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Solana Foundation Strategy Head on Shopify Integration, Crypto Payments Outlook
Shopify customers can now pay in stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) via an integration with Solana Pay, the payment protocol on the Solana blockchain. Solana Foundation head of strategy Austin Federa discusses the partnership and USDC's benefits for merchants. Plus, what the future holds for crypto payment adoption and real-world use cases of the Solana ecosystem.
Criminal Defense Attorney Reacts to Tornado Cash Indictment, SBF's Defense Strategy
Two Tornado Cash developers face allegations of money laundering and sanctions violations. Tully & Weiss Criminal Defense Attorney Joseph Tully discusses his reaction, drawing parallels to the legal considerations of Napster and Silk Road. Plus, what to make of the latest developments around Sam Bankman-Fried as the FTX founder settles on a defense strategy ahead of his criminal trial this October.
Crypto Developers Are Being Charged Because They 'Opened the Door' to Illegal Activity: Lawyer
Tully & Weiss criminal defense attorney Joseph Tully weighs in on Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov facing allegations of money laundering and sanctions violations. "This is sort of along the same lines of law that we've seen starting with Napster, BitTorrent...even Silk Road, where developers are being charged not for things that they did, but because they opened the door, so to speak, for illegal activity," Tully said.
Tornado Cash Devs Charged With Money Laundering and Sanctions Violations
Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were charged with violating sanctions and helping exploiters launder more than $1 billion, including "hundreds of millions" for North Korea's Lazarus Group, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office of Southern District of New York. CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De discusses what the legal developments could mean for the future of crypto privacy mixers.
Australia's CBDC Pilot Shows 'Path Forward' for a Tokenized Economy: Canvas CEO
Australia won't be introducing a CBDC for some years, according to a new report from the country's central bank. David Lavecky, CEO and co-founder of fintech firm CANVAS, which facilitated the first-ever foreign exchange transaction using an Australian Central Bank Digital Currency, shares insights into Australia's eAUD pilot. "It's really shown that there is a path forward tokenizing the economy and having a ecosystem of both CBDCs and privately-issued stablecoins," Lavecky said.
Crypto Bull Market Base Is 'Being Built' as Bitcoin Price Briefly Tops $26.7K: CoinRoutes CEO
Bitcoin (BTC) is paring some earlier gains after topping $26,789 in the last 24-hours. CoinRoutes CEO and co-founder Dave Weisberger discusses his crypto markets analysis and the next catalysts to watch that could move price action. "The bull market's base is being built at these levels rather strongly," Weisberger said. Plus, his AI-related tokens outlook after Nvidia posted its latest quarterly earnings results.
Former OpenSea Exec Nate Chastain Sentenced to 3 Months in Prison for Insider Trading
Nate Chastain, the former head of product at OpenSea, has received a three month prison sentence in what the prosecutors are calling the first-ever digital asset insider trading scheme. CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De breaks down the latest developments.
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Intends to Blame Fenwick & West Lawyers in His Defense
Sam Bankman-Fried intends to argue he was acting in "good faith" in loaning funds to FTX and Alameda executives, in setting Signal messages to auto-delete and in setting up a set of North American entities because he was following the advice of lawyers, including law firm Fenwick & West. CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De discusses the latest developments and what happened inside the courtroom during Bankman-Fried's Tuesday arraignment.
Wormhole Foundation EVP: We're Simply Here to 'Connect and Enable Web3'
Wormhole Foundation EVP and head of operations Dan Reecer discusses the Wormhole Foundation officially launching on Monday, their mission, and what it means for the broader crypto ecosystem. Plus, a closer look at DeFi's vulnerabilities and Wormhole's security measures.
XRP Gives Up Nearly All Gains Made After Ripple's Partial Win Against the SEC
XRP has lost nearly all gains after Ripple Labs’ landmark court ruling over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in July. TheoTrade co-founder Don Kaufman shares his reaction as bitcoin (BTC) and other major cryptocurrencies remain little-changed after the largest cryptocurrency by market cap saw its worst weekly performance since FTX's collapse.