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SEC, CFTC Charge FTX’s Singh With Fraud Following Criminal Plea; Bitcoin ETF Dispute Heads to Court
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures charged former FTX director of engineering Nishad Singh with fraud allegations on Tuesday, following his guilty plea to similar charges in a federal court. Separately, Grayscale says it’s preparing to argue in court next week that the SEC inappropriately treated its bitcoin exchange-traded fund bid differently than earlier decisions approving bitcoin futures-based ETFs. Grayscale and CoinDesk are both owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG).
Bitcoin Core Developer Luke Dashjr Calls Out Unauthorized Ordinal NFT With His Name
Luke Dashjr, one of Bitcoin's core developers, is disavowing an auction for a Bitcoin-native Ordinal NFT that incorporated some of the code he contributed to the digital asset protocol. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in the Ordinals movement dividing the crypto community.
Robinhood Received Crypto-Related Subpoena Request From SEC: 10K Filing
Robinhood Markets (HOOD) received an investigative subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its crypto operations shortly after the FTX crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy protection in November, the popular trading platform revealed in its latest 10-K filing. "The Hash" panel discusses the details of the filing and its key takeaways.
SEC's Gensler Suggests All Crypto Other Than Bitcoin Are Securities
In a recent interview with New York magazine, SEC Chair Gary Gensler suggested that all cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin are securities. The direct quote was: "Everything other than bitcoin, you can find a website, you can find a group of entrepreneurs, they might set up their legal entities in a tax haven offshore, they might have a foundation, they might lawyer it up to try to arbitrage and make it hard jurisdictionally or so forth." "The Hash" panel discusses how this might shape future U.S. crypto regulation.
Metaverse Token Gamium Spikes After Meta and Telefonica Partnership Announcement
Metaverse project Gamium’s native token GMM surged by 340% to $0.0025 on Tuesday after the project announced deals with social media giant Meta Platforms (META) and telecommunications firm Telefonica (TEF). "The Hash" panel discusses the latest Web3 push from Meta and Telefonica, bringing mainstream blockchain awareness.
Shift in Supply of Stablecoins Could Foreshadow Crypto's Next Move
Bitcoin (BTC) is staying rooted around $23,500. Options Insights Founder Imran Lakha shares his crypto markets analysis, saying, "people who own crypto at the moment are...in it for the long haul. They're not buying it from a tactical perspective."
CZ Responds to Forbes Report that Binance Moved $1.8B in Stablecoin Collateral to Hedge Funds Last Year
Forbes reports that Binance moved $1.8 billion of collateral meant to back its customers' stablecoins to hedge funds last year. In a tweet, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as "CZ," responded to the article, stating in part "they referred to some old blockchain transactions that our clients have done." The co-author of the article and Forbes Director of Data and Analytics Javier Paz, responds to CZ's tweet on "First Mover."
Coinbase Will Pause Trading of Binance USD Starting March 13
Coinbase says it plans to suspend trading of Binance USD (BUSD) starting March 13 because the stablecoin doesn’t meet its listing standards. Lumida CEO and co-founder Ram Ahluwalia shares his analysis. "I believe that regulators are focused on limiting fiat ramps and trying to control exposure to Binance," Ahluwalia said.
Concerns over NFT Fake Sales
Host Joel Flynn seeks to get to the truth about the NFT marketplace, with a focus on dodgy trades, fakes and Blur.io. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."
Voyager Digital Sends $121M in Crypto to Exchanges, Sells Ether, Shiba Inu Holdings
Voyager Digital has been selling off its cryptocurrency holdings at a fast rate, according to blockchain intelligence firm Arkham Intelligence. The embattled crypto broker platform transferred $121 million of crypto assets to exchanges and sold its ether (ETH), shiba inu (SHIB) and Chainlink’s LINK holdings. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses Voyager Digital's latest bankruptcy developments.