United States prosecutors in the criminal case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried have released text and email messages from SBF to current CEO John Ray. In court documents released on Jan. 30, the Justice Department responded to a motion from Bankman-Fried’s legal team attempting to remove some of the proposed modifications for his bail conditions, which included barring contact […]

New York State’s Department of Financial Services is reportedly investigating cryptocurrency exchange Gemini over claims the firm made in regards to assets under its Earn lending program. According to a Jan. 30 report from Axios, the “New York State agency that regulates Gemini” — the Department of Financial Services handles firms falling under the states’ BitLicense regime, including the crypto […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has an ongoing lawsuit against Ripple Labs, the company behind the cryptocurrency XRP (SEC). The SEC claims that Ripple Labs raised billions of dollars through an unregistered securities offering and that XRP is a security. The lawsuit is being fought in court by Ripple Labs, which has denied the accusations. The verdict in the […]

This article looks at Djed ($DJED), which is an “overcollaterized” Cardano-poweredstablecoin developed by IOG and issued by FinTech startup COTI Group, and in particular, how holders of Djed’s reserve coin $SHEN can receive delegation rewards from day one. What Is $DJED? On 26 September 2021, day two of the two-day Cardano Summit 2021, IO Global (IOG), the blockchain technology firm responsible for the […]

The recent launch of a nonfungible token (NFT) protocol on the Bitcoin mainnet has the crypto community divided over whether it’ll be good for the Bitcoin ecosystem.  The protocol, referred to as “Ordinals,” was created by software engineer Casey Rodarmor, who officially launched the program on the Bitcoin mainnet following a Jan. 21 blog post. The protocol essentially allows for […]

Ripple price is rising steadily above $0.400 against the US Dollar, unlike bitcoin. XRP price must clear $0.430 to continue higher in the coming sessions. Ripple Price Analysis After forming a base near the $0.3950 zone, ripple price started a fresh increase against the US Dollar. The XRP/USD pair was able to clear the $0.4000 resistance zone. The price even […]

The stablecoin economy continues to deplete as more than $3 billion has been erased from the stablecoin market ecosystem over the last 44 days. While statistics show that tether’s market valuation has risen by 2% over the last 30 days, usd coin’s market cap slid by 2.9%, BUSD valuation shed 7.2% over the last month and gemini dollar’s market capitalization […]

Panama’s crypto bill saga has reached a new chapter, with the country’s Supreme Court set to decide the future of the local crypto industry. Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo on Jan. 26 sent the crypto legislation passed last year to the high court for review, claiming the so-called “crypto bill” violates the constitution’s core principles and is unenforceable. The Supreme Court must now […]