The company's Tether partner, Deltec Bank & Trust Ltd, allegedly provided Alameda Research with a confidential line of credit and is also accused of misappropriating customer funds between FTX and Alameda accounts.
On January 10, 2024, GBTC became the first spot bitcoin ETF to move from private sales to offering share creation and exchange. Here's a brief timeline of the company's evolution:
GBTC became the first publicly traded bitcoin fund in the United States in 2015 ⚫ GBTC voluntarily became the first SEC Exchange Rule Reporting Company for US Crypto Investment Instruments in 2020. ⚫ In 2021, Grayscale partnered with the New York Giants to become the NFL's first cryptocurrency sponsor. ⚫ In 2023, Grayscale won an appeal against the US SEC regarding the spot bitcoin ETF. ⚫ In 2024, the Bitcoin Spot ETF will be approved by the US SEC
Founders Fund, the venture capital firm founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, reportedly invested $200 million in Bitcoin and Ethereum last year ahead of a bullish run, signaling Silicon Valley's renewed interest in the cryptocurrency market. .
The sentencing of the founder of Binance CZ for the crime of money laundering was postponed to April 30 for unknown reasons. He was supposed to be sentenced on February 23. , CZ is a resident of the United Arab Emirates and has $175 million in collateral in the United States.
According to Bloomberg, Ethiopia has become one of the main locations for Bitcoin mining. Deals have been made with 21 miners, mainly from China. The country aims to match Texas in electricity consumption for mining.
FTX subsidiary Digital Custody, which was purchased for $10 million, was sold to CoinList for $500,000 with an investment from former CEO Terence Culver, as FTX's bankruptcy filing left the company worthless in terms of assets.
UN sanctions monitors are investigating 58 cyber attacks believed to have originated in North Korea. These attacks targeted cryptocurrency companies, causing $3 billion worth of damage from 2017 to 2023. The hackers most likely used the stolen funds to finance weapons development.
💌💌💌💌💌 ✔️ Important news of the crypto market in the past week:
⚫Meta is considering approving the Bitcoin ETF ad on this platform ⚫ Trump plans to fire Federal Reserve Chairman Powell if elected Bukele won the El Salvador presidential election ⚫ Hackers violated Google, Tik Tok and Meta rules systems The SEC forced Ripple to release financial information and reports ⚫ The Solana team identified the definite problem of this network ⚫SEC tightens supervision of digital currency traders SEC Delays Decision on ETH ETF
With the restructuring of Bullish, which is now the new owner of CoinDesk, CoinDesk CEO Kevin Worth has stepped down. Sarah Stratoberda will take over his position.
Other management changes include the departure of the Chief Executive Officer, Vice President of Engineering, and Executive Director of Global Strategy.
#BTC; #sanor016CommUNITY Ethereum ETFs are on the rise worldwide. Below are the countries that have joined this financial process:
🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇯🇪 New Jersey 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇩🇪 Germany 🇺🇸 United States of America 🇧🇲 Bermuda 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇬🇬 Guernsey 🇦🇺 Australia 🇲🇾 Malaysia
The SEC has taken stricter regulatory measures on cryptocurrency traders, requiring cryptocurrency traders operating under conventional patterns to register as traders, which has affected decentralized finance. Is.
Crypto investment fund Multicoin Capital reported that it is negotiating to settle its lawsuit against FTX for about $100 million related to the exchange's bankruptcy.
Multicoin previously claimed that its holdings at FTX accounted for 15.6% of the fund's assets.
Montenegrin police announced that the former CFO of Terraform Labs, Han Chang-joon, has been returned to South Korea. He faces criminal charges that could see him spend the rest of his life in prison.
Han Changjun and Do Quan were both arrested in March 2023 at Podgorica Airport in Montenegro.
The Spanish government has proposed reforms to tax law that would allow for the seizure of cryptocurrency assets to settle tax debts.
The plan designates electronic money entities as tax collectors with the authority to enforce sanctions on digital money and crypto-assets as requested by the government.
Binance has increased its compliance budget by 35% compared to last year to $213 million.
In doing so, they plan to fund advanced software systems to monitor transactions, personnel costs, and the hiring of Steve Christie as VP of Compliance.
FTX is seeking court approval to sell its 8% stake in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, which is valued at more than $1 billion, with an emergency meeting scheduled for February 22.
💌💌💌💌💌 ✔️ Important news of the crypto market in the past week:
⚫CFTC warns about artificial intelligence scams ⚫Finnish authorities traced Monroe's presence in the hacking case ⚫FTX sells digital currencies to customers to refund their price ⚫ Google allowed Bitcoin and crypto ETF ads ⚫Liechtenstein enabled crypto for government services ⚫Argentine Javier Miley wants to eliminate crypto tax Larsen's Ripple personal XRP accounts were hacked ⚫Genesis agreed to settle a US SEC complaint regarding its lending project
According to PeckShield, hackers stole more than $182.54 million in more than 30 attacks in January 2024, representing a 771.39% increase from January 2023, when $20.95 million was stolen.
The most significant attack involved Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen, who lost approximately 213 million XRP ($112.5 million) on January 31.