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Mashinsky's Arrest, Ripple Ruling, Etc.

Catching up on a mere 11 days' worth of news.

Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky outside a courthouse in New York on July 25, 2023. (Anna Baydakova/CoinDesk)

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U.S. DOJ Needs 6-8 Weeks to Process Evidence Against Celsius's Former CEO, Attorneys Tell Judge

Alex Mashinsky was arrested earlier this month on fraud and price manipulation charges.

Celsius to distribute $3 billions of crypto to creditors as firm emerges from bankruptcy.

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Namibia's Crypto Assets Bill Is Now a Law

Namibia's virtual assets bill became an act and was put into law on Friday according to the Gazette of the Republic of Namibia.

Swakopmund, Namibia (Grant Durr/Unsplash)

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Crypto Exchange Rain Obtains License to Operate Virtual Asset Brokerage, Custody Service in UAE

Rain's Abu Dhabi-based entity can now offer institutional clients and some retail clients in the UAE the ability to buy, sell and store virtual assets.

Abu Dhabi (Kamil Rogalinski/Unsplash)

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UK Information Commission to Make Inquiries About Worldcoin

The firm has claimed it complies with "very, very local and very specific rules and regulations in each of the markets where there's an Orb."

An inside view of the Orb, Worldcoin's custom hardware that makes cryptographic IDs based on iris scans. (Worldcoin)

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Japan Signals More Web3 Promotion Policies Are Coming

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday that the country plans to improve the environment for Web3 when it comes to using tokens and revitalize the content industry.

Kishida reiterated “Web3 is part of the new form of capitalism,” referring to his flagship economic policy intended to drive growth and wealth distribution. (Photo by Takayuki Masuda)

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EU Stablecoin Issuers With Bank Assets in Reserve Will Get Extra Regulation, EBA Draft Says

The EU agency is consulting on new MiCA rules that mean “significant” tokens are centrally supervised with extra capital requirements

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Meet the Hong Kong Lawmaker Who Invited Coinbase to Town

Legislative Council member Johnny Ng is courting crypto exchanges to get licensed in the city as the U.S. drives digital asset firms offshore.

“Traditionally successful entrepreneurs may not be interested in this industry,” says lawmaker Johnny Ng. “Even if they are, they might not know how to play it.” (Johnny Ng)

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Craig Wright Will Be Able to Fight Bitcoin Copyright Claim in UK After Winning Appeal

The self-proclaimed author of the Bitcoin white paper claims the operation of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash violate his intellectual property rights.

Craig Wright (Rob Mitchell/CoinDesk)

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Wholesale CBDC Would Improve Cross-Border Payments, French Central Bank Tests Show

Banque de France said it ran multiple experiments to test central bank digital currencies for wholesale payments, issued "directly on" distributed ledger technology.

paris, france