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Kraken Considers Nuclear Energy for Data Centers; Biden's Odds of Dropping Out Jump on PolyMarket
"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as crypto exchange Kraken considers using nuclear energy as a power source for its data centers. Plus, Nigeria's money laundering trial against Binance and two executives was adjourned until July 5. And, the odds that President Biden drops out of the race for the White House hit an all-time high of 60% on Polymarket.
Binance Executive's Health Deteriorates in Jail as Nigeria Money-Laundering Trial Proceeds
The first Securities and Exchange Commission witness has been cross-examined and the money laundering trial adjourned till July 5.
U.S. Judge Lets Most of SEC Case Against Binance Proceed, Dismisses Secondary Sales Charge
A federal judge ruled the SEC had plausibly alleged Binance, Binance.US and Changpeng Zhao violated federal securities laws.
U.S. Lawmakers Visit Detained Binance Exec in Nigeria; Winklevoss Twins Donate to Trump Campaign
"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, Congressman French Hill and Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan visited Tigran Gambaryan in a Nigerian prison. Plus, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss announced their donations to the campaign of former President Donald Trump and Standard Chartered is establishing a spot trading desk for buying and selling bitcoin and ether.
U.S. Lawmakers Visit Detained Binance Exec in Nigeria, Call for Release
The two House members said Tigran Gambaryan is being wrongfully detained and should be freed.
MicroStrategy Buys 11.9K More Bitcoin; SEC Ends Probe Into Consensys
"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, including MicroStrategy's purchase of 11,931 BTC. Plus, Binance has been fined approximately $2.2 million by India’s Financial Intelligence Unit; and Consensys received letters from the U.S. SEC saying the regulator had ended its investigation into the technology incubator company.
Binance Fined $2.2M by India’s Financial Intelligence Unit
Binance became the first offshore crypto-related entity, along with KuCoin, to be approved by India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in May, conditional to paying a penalty.
Nigeria Drops Tax Charges Against Binance Executives
The executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, are still named in a money-laundering case.
Former Federal Prosecutors, Agents Ask U.S. Sec. Blinken to ‘Step Up’ Efforts to Secure Detained Binance Exec’s Release
Investor Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor, reportedly spearheaded the letter to Blinken
Robinhood to Buy Crypto Exchange Bitstamp; Core Scientific Rejects CoreWeave's Buyout Offer
"CoinDesk Daily" host Helene Braun breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as trading platform Robinhood announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200 million in cash. Plus, Core Scientific has rejected the more than $1 billion buyout offer from cloud computing firm CoreWeave and Binance can once again allow Mastercard users to purchase crypto on the exchange.