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Ira Lee Sorkin, who previously represented Bernie Madoff, discusses why it will not likely work for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to blame the collapse of the exchange on the lack of regulatory clarity in the crypto industry. "There's no regulation that says you are permitted to misrepresent information to investors...there's no regulation that says do whatever you want with investor's money," Sorkin said.

Oct 4, 2023

Cinthia Murphy, ETF Think Tank research director, explains why she thinks the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) has "no real ground to deny" ether futures ETF applications. "We've had futures bitcoin ETFs already in the market...so there really is no good reason why ether ETFs would be any different," Murphy said.

Oct 2, 2023

Judge Lewis Kaplan's ruling on Thursday denied the third attempt from Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team to have the FTX founder released during the trial into custody. CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De breaks down the latest legal developments.

Sep 29, 2023

Boerse Stuttgart Digital managing director Oliver Vins discusses the state of demand for staking solutions among institutional players and the significance of safety and compliance. Plus, insights on their plans to introduce a fully insured cryptocurrency staking service next year, that aims to reduce the risk of slashing.

Sep 27, 2023

CoinDesk's global policy and regulation managing editor Nikhilesh De weighs in on the potential government shutdown and how it could impact the pending spot bitcoin ETF applications. Plus, insights about a new letter from a group of lawmakers urging the regulator to move forward with ETF application approvals.

Sep 27, 2023

Proof of Stake Alliance executive director Alison Mangiero breaks down the increasing attention being paid to staking over the past year. "Many people started paying attention to staking earlier this year, when we saw the Kraken settlement and SEC with the enforcement actions against Coinbase and Binance," Mangiero said.

Sep 25, 2023

Perkins Coie Partner Keith Miller highlights the SEC's "bad two months," punctuated by legal setbacks such as the DC Circuit Court's ruling in favor of Grayscale. "The last two months have shown these decisions and particularly shown a crack in the SEC's crypto foundation," Miller states, suggesting a more favorable landscape for spot bitcoin ETFs. Grayscale and CoinDesk are both owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG).

Aug 31, 2023

Hermine Wong, former Coinbase Head of Policy and Principal at herminewong.xyz, questions Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler's piecemeal legal actions, stating "This inconsistent, case-by-case approach is confusing and ineffective. Overall, this strategy of being the enforcer as chair is starting to crumble."

Aug 30, 2023

The crypto industry is grappling with Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov being charged with money laundering and sanctions violations. FalconX deputy general counsel Purvi Maniar says "it's very disappointing to see allegations that the benefits of the technology are being used in a negative way to violate U.S. law."

Aug 25, 2023

Renato Mariotti, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP partner, weighs in on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried facing arraignment yet again in a New York Court on Tuesday. "This is going to be an interesting peek at Sam Bankman-Fried after he's been in prison, remember that he was repeatedly violating his conditions of release," Mariotti said.

Aug 22, 2023