Gemini Trust Co., a cryptocurrency exchange, and bankrupt lender Genesis Global Capital have jointly filed for the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The lawsuit claims that their Earn product violated securities regulations by offering unregistered securities. In their legal filings, the companies contended that their Earn product, which
Arthur Madrid, co-founder and CEO of metaverse project The Sandbox, was the victim of a Twitter account hack on May 26, according to a post from Madrid that was apparently made after he recovered the account. The attacker allegedly used Madrid’s account to promote a fake “airdrop” phishing scam. In Madrid’s post, he warned Sandbox
Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week. After a bullish April, May was another month of exploits, rug pulls and hacks, bringing back uncertainty to DeFi. The most prominent headline marker in the past
Chinese Bitcoin mining company Canaan reported slight improvements in some of its financial metrics in the first quarter of 2023. The progress, however, is still far behind where it was last year in this period. According to an unaudited report posted on its investor relations page, Canaan’s net loss was $84.4 million in Q1, lower
Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) startup, Neuralink, reportedly received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct some form of “in-human” trials for its surgically implanted brain device. Congratulations Neuralink team! https://t.co/AWZGf33UDr — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 26, 2023 It’s unclear at this time what kind of trials the Neuralink tweet
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has piqued the interest of the crypto community with a recent publication in its Policy Hub series on the implications of Web3 for financial services. The 17-page paper by Christine Parlour, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business, is intended as a basic text,
Macro Markets, hosted by crypto analyst Marcel Pechman, airs every Friday on the Cointelegraph Markets & Research YouTube channel and explains complex concepts in layperson’s terms, focusing on the cause and effect of traditional financial events on day-to-day crypto activity. The latest Macro Markets show begins by exploring why the crypto market capitalization is some
Bitcoin (BTC) remains pinned below $27,000 and the recent weakness of the past few days has increased calls from analysts for a fall to the low $20,000 levels. While anything is possible, the bulls are unlikely to give up the $25,000 support without putting up a fight. Glassnode’s lead on-chain analyst Checkmate said in his
On May 24, the token price of cross-chain router protocol Multichain (MULTI) fell by 30% over 24 hours to trade at $4.97 at the time of publication. The sell-off came after users reported that their multichain funds had not arrived due to a backend node upgrade “taking longer than expected.” An admin in the Multichain
Six individuals seeking to overturn the United States Treasury’s decision to sanction crypto mixer Tornado Cash have just relayed four key arguments in support of their motion. In a May 24 filing in support of a prior motion for partial summary judgment, the individuals argue that the “case is not about carving out special rules for
On Episode 21 of Cointelegraph’s Hashing It Out podcast, Elisha Owusu Akyaw talks to Lukas Schor, co-founder and head of ecosystem at decentralized custody protocol, Safe. Schor breaks down how account abstraction is an overhaul of regular asset management processes and an improvement to existing wallet recovery options. Safe Wallet leverages smart account features to
Stablecoin issuer Circle has launched Euro Coin (EUROC) on Avalanche, a move that aims to deliver faster and more efficient payments and financial services for developers and users. In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, the Circle team said that the launch is part of their multi-chain strategy for EUROC. The team said that the availability
The balance of available Ether (ETH) across crypto exchanges dropped to a five-year low on May 26, bringing the total amount of Ether held on exchanges to 17.86 million. A drastic decline in the exchange supply of ETH like this has not been seen since April 2018. According to Glassnode data, only 14.85% of the
Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, has released its annual “Financial Infrastructure Report.” It devoted a considerable part of the report to crypto assets and the question of whether Norway should depend on international regulatory examples to control its market. The European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation will come into force in a
The World Economic Forum has released a white paper on crypto asset regulation, assisted by its Digital Currency Governance Consortium. The need for regulation is urgent and cooperation is key, the paper found. Global coordination is necessary for crypto asset regulation to prevent ambiguity, regulatory arbitration and inconsistent enforcement, the paper argued. The authors identified
Crypto Twitter discussions about law and policy are informed chaos, a specialized cacophony. Despite the drama involved with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ announcement on Twitter that he was running for president in 2024, he made some alpha drops about his stance on crypto. The key takeaways from Desantis’ remarks were that crypto owners “have every right
French lawmakers have agreed to tone down the restrictions on a bill first proposed in March that would have severely restricted locally-registered cryptocurrency companies from using influencer marketing. An earlier draft of the bill allowed only licensed crypto companies to engage in influencer marketing. However, while crypto companies are currently required to register with the
Crypto exchange Gemini has selected Dublin as the headquarters for its European operations, amid a backdrop of crypto companies seeking expansion outside of the United States. On May 25, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who founded Gemini in 2014, confirmed that they had selected Ireland as a base to grow the company’s services across Europe. In
Crypto fintech firm Unbanked, which provides crypto custody and payments services, has become the latest firm to close shop while citing a harsh regulatory environment for crypto in the United States. In a May 26 blog post, Unbanked co-founders Ian Kane and Daniel Gouldman said that when it first opened, it believed that building the company
OpenAI, the parent company of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, has launched an initiative to bring more democratic input to AI development. In the official announcement on May 25, the company said it is preparing to award 10 grants worth $100,000 each toward experiments in setting up a “proof-of-concept,” democratic process for determining rules for