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Legal Firm Roche Freedman Removed From Class Action Against Tether, Bitfinex: Report

Law firm Roche Freedman was removed from representing the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against crypto exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, which accused them of market manipulation, according to a Bloomberg report. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De breaks down the details and why a judge referred to what Roche Freedman did as "stupid."

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Policy

UK Finance Minister Kwarteng Fired

He will be replaced by former Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt, who was once responsible for digital policy in the country.

New U.K. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

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Yellen Stresses Importance of Regulatory Framework for Digital Assets; Tether Cuts Commercial Paper Holdings to Zero

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated the importance of building a regulatory framework for digital assets. Stablecoin issuer Tether reduced its commercial paper holdings to zero and replaced them with U.S. Treasury bills. Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital's executives have included sweeping legal immunity for themselves in the proposed agreement for their assets to be sold to FTX.US for $1.4 billion.

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Tether, el emisor de la stablecoin USDT, reduce a cero sus tenencias de papel comercial

La empresa ha ido sustituyendo gradualmente su tenencia de papel comercial por bonos del Tesoro de Estados Unidos.

Director de Tecnología de Tether, Paolo Ardoino, en la Blockchain Week de París en abril. (Bitfinex)

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Stablecoin Issuer Tether Cuts Commercial Paper Holdings to Zero

The company has been gradually replacing its commercial paper holdings with U.S. Treasury bills.

Director de Tecnología de Tether, Paolo Ardoino, en la Blockchain Week de París en abril. (Bitfinex)

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Fed's Barr: Regulators Should Use 'Range of Options' in Fintech

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr spoke at a DC Fintech Week event to a policy-focused crowd, noting that risk management is a key issue for regulators. “The range of options available for dealing with emerging technologies and those benefits are solid,” Barr said. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the details. Plus, insights on negotiations over Congress’ leading stablecoin bill.

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Key US Lawmaker Says Talks Continue Over ‘Ugly Baby’ Bill to Oversee Stablecoins

After months negotiating legislation to establish U.S. oversight, Rep. Patrick McHenry signals the challenges ahead for the effort next year.

Rep. Patrick McHenry speaks at DC Fintech Week (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Justin Sun on Huobi Being Acquired by About Capital

Tron Founder Justin Sun discusses the significance of Hong Kong-based About Capital acquiring crypto exchange Huobi Global. Plus, insights into decentralized stablecoin USDD, "advantages" of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), how Binance competes against its rivals and his "highly optimistic" outlook for China's crypto scene.

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MobileCoin Launches ‘Electronic Dollars’ Stablecoin

Privacy-focused crypto and payments firm MobileCoin has partnered with stablecoin platform Reserve to launch a stablecoin dubbed “Electronic Dollars” (eUSD). “The Hash” hosts discuss how eUSD works and the implications for privacy, global payments and the larger stablecoin market.

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Crypto and Payments Firm MobileCoin Launches Stablecoin – ‘Electronic Dollars’

The company says eUSD will be “the first data-protecting stablecoin.”

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