Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish files for an IPO, plans to trade on the NYSE, and reports a net loss of ~$349M on digital asset sales of $80M in Q1
This is our initial public offering. We are offering a total of ordinary shares … Godfrey Benjamin / Coinspeaker : Bullish Exchange Files to Go Public in the United States Sebastian Villafuerte / Bit...
Kalshi sues Nevada's gaming regulators to keep offering event contracts to bet on sports and politics, citing federal regulation by the US CFTC
Calls It Innovation, Not Gambling Zack Abrams / The Block : Kalshi sues Nevada, New Jersey gaming boards after receiving orders to cease sports contracts Jalpa Bhavsar / The Crypto Times : Kalshi Sues...
Trump pardons BitMEX founders Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed, who previously pled guilty to federal criminal charges related to money laundering
Is Do Kwon Next? Associated Press : Trump pardons founder of electric vehicle start-up Nikola, Trevor Milton Assad Jafri / CryptoSlate : Trump exonerates BitMEX co-founder in landmark anti-money laund...
Gemini will return ~$50M of digital assets to investors who were locked out of their accounts when Gemini Earn collapsed, to settle a lawsuit by New York's AG
Bans the Exchange From Crypto Lending in the State Jonathan Stempel / Reuters : New York recovers $50 mln for defrauded Gemini Earn crypto investors Mike Millard / DL News : New York recovers $50m for...
OpenAI debuts Voice Engine, which lets users generate synthetic copy of a voice from a 15-second sample, available to around 10 partners, including HeyGen
but Won't Release the Tech Yet Cade Metz / New York Times : OpenAI Unveils A.I. Technology That Recreates Human Voices Benj Edwards / Ars Technica : OpenAI holds back wide release of voice-cloning tec...