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Policy

Regulators Should Pay Attention to UST

A stablecoin de-pegged. People lost money. It ain’t great.

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Policy

Grayscale Had ‘Productive’ Meeting With SEC on Bitcoin ETF Conversion

The SEC to date has approved several futures-based bitcoin ETF products, but has delayed or outright rejected all spot bitcoin ETF applications.

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Markets

Coinbase Has No Risk of Bankruptcy, New 10-Q Disclosure Language Is SEC Requirement, CEO Armstrong Says

The new language points out that customers could be treated as general unsecured creditors if there ever were to be such proceedings.

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Finance

Cipher Raises Year Hashrate View While Cutting Power Guidance

The stock of the miner lost almost 50% of its value in one day.

Bitcoin mining rigs at Kryptovault's facility in Hønefoss, Norway. (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Videos

How Low Could BTC & ETH Go?

As the crypto markets continue to slide, Valkyrie Co-founder & CIO Steven McClurg discusses the potential bottoms for BTC and ETH, citing the impact of the Fed’s half-point interest rate hike. Plus, reactions to UST stablecoin briefly losing its peg to the U.S. dollar and Valkyrie’s Bitcoin Futures ETF securing SEC approval.

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Videos

Global NFT Sales Rise; Hong Kong Embraces NFTs

Bitcoin tumbles with Nasdaq’s worst performance since 2020. Chinese mining rig maker Canaan placed on SEC pre-delisting list. NFT market breaks out of bear territory. Hong Kong sees explosion in NFT exhibitions. Those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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Finance

Nvidia Failed to Disclose Crypto Mining Revenue Impact in 2018, SEC Says

Without admitting or denying the charges, the chipmaker agreed to pay a $5.5 million dollar fine to settle the affair.

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Videos

Binance, Sequoia Back Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

According to an updated SEC filing, cryptocurrency exchange Binance committed $500 million and venture capital firm Sequoia Capital $800 million to help finance Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of social media platform Twitter (TWTR).

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Finance

Valkyrie’s Bitcoin Futures ETF Gets SEC Approval, Following Teucrium Nod

The approval came as the firm used a different exchange act application, which also helped Teucrium get the green light for a similar product.

Valkyrie has filed for a bitcoin futures ETF.

Policy

Crypto Mining Rig Maker Canaan Added to SEC List of Scrutinized Chinese Companies

Canaan has until May 25 to dispute its inclusion, which could eventually force its delisting from the Nasdaq.

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