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Crypto Was Singapore's Top Area of Fintech Investment in 2022 Despite Global Slowdown: KPMG

For 2023, KPMG has predicted that it is "likely investments in crypto-focused firms will remain very slow."

A new KPMG report predicts the crypto investment slowdown will continue through the rest of the year (Shutterstock)

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Wyoming Lawmakers Pass Bill Prohibiting Forced Disclosure of Private Crypto Keys

The U.S. state's House of Representatives approved the rules, which won't apply in cases where there is no alternative way to access the requisite information.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming (Ben Emrick/Unsplash)

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Global Standard Setters Will Team Up to Tackle DeFi Regulation: FSB

Decentralized finance “does not differ substantially” from traditional finance in its functions or vulnerabilities, according to the Financial Stability Board.

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Binance Bracing Itself for Fines From US Regulators to Settle ‘Past Conduct’: WSJ

The world’s largest crypto exchange has been under extra scrutiny since the collapse of rival exchange FTX.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (Binance)

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Coinbase, Anchorage Digital Say They'd Be OK Under SEC Custody Proposal, but Risks May Lurk for Others

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal to require investment advisers use only “qualified custodians” could complicate advisers' use of crypto platforms.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk, modificado por Photomosh.com)

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US Prosecutors Ask Judge to 'Prohibit' Bankman-Fried From Using Phones, Internet

Sam Bankman-Fried had allegedly used a VPN to watch football games.

Sam Bankman-Fried  (Liz Napolitano/CoinDesk)

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State of Crypto: Interpreting the Paxos-Binance Tea Leaves

NYDFS forced Paxos to stop issuing Binance USD. The SEC has said BUSD may be a security. Stay with me here – Paxos may not be the regulatory target.

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Tornado Cash Developer to Stay in Jail as Dutch Trial Continues

Alexey Pertsev was arrested in the Netherlands in August shortly after the U.S. sanctioned the crypto privacy tool.

Courthouse in ‘S Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (Jack Schickler/CoinDesk)

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FTX Transferred $7.7B From Bahamian Estate to US Units Ahead of Bankruptcy Filing, Court Told

Representatives for FTX said whether assets belong in the Bahamian estate or in the U.S. estate remain open issues.

FTX CEO John J. Ray III (C-Span)