Following the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) lawsuit, US-based crypto exchange, Coinbase, has received multiple Show Cause orders from US states. The Alabama Securities and Exchange Commission (ASC), alongside ten other US states, filed charges against Coinbase for violating securities laws. States that joined the multi-state task force include Kentucky, Illinois, California, South Carolina, Washington,...
Crypto billionaires have been hit hard by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s crackdown on Binance and Coinbase, incurring huge losses so far this week. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, has seen his net worth shrink by $1.4 billion to $26 billion, while Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has seen his net worth drop by...
Move-to-Earn fitness platform Sweat Economy has proposed a governance vote to reassign over 2 billion abandoned SWEAT tokens. The protocol had assigned billions of SWEAT tokens to users who signed up during its token generation event (TGE). According to a recent blog post, several users never downloaded the Sweat Wallet app, leaving about 2.5 billion...
A rapidly growing decentralized Twitter competitor, Nostr, is collaborating with Zebedee to design a new social media. This move would enable interoperability between Zebedee’s ZBD app and Nostr apps. Zebedee is a New Jersey-based video game payment platform with over one million Bitcoin wallets, supported by a $46.5 million VC fund. Nostr protocol’s innovation allows...
Binance has disclosed a collaboration between its Sanctions Investigation Team and Israel’s Ministry of Defense in a counterterrorism operation against Iranian and Hezbollah terrorist groups. A June 29 blog post revealed that this operation aims to track down terrorism financing operations linked to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp, Quds Force. This effort demonstrates Binance’s commitment to...
According to a recent research report by Bank of America (BofA), tokenization can revolutionize financial and non-financial infrastructure and financial markets in the next five to 15 years. The report highlights the transformative power of tokenization and its wide-ranging implications for various sectors. .@BankofAmerica says tokenization could transform financial and non-financial infrastructure and financial markets...
In a revolutionary move, Hong Kong is exploring the idea of launching its Stablecoin, HKDG, to rival established Stablecoins like USDT and USDC. As reported by Wu Blockchain, the proposal, co-authored by prominent figures in academia and industry, including Vice Chancellor Wang Yang and angel investor Cai Wensheng, aims to enhance Hong Kong’s position in...
By Kylie Madry and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines (OTC:LTMAY) on Thursday posted a 95% year-on-year fall in net profit in the fourth quarter to $84 million, as its operations stabilized after exiting bankruptcy in late 2022. The sharp drop for the final three months of 2023 reflected a normalization for LATAM...
(Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has sold about $150 million of his shares in the bank, a SEC filing showed on Thursday, marking the first time the head of the largest U.S. lender has sold shares since taking charge in 2005. Dimon and his family intend to sell 1 million of their 8.6 million...
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms\' Oversight Board said on Thursday it would include social media platform Threads under its purview, allowing users to appeal the company\'s content moderation decisions. The board said, in addition to the 130 million people using Threads, Meta will also be able to refer cases about content on the social media platform. Board...