Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban has again locked horns with former securities chief John Reed Stark, this time over who was ultimately to blame for FTX’s collapse and the impact on creditors. During a heated back-and-forth exchange, Cuban argued had the United States Securities and Exchange Commission set “clear regulations,” no one would have lost money
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Account abstraction, also known as “smart accounts” could eventually onboard a billion users from the Asia region to Web3, according to an executive at Ethereum software solutions provider ConsenSys. Speaking to Cointelegraph, the director of strategic initiatives at ConsenSys, Laura Shi, noted that the Ethereum and Web3 ecosystem has seen a strong expansion in Asia
Lawmakers in the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are moving forward with legislation aimed at expanding authorities’ ability to target cryptocurrencies used for illicit purposes. In a meeting of the U.K. Parliament’s House of Lords on July 4, lawmakers conducted a third reading of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
A team member for Lido has accused competitor Rocket Pool of being too centralized in a July 4 social media post. Both Lido and Rocket Pool are liquid staking protocols that allow users to delegate their cryptocurrency to validators and receive derivative tokens in exchange. According to the post from Lido’s community staking lead Dmitry
Recent weeks have seen a surge in interest from traditional finance for crypto-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs). After the Securities and Exchange Commission took issue with its initial filing, BlackRock submitted a fresh application for a Bitcoin ETF on July 3. A week earlier, Fidelity led a crop of investment firms in lodging applications with the
The Bitcoin (BTC) futures’ premium has reached its highest level in 18 months on July 4. But traders are now questioning whether the derivatives metrics indicate “excessive excitement” or a “return to the mean” after a prolonged bear market. BTC price gains capped by regulators, macroeconomics Bitcoin’s price has been trading in a narrow 4.4% range
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, or FCA, has announced that all cryptoasset firms marketing to users in the country must be in compliance with its financial promotions regime by October 2023. In letters dated July 4, the FCA said starting on Oct. 8, companies operating in the U.K. will have only “four routes to
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) may have hampered the development of the Bitcoin ecosystem, with market research reflecting a massive slant towards non-Bitcoin investments by venture capitalists over the past five years. Blockstream CEO Adam Back highlighted the juxtaposition between the lack of venture investment in Bitcoin in comparison to its dominance of the total cryptocurrency
With the Bitcoin (BTC) halving event less than a year away, several financial giants have filed applications for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) — a scenario last seen before the 2020 to 2021 bull run. Institutional interest in the sector dried up after major crypto giants such as FTX collapsed amid a prolonged crypto
Cointelegraph is launching Zero Barriers, a special six-part podcast series in collaboration with StarkWare. The series, which features as part of the Decentralize with Cointelegraph podcast, will explore the evolving world of zero-knowledge rollups (ZK-rollups) and the next steps for the adoption of blockchain technology. Throughout the series, three different hosts from the Cointelegraph team
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls fought for $31,000 on July 4 as a United States market closure offered the chance for volatility. Bitcoin price “getting ready to rip higher” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price action attempting to cement overnight gains. These topped out near $31,400 before momentum waned, leaving BTC/USD still within
New York-based law firm McDermott Will & Emery filed for compensation of $5.1 million from the creditors of bankrupt crypto brokerage firm Voyager Digital. The bill is for legal services offered between March 1 and May 13, 2023. In a July 3 court filing, the law firm billed the legal fees to the “Official Committee
The Chinese government has announced plans for export controls on metals predominantly used to manufacture semiconductors used in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. On July 3, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued a joint statement with the General Administration of Customs which said the controls are aimed at protecting the interests of national
Industry experts believe Hong Kong’s shifting attitude towards blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and Web3 could entice businesses away from the United States. The city has made a series of moves over the past year to foster the development of the Web3 space and enable retail investment into cryptocurrencies. The latest example of this is the formation
Despite recent narratives suggesting differently, the United States won’t be losing its allure as a crypto hub, according to the CEO of blockchain analytics firm Merkle Science. A swathe of hostile regulatory actions leveled at crypto firms in the United States in recent months has led many top crypto executives to turn their gaze elsewhere. Despite
Crypto exchange Gemini founder and CEO Cameron Winklevoss is again threatening to sue Digital Currency Group and its CEO Barry Silbert over delays in the resolution of Genesis for its Earn customers while slamming the CEOfor allegedly trying to play the victim card. In the July 3 “Open Letter to Barry Silbert,” Winklevoss alleged the
Bitcoin (BTC) has been the “primary focus” for institutional investors over the last two weeks, according to Coinshares, as the cryptocurrency continues to hit new prihighs for 2023. In a July 3 report from CoinShares’ Head of Research James Butterfill, the analyst noted that Bitcoin-related products saw $310.6 million of inflows over the last two
The co-founders of collapsed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) have pledged to donate a portion of earnings from their newest crypto venture to creditors who lost money in the fund’s 2022 collapse. In a July 3 Twitter Space, 3AC co-founder Kyle Davies said it would be “good karma” to “donate” the potential earnings
Hong Kong crypto ETFs’ rise to popularity During a June 28 interview with Hong Kong’s public broadcast agency Radio Television Hong Kong, Peishan Li, chief executive and board member of Hang Seng Investment Management, disclosed that digital asset ETFs listed in the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China have now surpassed $12 billion Hong Kong
The Open Network (TON) has released an on-chain encrypted messaging feature, according to a July 3 announcement from the network’s developer, TON Foundation. The new feature allows for private messages to be sent between TON users. TON Foundation Introduces Encrypted Transaction Messageshttps://t.co/HXKtk0gxKC pic.twitter.com/0z1z4E5ku1 — TON (@ton_blockchain) July 3, 2023 TON is a blockchain network forked