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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Binance, the exchange’s founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), and a couple of other entities on charges of failing to register as a “futures commission merchant” while offering unregistered crypto derivatives options to U.S. customers. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De weighs in on the significance of the lawsuit.

Mar 31, 2023

A new report from DappRadar suggests that Layer-2 solutions are gaining traction in the DeFi space. DappRadar Head of Research and Analytics Pedro Herrera breaks down why decentralized finance was in the spotlight in the first quarter and the significance of the highly anticipated token airdrop of Arbitrum.

Mar 31, 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) is under pressure on Friday as options worth billions of dollars expired and some traders took bearish bets on the cryptocurrency's Ethereum-based wrapped version, WBTC. Bannockburn Global Forex Chief Market Strategist Marc Chandler shares his crypto markets analysis and the impact the ongoing banking crisis may have on the U.S. Federal Reserve's fight against inflation. "We know that banking crises, financial crises tend to be deflationary. What we don't know is the magnitude and the duration," Chandler said.

Mar 31, 2023

A new report from DappRadar shows the total value locked in DeFi rounded out the first quarter with over $83 billion, thanks in part to the rise in interest of scaling solutions like Arbitrum, Fantom, and Optimism. That's an increase of nearly 38% from the previous quarter. DappRadar Head of Research and Analytics Pedro Herrera breaks down the details of what happened in the first quarter as jitters swirling around the U.S. banking sector remain.

Mar 31, 2023

Bitcoin is trading around $28,000 as the PCE price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, increased 0.3% in February. Bannockburn Global Forex Chief Market Strategist Marc Chandler weighs in on the state of inflation in the U.S. and how current macroeconomic conditions could impact the crypto market.

Mar 31, 2023

Coinbase is in talks with regulators about staying in Canada, according to a CoinDesk source. This comes as rival Binance, however, looks likely to leave the country. Bitget Managing Director Gracy Chen shares her insights and discusses how the Seychelles-based crypto derivatives exchange is performing amid wider U.S. regulatory scrutiny for other crypto exchanges.

Mar 30, 2023

After FTX, we saw "an all-time high in our trade volumes, as well as new registered users," said Gracy Chen, Managing Director for Seychelles-based crypto derivatives exchange Bitget. Plus, Chen discusses the exchange's license application in Hong Kong.

Mar 30, 2023

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will plead not guilty on charges of trying to evade campaign financing laws and attempting to bribe one or more Chinese government officials, according to a Reuters report. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De weighs in. Separately, OKX says it has identified $157 million in digital assets belonging to FTX and Alameda Research and is turning them over to the bankruptcy estate for the former companies.

Mar 30, 2023

Data from blockchain analytics firm Nansen reveals that Binance's on-chain balance remains high, despite the CFTC suit against the crypto exchange that dropped this past week. Nansen Customer Success Manager Jason Meng discusses what the on-chain analytics tool provider is seeing in regards to Binance's outflows following regulatory turbulence for the world's largest crypto exchange.

Mar 30, 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) is rising past $28,000 on Thursday, rallying nearly 23% in the last 30 days. 3IQ Head of Research Mark Connors attributes the uptick to lingering uncertainty in the banking sector, noting that "we're still in the safe haven period."

Mar 30, 2023