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Do Kwon Appeals New Montenegro High Court Decision Upholding Extradition Requests, Lawyer Says

Local courts may be facing political pressure regarding Kwon's extradition to the U.S. or South Korea, his Montenegro lawyer Goran Rodic told CoinDesk.

Terra Community AMA with Do Kwon (April 2021)  (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

UBS and Citi Will Let Some Customers Trade Bitcoin ETFs, Contrary to Rumors

The banking giants' decisions contrast with Vanguard's decision to bar customers from buying bitcoin ETFs.

UBS logo (Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash)

Finance

Goldman Sachs Eyeing Bitcoin ETF Role Via BlackRock and Grayscale: Sources

Goldman Sachs is in talks to play the key role of being an "authorized participant" for BlackRock and Grayscale's bitcoin ETFs, if the SEC approves them, according to people familiar with the situation.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon (Lester Cohen/Getty Images)

Policy

India's Local Crypto and Web3 Advocacy Body Asked for Action Against Offshore Entities: Source

Bharat Web3 Association's (BWA) Chairman wrote the letter to the Indian government on Dec. 16.

New Delhi, India (Unsplash)

Policy

Prometheum Earns Final Regulatory Nod to Try Hand at Fully-Compliant Crypto

The U.S. platform, which drew industry barbs for insisting crypto can comply with SEC rules, is now approved for clearing, though it won't begin for a few months at least.

Prometheum founder and co-CEO Aaron Kaplan went on CoinDesk TV to discuss is Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) broker-dealer license approval. (CoinDesk)

Tech

Shiba Inu Could Soon Offer SHIB Holders a '.shib' Internet Domain

The team is working with internet domain player D3 to apply for and win the “.shib” internet domain as part of a broader push toward a decentralized identity project.

Shiba Inu Doge mascot (Twitter)

Finance

Real-World Assets Build on Solana as Ondo Finance Expands Tokenized Treasury Offering

The combined market cap of tokenized Treasuries mushroomed to over $760 million from $110 million earlier this year, according to RWA.xyz data.

a hundred dollar bill

Finance

Bitcoin Wallet Conio, Coinbase Team Up to Bring Crypto to Italian Banks

Conio is also looking at tokenization, and is involved in the Euro Token project overseen by the innovation center of the Bank of Italy.

Conio general manager Orlando Merone (Conio)

Finance

Digital Asset Brokerage Firm Nonco Raises $10M Seed Funding Led by Valor Capital, Hack VC

The firm says it has already seen $6 billion in volume in Americas since its debut in April.

Fernando Martinez, CEO of Nonco. (Nonco)

Markets

Galaxy-Backed Gyroscope's 'All-Weather' Decentralized Stablecoin Goes Live on Ethereum Mainnet

The GYD dollar-pegged token aims to protect against the risks of holding stablecoins by offering an alternative to centralized and algorithmic designs.

Gyro stablecoin (Gyroscope)