The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended the comments period for its proposal to amend Rule 3b-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which ended June 13. The Blockchain Association and Republican members of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services filed last-minute comments. The amendments proposal, which runs for hundreds
Five years after Bill Hinman delivered his speech on cryptocurrencies, Chief Legal Officer (CLO) at Ripple, Stuart Alderoty, has called for an investigation into the former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official’s actions. The call comes after the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple and the subsequent release of public emails and drafts of Hinman’s speech, which
With just one day until the Hinman documents are due to be unsealed, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse suggests the documents will be “well worth the wait.” In a June 12 Twitter reply to a question raised by crypto YouTuber Jungle Inc, Garlinghouse said that while he did not want to “overstep,” both he and Ripple’s chief
Bitcoin’s (BTC) percentage share in the crypto market has risen to nearly 50% in the aftermath of the last week’s altcoin market rout. On June 13, the Bitcoin Dominance Index (BTC.D), which tracks BTC’s weight against other cryptocurrencies, reached 49.29%, slightly down from its two-year highs of 49.66% seen earlier this week. BTC.D daily price
Bitcoin (BTC) fell back in line at the June 12 Wall Street open after a brief macroeconomic data jolt failed to shift the status quo. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart on Bitstamp. Source: TradingView Markets expect first Fed pause since 2021 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD continuing to circle $26,000, avoiding major
Buying a small-town soccer club with the aim to propel it into the Premier League — the world’s most popular football league — is a script suitable for a Netflix series. In fact, actor Ryan Reynold’s bid to revitalize lower-league Welsh soccer team Wrexham FC has already caught the attention of Disney+ writers. It’s a
Newly released documents showing edits that were made to a 2018 speech given by former director of the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) corporate finance division Bill Hinman suggest the editors were concerned his statement might undermine the idea that Ether (ETH) is a security. This could risk locking the agency into a position it
Summary: Data from Blockchain Intelligence startup Nansen shows a steady increase in the number of staked ETH. So far, users and entities have locked over 22 million coins which amount to about 18% of the token’s supply. At the same time, balances in crypto exchanges are declining and now sit below 30 million tokens. Analysts
Ava Labs CEO Emin Gün Sirer will be calling on United States officials to “nurture” and “support” responsible blockchain innovation, warning that they face “disastrous consequences” if they don’t. Gün Sirer’s comments in defense of what he describes as a “revolutionary technology” is part of a testimony that he is scheduled to give to the
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a “massive” week in a precarious position as key support stays out of reach for bulls. After fresh losses across crypto markets over the weekend, BTC/USD closed the week below $26,000 for the first time in three months. Both Bitcoin and altcoins continue to struggle thanks to legal battles raging in the
Illicit funds gained from the $35 million Atomic Wallet hack are on the move again, with sanctioned Russian-based crypto exchange Garantex reportedly becoming the latest to come in contact with the hacked crypto. On June 13, blockchain security and compliance firm Elliptic updated the situation regarding the stolen Atomic Wallet funds. It alleges that the
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes the success of Ethereum will come down to three major technical “transitions” that need to happen almost simultaneously — layer-2 scaling, wallet security, and privacy-preserving features. In a June 9 post via his personal blog, Buterin explained that the Ethereum blockchain outright “fails” without sufficient scaling infrastructure to make transactions
Binance.US has asked the court to deny the securities regulator’s proposed temporary restraining order against its assets ahead of a June 13 hearing, claiming that the move would “effectively end” its business. In a June 12 filing, Binance.US slammed the SEC’s emergency motion for a temporary restraining order on its business, calling it “draconian and
Bitcoin’s on-chain data provides evidence that Bitcoin miners are offloading their holdings. The factors influencing the selling pressure could be reduced earnings from a cooldown in Ordinals activity as well as mining difficulty and hash rate reaching an all-time high. According to on-chain analytics firm Glassnode, “Miners have been sending a significant amount of coins to
Stablecoin issuer Tether minted a fresh batch of $1 billion worth of USDT (USDT) on the Ethereum blockchain on June 12. The latest billion-dollar mint for the stablecoin issuer comes within two months of its last mint on April 21. Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino took to Twitter to clarify that the latest USDT mint is part
Members of the United States House of Representatives are pushing for ways to remove Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler from his position, but the legality may be more complicated than a single piece of legislation. On June 12, Ohio Rep. Warren Davidson introduced the SEC Stabilization Act with the expressed intention of