Tornado Cash Dev Facing Dutch Charges to Question Chainalysis Data Alleging Criminal Links
Lawyers for the privacy protocol developer have disputed the evidence purporting to prove links to criminal money. Source
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Ether’s Security Status Remains Unclear as SEC Chair Gensler Fails to Answer Lawmaker’s Question – Regulation Bitcoin News
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, would not answer a direct question in a congressional hearing about whether ether is a security. While the SEC chair insisted that the law is clear on crypto, Congressman Patrick McHenry argued that the SEC’s regulatory actions say
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Arbitrum Governance Fracas Reopens the Question: Why DAOs?
Arbitrum’s DAO was pitched as a way to “decentralize” control of the protocol’s development away from Offchain Labs, the company that launched Arbitrum, and bring users and “the community” into the fold. Tokens were airdropped, a reward to early adopters of the system, seemingly with great promise. Unfortunately, the project
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Nigerian crypto investors question central bank’s decision to flag p2p users
Nigerian crypto investors using peer-to-peer (P2P) services have expressed concerns about the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) flagging their bank accounts. CBN's decision to flag accounts is believed to be in relation to the near $6.3 million (2.9 billion nairas) Flutterwave hack, as the bank accounts have yet-to-be-proven affiliations with the hack.According
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Bitcoin and the Liquidity Question: More Complex Than It Seems
Bitcoin and the Liquidity Question: More Complex Than It Seems Source
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Top US Treasury Official Says Leaders ‘Actively Evaluating’ Digital Dollar Question
Setting up a digital dollar, she said, “could help preserve the dollar's global role,” and possibly reduce frictions in cross-border transactions. But even if the U.S. doesn’t issue one, she said government officials are exerting influence with U.S. allies toward “responsible development of CBDCs” in other places, noting that 11
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The fate of dollar-pegged stablecoins in question: Law Decoded, Feb. 13–20
New week, a new element of the crypto ecosystem is under attack. This time, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered Paxos Trust to stop issuing Binance USD (BUSD) — a dollar-pegged stablecoin. Paxos received a cease order from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).With no
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US lawmakers question SEC chair on timing of Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest
Two members of the United States House Financial Services Committee have call out Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler “regarding the timing of the charges filed against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried” based on his scheduled appearance at a hearing.In a Feb. 10 notice, committee chair Patrick McHenry and Representative
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FTX Lawyers Attempt to Question Bankman-Fried’s Family and Inner Circle for Financial Insight – Bitcoin News
According to court documents in the FTX bankruptcy case, the company’s attorneys seek to subpoena FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, his brother Gabriel Bankman-Fried, and his parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried. Additionally, the attorneys intend to question some of Bankman-Fried’s top deputies, including FTX co-founder Gary Wang, ex-Alameda Research CEO
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Sens. Warren, Wyden question quality of auditors’ oversight in light of FTX debacle
Two United States senators have taken their questions about the performance of the accounting firms active in the crypto space to a higher power – the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Failure to uncover alleged criminality and poor recordkeeping at FTX has sullied the image of the PCAOB and
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