Regulations


Policy

NFL Quarterback Trevor Lawrence and 2 YouTube Influencers Settle FTX Case

NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars' quarterback Trevor Lawrence and YouTube influencers Kevin Paffrath and Tom Nash agreed to undisclosed terms, while BitBoy has been dismissed from the case.

NFL All Day (Unsplash)

Policy

Gemini Blasts DCG and Genesis Bankruptcy Plan, Calling It ‘Misleading at Best’

Under the plan, Gemini creditors would receive a “fraction” of the money they are owed, Gemini’s lawyers said.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015 (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)

Policy

Celsius, Core Scientific Resolve Acrimonious Mining Dispute With $45M Deal

Celsius had previously claimed hundreds of millions in damages in a squabble over unpaid dues that led to its mining rigs being powered down.

Bitmain Antminer S19 Hydro mining rigs, the company's latest technology, installed at a Merkle Standard facility in Washington state. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Policy

Binance.US Not Playing Ball With Probe, SEC Says, as Focus Turns to Custody Arm Ceffu

Securities regulators have complained the exchange is unregistered, and worry about assets being shifted overseas.

CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

Policy

Most Important U.S. Senator for Crypto’s Future Tells Regulators to Use Existing Powers

Sen. Sherrod Brown, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, called for more crypto transparency and consumer protections in a letter to agency chiefs.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Policy

Dueling Digital Dollar Bills Debated in Congressional Hearing on U.S. CBDC

House Republicans want to ban U.S. CBDCs before they’re even formally proposed by the Federal Reserve, but one senior Democrat is pitching a bill that goes the other way.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Surprisingly Few U.S. Customers Want Their Bittrex Money Back

The U.S. Secret Service kept millions on the exchange, company lawyers told a bankruptcy court – but other creditors have been strangely reluctant to ask for their funds back

Bittrex filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. in May 2023 (Flickr/Alpha Photo)

Finance

Digital Trading Platform MetaComp Offers Clients Stablecoin-to-TradFi Security Path, Claiming Singapore First

Trading volume has climbed to around $50 million since the service was introduced last month.

Singapore skyline (Mike Enerio/Unsplash)

Policy

FTX Tweaks Crypto Sale Proposal to Placate U.S. Government

The bankrupt crypto exchange wants to sell off its billions of dollars in crypto before returning funds to creditors – but doesn’t want markets forewarned

John J Ray III took over as FTX CEO in November (House Committee on Financial Services)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried Remains Stuck in Jail

The FTX founder lost his bid for a “temporary release” from jail ahead of trial.

Sam Bankman-Fried outside a courthouse earlier this year. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)