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Finance

My Big Coin Founder Gets 8-Year Jail Sentence for Fraud

Randall Crater, 52, was convicted in July of defrauding investors of more than $6 million.

French authorities sentenced two men to jail for using crypto to fund terrorism in Syria (Shutterstock)

Policy

Digital Dollar Project Warns on US Cautious Approach to CBDCs

The DDP's white paper called the U.S, approach to CBDCs an "unsustainable position."

The Digital Dollar Project is kicking off a new CBDC sandbox in October. (Ben Mater/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Coinmetro Eyes US, Europe Expansion With $7M Funding Round

The interim fundraising round, a precursor to a Series A round, valued the firm at $180 million.

Unstoppable Finance has raised $12.8 million to develop its DeFi wallet. (analogicus/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Lender Nexo Acquires Minority Stake in OCC-Regulated Summit National Bank

The deal will enable Nexo to open bank accounts with Summit National Bank, as well as enhancing its other products.

Antoni Trenchev Co-Founder Nexo (Shutterstock/Coindesk)

Markets

La inflación de los Estados Unidos de agosto es más alta de lo previsto y bitcoin cae 4%

La inflación núcleo, más seguida por traders, aumentó 0,6% en agosto, un incremento mucho más alto que el de julio.

(Archivo de CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Consolidate as Traders Eye US Jobs Report to Gauge Next Fed Rate Hike

Instead of weighing the broader path for interest rates or the terminal rate, markets are trading the odds on the Fed's Sept. 21 decision: 50 bps or 75 bps, one trading firm said.

The U.S. payrolls report may help determine the scale of the impending Fed rate hike and move markets. (Alex Kotliarskyi/Unsplash)

Policy

BitConnect Founder, Indicted in US Over Missing Bitcoin, Is Now Wanted in India, Too

Satish Kumbhani and six others were named by an unidentified lawyer in a complaint over missing bitcoin.

Temple in Pune, India (Anand Dhumal/Pixabay)

Policy

CFTC Commissioner: I Like Being an Underdog Versus the SEC

Kristin Johnson also suggested her agency might be able to be more responsive than the SEC because it's smaller.

CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson and Conrad Bahlke, counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher at Crypto Connection 2022 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Videos

Sino Global Capital CEO on ‘Catalyst’ for Next Crypto Cycle

Matthew Graham, Sino Global Capital CEO, discuses his outlook on the crypto markets as U.S. inflation hits a 40-year high.

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