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Celsius’ co-founder Daniel Leon follows Mashinsky out as crypto exec flight continues

S. Daniel Leon, who cofounded Celsius with Alex Mashinsky in 2017, has quit his job as the bankrupt crypto lender’s chief strategy officer, CNBC reported Oct. 4, citing unnamed sources and an internal memo seen by the outlet. Bloomberg later reported receiving confirmation of Leon’s resignation from the company. Leon’s

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DataVault requests US election agency’s advice to send NFTs as a campaign fundraising incentive

The legal team behind nonfungible token firm DataVault Holdings has requested an advisory opinion from the United States Federal Election Commission on using NFTs for fundraising efforts.In a Sept. 21 letter to FEC acting general counsel Lisa Stevenson, DataVault’s lawyers proposed sending NFTs as “souvenirs” to individuals who contributed to

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Pro-Russian Groups Raised $400,000 in Crypto Since Ukraine Invasion, Report Reveals – Bitcoin News

Groups supporting Russia’s war effort in Ukraine have been actively collecting cryptocurrency to fund paramilitary operations and evade sanctions, researchers say. According to a new report, these organizations use Telegram to raise money then used to pay for equipment and training. Paramilitary Groups Employ Cryptocurrency to Fund Russian Operations in Ukraine Pro-Russian

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Etherscan Set to ‘Deprecate’ Ethereum’s Ropsten and Rinkeby Testnets

“Sepolia and Goerli are considered the two testnets the ecosystem plans to support,” said Parithosh Jayanthi, a DevOps Engineer at the Ethereum Foundation, to CryptoX. “Goerli has a relatively large dapp (decentralized applications) ecosystem and allows users to join the validator set in order to test their staking setups. Sepolia

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CFTC can issue summons through Ooki DAO’s help chat box, says judge

The United States Commodities Futures Trading Commission can serve members of the Ooki decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, with summons through online communications, according to a federal judge.In an Oct. 3 order granting a CFTC motion, U.S. District Judge William Orrick said the commission could provide a copy of its

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Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius’ Asset Sale Is Scheduled, Sources Say FTX CEO May Bid – Bitcoin News

According to a filing published by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the crypto lending firm Celsius has been given a final bid deadline of October 17, 2022. Following the bankruptcy court’s final bid deadline, a sale hearing is scheduled for November 1. A report

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Banks worldwide reportedly own €9.4 billion in crypto assets

According to a new study published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, a supranational organization responsible for setting the standards on bank capital, liquidity and funding, 19 out of 182 global banks supervised by the committee reported that theyowned digital assets. Combined, their total exposure to crypto is estimated

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