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Beverley, who lives about a quarter of a mile away, said she "hasn't slept since it started" operations and that to her, it feels like "living in an airport." Bryan Maacks, who lives about half a mile away, said to him the particular vibration is a constant throbbing hum that
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Global payment provider Mastercard is launching a stablecoin digital wallet integration with the Australian stablecoin platform Stables.Mastercard and Stables on March 20 announced a collaboration to allow retail customers in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to spend their stablecoins anywhere Mastercard is accepted.The collaboration involves a stablecoin-only wallet built by Stables,
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Though regulatory scrutiny on Binance has intensified following its rival FTX’s collapse last November, Binance has been under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington since at least 2018, according to Reuters. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly sent at least two trading firms
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Kraken, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, has agreed to wind down its cryptocurrency staking program as part of an arrangement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle for the unregistered offer of its staking services. The exchange will also pay $30 million in disgorgement, prejudgment interest, and civil
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Staking is the consensus mechanism to validate transactions for proof-of-stake blockchains, including Ethereum, which also offers a way for investors to earn yield on their digital asset holdings. However, the SEC has been vocal about its concerns that staking services are the equivalent of unregistered securities according to present regulations. Original
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Kraken has agreed to shut its cryptocurrency-staking operations to settle charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to an industry source briefed on the matter. Source
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“Lowering our debt nearly 85% from a high of $165 million in June 2022 to $25 million today has significantly decreased principal and interest obligations, which boosts our cash flow and positions us well for future growth," Bitfarms CEO Jeff Lucas said in the Thursday press release. Source
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"Today Coinbase and NYDFS have come to an agreement to settle a NYDFS investigation, disclosed in our 2021 annual 10K filing, into our historical compliance program," wrote Paul Grewal, Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer, in an email to CoinDesk. "Coinbase has taken substantial measures to address these historical shortcomings and remains
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Following the scandal with Cambridge Analytica at the time, Meta Platforms Inc said it has implemented a rigorous privacy campaign policy that has generally solidified its platform.American multinational social and metaverse-focused company, Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) has agreed to pay the sum of $725 million to settle a class
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Rumors suggesting the legal battle between Ripple Labs and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is coming to an end have continued to circulate, prompting the crypto community to weigh in on the matter.Speculation is rife about a potential settlement as early as Dec. 15, which was shared
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