Month: September 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried Scoops Help CoinDesk Win a Loeb Award

The centerpiece story was Allison’s explosive Nov. 2, 2022, piece that raised questions about how sturdy Alameda Research, Bankman-Fried’s large trading firm, was – and, by extension, how safe the billionaire’s affiliated and better-known crypto exchange FTX was. Other CoinDesk stories honored by the Loebs revealed the unusual living arrangements of Bankman-Fried’s inner circle, documented (as it was still happening) a massive hack of FTX as the company was collapsing and gave readers a colorful view inside Bankman-Fried’s first court appearance. Source

Billionaire Takes Over As GameStop CEO, Bullish For Dogecoin?

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Billionaire investor Ryan Cohen has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GameStop, a brick-and-mortar video game retailer in the United States, a move that could potentially impact Dogecoin. GameStop’s stock and the Dogecoin price have shown signs of correlation. Before assuming this role, Cohen had been the Executive Chairman of GameStop since January 2022 and remained the largest shareholder. The experienced investor takes over in what analysts said is an attempt by the board to turn around the fortunes of the public company. Pro-GameStop Billionaire Takes Over…

BIS and central banks of France, Singapore, and Switzerland wrap up CBDC project

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of France, Singapore, and Switzerland have completed Project Mariana. Project Mariana focused on the cross-border trading and settlement of CBDC between financial institutions by applying the decentralized finance (defi) technology. The initiative was developed by three financial innovation hub centers (the Swiss, Singapore, and Eurosystem Hub Centres) with Banque de France, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and the Swiss National Bank (SNB). Each bank tested a different CBDC related to their local currency, such as digital euro, Singapore dollar,…

Zuck’s ‘incredible’ photorealistic tech wows crypto twitter

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While critics have been busy writing eulogies for Meta’s metaverse dream over the last few years, Mark Zuckerberg’s latest demonstration of its photorealistic avatars shows it could be pretty far from dead after all. Appearing on a Sept. 28 episode of the Lex Fridman podcast, Zuckerberg and the popular computer scientist engaged in a one-hour face-to-face conversation. Only, it wasn’t actually in person at all. Instead, the entirety of Fridman and Zuckerberg’s conversation used photorealistic realistic avatars in the metaverse, facilitated through Meta’s Quest 3 headsets and noise-canceling headphones. Here’s…

Coinbase launches perpetual futures trading to non-US retailers

Coinbase is extending its perpetual futures trading service to non-US retail clients, following a successful trial with institutional traders. Coinbase has announced the expansion of its perpetual futures trading service to non-US retail clients. This decision comes in the wake of observing over $5.5 billion in notional volume during the second quarter, predominantly from institutional trading. Coinbase had originally introduced its perpetual futures trading in May. However, this service was exclusively available to institutional investors located outside the United States. Fast forward to Sep. 28, and now, non-US retail traders…

What Is Behind The 16% PEPE Price Recovery And Will It Continue?

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Over the last week, the PEPE price has emerged as one of the best performers in the crypto market. This followed a long period of drawdown that dragged the meme coin’s price almost 90% below its June 2023 all-time high. This prolonged bear period coupled with its declining momentum is why the price reversal has caught the market by surprise. Social Discussions Around PEPE Rise To figure out why the PEPE price has been on a rally at a time when the broader crypto market has suffered declines, let’s take…

SEC delays spot Bitcoin ETF decision for BlackRock, Invesco and Bitwise

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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed its decision on several proposals for spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including BlackRock, ahead of an anticipated government shutdown. The spot Bitcoin ETF applications of Invesco, Bitwise and Valkyrie were also delayed by the SEC, according to separate Sept. 28 filings, while Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart is expecting the applications from Fidelity, VanEck and WidsomTree to also be pushed back by the securities regulator. ANOTHER: @BlackRock joins the party on spot #Bitcoin ETF delays. Three out of seven down. https://t.co/Cn9DSibqf8 pic.twitter.com/eJTzDNInCi — James Seyffart…

US-Based Crypto Exchange Kraken Continues Expansion by Pushing Into Traditional Stock Offerings: Report

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US-based crypto exchange Kraken is reportedly adding to its suite of products with the addition of traditional stock offerings. According to a new report by Bloomberg Law, sources familiar with the matter say that Kraken is planning on offering US-traded stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to its customers. This marks the first time that Kraken has ventured outside of the world crypto assets, according to the report. Initially, the crypto exchange plans to sell traditional stock offerings in the United States and the United Kingdom through Kraken Securities, a new…

Is The Ethereum Winter Over? L2 Exploding, ETH Futures ETF Launches

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After sinking roughly 30% from 2023 highs, Ethereum appears to be bouncing off from the pits of the crypto winter. Looking at candlestick arrangements in the daily and weekly charts, the coin has primary support at around $1,500 and is firm, bouncing off with decent trading volume.  At spot rates, ETH is up approximately 3% following positive developments sparked by the increasing adoption of its layer-2 scaling solution and the recent news that VanEck, a player managing billions of assets, is preparing to launch an Ethereum derivatives product. ETH price…

Exchanges federation touts crypto trading regulation, integration with TradFi

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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) sees the potential for crypto-asset trading platforms (CTPs) to play a larger role in the “real” economy and society at large. It had some blunt observations about CTPs and suggestions for regulators in a paper released Sept. 28. “CTPs should welcome a degree of regulation as a mean[s] to bolster the appeal of their markets,” the WFE wrote. It suggested six principles for regulating CTPs. The first of those was to segregate functions to avoid trading against their customers, a complaint that United States…