, France, the session reportedly saw DAC8 receive overwhelming support in the form of 535 member votes for and just 57 against. The measure received 60 abstentions as well. Heads up: The European Parliament plenary adoption of the #DAC8 is happening today As a reminder: DAC8 is an instrumental legislation designed to further harmonise the…

Users To Receive All Their Crypto?

Per a report from TheBlock, Digital Currency Group (DCG) reached an agreement with crypto exchange Gemini. The two parties have been negotiating for months after the collapse of crypto lender Genesis, a DCG subsidiary, and the Gemini Earn program. The event left thousands of users without funds, leading to several lawsuits and the destruction of the relationship between the Digital Currency Group and the trading venue. The founders of Gemini, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, were public about their negotiations and their objective of making their clients whole. DCG And Gemini…

FTX Secures Court Approval to Sell Crypto Holdings, Including BTC and SOL

FTX submitted a filing requesting permission to engage in these activities in August, arguing that hedging its crypto assets would “allow the Debtors [FTX] to limit potential downside risk prior to the sale of such bitcoin or ether,” while “staking certain digital assets … will inure to the benefit of the estates – and, ultimately, creditors – by generating low risk returns on their otherwise idle digital assets,” according to the filing by FTX’s lawyers. Source