Weekend Highlights: SBF Appears in an Interview for BBC Ahead of House Hearing, US Senator Faults Gensler for SEC’s Regulatory Failures, and More

The whereabouts of Do Kwon, one of Terraform Labs’ co-founders, have remained unascertained since the mid-May crash of the cryptocurrency project. Prosecutors in South Korea, where Kwon is wanted for his putative involvement in the cave-in of the ecosystem, which commanded a $40 billion market cap in the month leading to its catastrophic collapse, have […]

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Weekly Trading Volume for Digital Asset Investment Products at 2-Year Low: Report

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Trading volume in digital asset investment products plunged to a 2-year low last week, the latest weekly report by CoinShares found. However, general investor sentiment around the asset class has improved since mid-November, with […]

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Banks Worldwide Might Soon Have to Back Bitcoin With Traditional Capital

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. According to a report from Friday, banks all across the world might soon be subjected to a new set of rules regarding digital assets. The proposed regulation would divide cryptocurrencies into “group 1”—which will […]

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WEMIX Issuer Buys $10M Worth of Tokens After Delisting by Exchanges in S. Korea

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. On early Friday, the WEMIX gaming token rose by 41%, following the news that the token’s issuer Wemade will buy back $10 million worth of WEMIX. Thus with $10 million worth of tokens removed […]

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This week in crypto: Gnosis becomes the second blockchain to complete The Merge

Gnosis blockchain completes The Merge and migrates to a proof of stake protocol. Coinbase expects 2022’s revenue to decline by 50% or more from 2021. PayPal begins crypto operations in Luxembourg. Gnosis blockchain completes The Merge First Ethereum, now Gnosis. Gnosis announced earlier this week that it has migrated to a Proof of Stake (PoS) protocol […]

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SEC Wants Firms to Report Impact of Crypto Bankruptcies, Excess Withdrawals

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. On Thursday, December 8th, the Security and Exchange Commission’s Division for Corporate Finance posted a sample letter for companies concerning the “recent developments in crypto asset markets”. The sample has multiple requirements with some […]

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Crypto overview November 2022

Cryptocurrency prices have declined significantly in 2022, with crypto assets tracking the performance of stocks such the Nasdaq 100. An overview of three top cryptocurrencies  in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple highlights the opportunities and risks that abound. Investors seeking to trade on contracts for differences, CFDs, for crypto need to do due diligence and understand […]

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