James Rubin

James Rubin was CoinDesk's Co-Managing Editor, Markets team based on the West Coast. He has written and edited for the Milken Institute, TheStreet.com and the Economist Intelligence Unit, among other organizations. He is also the co-author of the Urban Cyclist's Survival Guide. He owns a small amount of bitcoin.

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Crypto Traders Suffer $320M Losses in Liquidations as SEC Lawsuit Against Binance Spurs Market Plunge

Cryptocurrency prices nosedived Monday as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the crypto exchange and its chief executive for multiple federal securities law violations.

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BNB, CAKE Plummet Following SEC Crackdown on Binance

Both are significant tokens in the Binance ecosystem and had their prices drop by more than 8%.

BNB price daily (CoinDesk)

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First Mover Asia: Why Did Bitcoin's Price Hold Above $27K Over the Weekend? Two Analysts Expect Continued Resilience

ALSO: The bitcoin options put/call ratio across exchanges has sunk to 0.47, suggesting that fewer investors are seeking downside protection against price declines than they had prior to the passage of a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.

Bitcoin week-long chart (CoinDesk)

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Crypto Lender Celsius’ $800M Ether Staking Shake-Up Stretches Ethereum Validator Queue to 44 Days

The embattled crypto lender has deposited $745 million of ETH to staking contracts in the last two days, significantly stressing the already-long waiting time to deploy new validators to the Ethereum network.

Celsius deposits ETH into staking contracts (Arkham Intelligence)

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Why Did Bitcoin’s Price Rise? BTC Hovers Over $27K as Investors Shrug Off Hot Jobs Data

Ether and other major cryptos spent much of the day in positive territory.

Bitcoin daily chart (CoinDesk Market Index)

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DeFi Tokens Rose in a Turbulent Week: CoinDesk Market Index

Lesser known altcoins had a strong week as bitcoin and ether wrestled with macroeconomic headwinds

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Blockchain Association Files Amicus Brief in Coin Center Lawsuit Against U.S. Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions

In a statement, the trade group’s CEO Kristin Smith, said that regulatory actions should only target bad actors and not punish the crypto mixing tool.

Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith said crypto lobbyists helped beat back disastrous regulations on "unhosted wallets." (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Has Reached 'a General Accumulation Phase': Analyst

ALSO: BTC-20 tokens are pushing toward a $500 million market cap, and data from Glassnode shows that they have been a boon for miners.

Bitcoin daily price chart. (CoinDesk Indexes)

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U.S. Commodities Agency May Change Risk Rules to Consider Crypto

The CFTC has proposed an overhaul of risk-management requirements, and one commissioner says it should factor in emerging crypto dangers.

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Tether Market Cap Climbs to All-Time High of $83.2B, Even as Stablecoin Market Sinks

USDT has reached a $83.2 billion market capitalization, recovering all the losses since the implosion of blockchain project Terra more than a year ago.

USDT is the largest stablecoin by total supply. (DrawKit Illustrations/Unsplash)