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Binance is seeking to fend off charges again from U.S. commodity regulators, as the world’s biggest crypto exchange faces increasing heat from enforcers. As part of CoinDesk's State of Crypto 2023 event in Washington, D.C., CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger discusses the agency's enforcement authority and future of crypto regulation.

Oct 24, 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) briefly broke above $35,000, fueled largely by investor optimism that spot bitcoin ETFs are on the way. As part of CoinDesk's State of Crypto 2023 event in Washington, D.C., Cboe Digital Chief Legal Officer Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos discusses what to make of the current U.S. crypto regulatory landscape as more TradFi players enter the digital asset space and many market participants eye the next crypto bull run.

Oct 24, 2023

As part of CoinDesk's State of Crypto 2023 event in Washington, D.C., MobileCoin head of compliance David Ackerman, along with Lightspark co-founder and chief legal officer Jai Massari, discuss the potential hurdles to adopting legislation around stablecoins and CBDCs across the globe. Plus, an update on Lightspark's enterprise-grade end-to-end solution for Universal Money Addresses.

Oct 24, 2023

As part of CoinDesk's State of Crypto 2023 event in Washington, D.C., CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger shares insights into the state of U.S. crypto regulation and also explains why she's "not surprised" about spot bitcoin ETF excitement fueling market optimism. Plus, Mersinger weighs in on the regulator recently targeting three decentralized finance (DeFi) operations and Binance renewing its push to fend off charges from the CFTC.

Oct 24, 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) is close to $31,000 and continues to gain ground, taking bullish cues from traditional rate-sensitive assets like gold. Christopher Matta, President of 3iQ Digital Assets (US), discusses his crypto markets analysis, sharing insights into the significance of ether staking and the outlook for regulatory clarity in the space.

Oct 23, 2023

Eversheds Sutherland partner and co-global head of corporate crime and investigations Sarah Paul weighs in on the settlement reached for the ad hoc committee of non-U.S. customers of FTX.com. "We have agreed to resolve our litigation in connection with the planned framework that's expected to result in the distribution approximately 90% of the distributable value of the FTX debtors to be paid to customers," Paul said.

Oct 23, 2023

FTX floated an amended proposal to return up to 90% of creditor holdings held at the exchange before it imploded last November. The debtors' group will formally file the plan by December 16. Eversheds Sutherland partner and co-global head of corporate crime and investigations Sarah Paul discusses the latest developments. Eversheds Sutherland represents the ad hoc committee of non-U.S. customers of FTX.com.

Oct 23, 2023

BitVM, as it is known, was laid out in an Oct. 9 whitepaper by Robin Linus, a core contributor to ZeroSync, which is building tools for developers to use zero-knowledge proofs on Bitcoin. "Bitcoin's script is intentionally limited to reduce the attack surface," Linus said. BitVM applies "a compilation of a couple tricks that allow you to overcome the limitations of Bitcoin's script."

Oct 23, 2023

The House hasn't had a speaker since the beginning of October, threatening any further advancement of crypto bills sitting before the legislative body. "First Mover" hosts Jennifer Sanasie and Lawrence Lewitinn discuss Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) making a bid for the vacant Speaker of the House position, as he's sponsored a number of crypto-related bills over the past few years.

Oct 23, 2023

A goal of Robin Linus's design for "BitVM" is to enable Turing-complete Bitcoin contracts – making the blockchain programmable, similar to a computer – without making the network more complicated for other users. ZeroSync co-founder Robin Linus shares insights into the proposal and the solutions it could offer.

Oct 23, 2023