Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says “anything is on the table, including relocating” from the US if regulatory clarity for the industry does not emerge
Armstrong said “anything is on the table” in terms of Coinbase's plans should greater regulatory clarity not emerge in the U.S.
Binance CEO CZ says CFTC's complaint contains “incomplete recitation of facts” and Binance does not agree with “characterization of many of the issues alleged”
Today, the CFTC filed an unexpected and disappointing civil complaint, despite our working cooperatively with the CFTC for over two years.
Regulators are choking the crypto industry in the US, but major policy decisions should be made by Congress and state legislatures, not by unelected officials
Katie Haun / Wall Street Journal :
Binance says the NYDFS ordered Paxos to stop issuing more of its BUSD stablecoin, which has 6.2M holders; Paxos will continue redemptions and cut Binance ties
Firm will continue to manage redemptions of the product — New York regulators directed a crypto company to stop issuing …
Luke Dashjr, an original core developer of Bitcoin, claims someone stole “basically all” his BTC by compromising his PGP key; a wallet shows ~217 BTC were moved
Stephen Katte / Cointelegraph :
Luke Dashjr, one of the original core BTC developers, says someone stole “basically all” his BTC by compromising his PGP key; a wallet shows ~217 BTC were moved
A Bitcoin OG and core developer Luke Dashjr claims his PGP key was compromised, resulting in virtually all his Bitcoin being stolen from him on Dec. 31.
Binance.US plans to acquire Voyager Digital's assets in a deal worth $1.022B, beating other bids and subject to bankruptcy court approval at a January 5 hearing
Claire Boston / Bloomberg :
On-chain data from Ethereum, Tron, and Solana: FTX appears to have stopped processing withdrawal requests, starting at 6:37am ET for ether
- Crypto exchange FTX seems to have stopped processing withdrawal requests, according to on-chain data. — The last outgoing transaction …
An unidentified hacker on a forum is selling 23TB+ of allegedly stolen data on up to 1B Chinese residents for 10 BTC, after breaching a Shanghai police database
Good morning, and welcome to Tuesday's Asia Links Sead Fadilpašić / TechRadar : Mystery hacker claims to have conducted one of the largest data heists in history Adam Robertson / c...
The EU agrees on new crypto rules, including measures guarding against market abuse and requiring crypto firms to disclose environmental impacts of their assets
and it's the EU leading on the regulatory frameworks that will likely play a role in setting the tone for the rest of the world. Denelle Dixon / @denelledixon : 3/4 The EU is setti...
Cryptocurrency lender Celsius, recently valued at ~$3B, says only accredited US investors will be able to add new assets and earn rewards starting April 15
Michael Bellusci / CoinDesk :
Global money laundering watchdog FATF releases guidelines that could force crypto companies to check customers' identities and report suspicious transactions
at best—suppressed. https://www.fatf-gafi.org/... Patrick Hansen / @paddi_hansen : 1/ There it is: the FATF has updated its guidance for #Crypto and #DeFi. It seems the FATF wants ...