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Lido’s LDO Token Sinks 10% Following Rumors Crypto Staking Service Received SEC Notice

Crypto podcaster David Hoffman spread (and then retracted) a rumor that the SEC had delivered a Wells Notice to the decentralized staking service. A spokesperson for Lido declined to comment.

Bankless co-host David Hoffman speaks at an ETHDenver 2023 side event. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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SEC’s Coinbase Insider Trading Case Is ‘Backdoor Rulemaking,’ Trade Association’s CEO Says

The regulator “piggybacked” off the Justice Department's insider trading case and is using it as a way to define some tokens as securities, Perianne Boring, the Chamber of Digital Commerce’s founder, told “First Mover.”

Chamber of Digital Commerce founder and CEO Perianne Boring (CoinDesk archives)

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Montana Senate Passes Bill Protecting Crypto Miners

The legislation will likely upend a Missoula county zoning law that was one of the first in the U.S. to target the mining industry.

A Cipher mining bitcoin farm. (Cipher Mining)

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Crypto Regulatory Initiatives Show SEC’s Dominance Among US Regulators: JPMorgan

JPMorgan foresees more regulatory actions on stablecoin issuers, custody and protection of investors’ digital assets and on the unbundling of crypto services, the report said.

Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de Estados Unidos. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Washington Plays Tennis With Crypto

If digital asset regulation is drifting into partisan waters, that’s bad for all involved.

The Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. (ANDREY DENISYUK/GettyImages)

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Kazakhstan's President Signs Legislation to Limit Energy Usage of Crypto Mining

The new law also calls for government-approved mining pools.

Binance is on track to being able to operate in Kazakhstan. (Alexander Serzhantov/Unsplash)