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Hodlnaut heading for liquidation after failure of restructuring, sale efforts

Crypto lender Hodlnaut’s days appear to be numbered after the High Court of Singapore ended judicial management and ordered its liquidation. Users’ funds have been frozen since August 2022. Former Hodlnaut interim judicial manager (IJM) Aaron Loh Cheng Lee announced in a letter dated Nov. 10 and posted on the website

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Sam Bankman-Fried May Testify to Role of Lawyers, ‘Good Faith’ Efforts, Filing Says

A Wednesday defense filing asked Judge Lewis Kaplan, who's overseeing the case, to grant the defense attorneys permission to ask Bankman-Fried about certain aspects of FTX's operation and how the company's counsel were involved in making those decisions. They include FTX's use of auto-deletion policies for Signal and Slack messages,

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Coinbase lobbying efforts face setback from Hamas’ crypto use: Berenberg analysts

The use of cryptocurrency by Hamas militants to fund recent attacks on Israel may have set back Coinbase’s crypto lobbying efforts in the United States, says a new investment report from Berenberg Capital Markets. In an Oct. 18 research note, Berenberg lead analyst Mark Palmer said the primary driver of his

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U.S. Government Shutdown, Assuming It Doesn’t Run Long, Will Slow, Not Cripple Crypto Efforts

“If the government shuts down, forward progress on bills will be stalled,” said Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, an industry advocacy organization, who says she’s concerned about lawmakers losing the focus that’s been a challenge for the industry to build. “In the aftermath of a shutdown,

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U.S. CBDC Efforts Opposed in Legislation Advanced by House Republicans

“It will keep the United States behind other countries, including China, as a race forward to develop a global standard for central bank digital currencies,” Waters said, accusing Republicans of taking a “deeply anti-innovation stance” on the technology, which has been embraced by other nations. The legislation, she said, would

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FTX pushes for settlement, Stake suffers massive hack, regulatory efforts thrive

This week, FTX initiated creditor settlement initiatives, as regulatory efforts commanded significant attention. Meanwhile, Stake fell victim to a multi-million-dollar exploit. FTX moving to settle creditor debt As part of a calculated aim to tackle its sizable debt exceeding $8 billion, FTX started streamlining its digital asset portfolio this week. Their approach entails

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Synthetix DEX launch to join efforts reducing the ‘serious friction’ in DeFi

Decentralized derivatives protocol Synthetix is the latest project aiming to close the usability gap between centralized and decentralized exchanges — with a Q4 slated launch of the Synthetix V3 protocol and its decentralized exchange front-end, called Infinex.Speaking to Cryptox, Synthetix founder Kain Warwick said the Q4 slated launch of Infinex

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