Bakkt to Go Public Next Month After SEC Oks SPAC Plans — CoinDesk
Bakkt Holdings and VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings (VIH) have received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to complete their merger and...
Bitcoin Bounces Off 6-Week Low, Tracking Recovery in Stocks
Bitcoin continues to take cues from equity markets amid macro uncertainty, seeming to contradict the popular narrative of the cryptocurrency being a safe...
London-Based Open Banking Startup TrueLayer Raises $130M Led by Tiger Global, Stripe
London-based open banking startup TrueLayer has raised $130 million in funding in a round led by Tiger Global and Stripe.The raise values TrueLayer’s...
US Officials Add Insider Trading Claims to Binance Investigation: Report
Reported U.S. investigations into Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, now include an insider trading and market manipulation probe, Bloomberg reported...
Vee Finance Hit for $35M in Second Major Exploit on Avalanche — CoinDesk
The leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for...
Alabama Securities Commission Also Claims Celsius Violated Securities Laws — CoinDesk
“We are disappointed these actions have been filed and wholeheartedly disagree with the allegations being made that Celsius has not complied with the...
Binance Names Europol Veteran to Join Audit and Investigations Team — CoinDesk
Andersen-Röed, who will be part of the larger investigations team, will conduct “internal and external investigations” to identify individuals who are trying to...
Sushi Core Contributor 0xMaki Transitioning to Advisory Role — CoinDesk
0xMaki rose to prominence following the exit of Chef Nomi, the founder of the project. Originally a community manager, he became a figurehead...
Why a CBDC Would Make the Fed’s Job Miserable
This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeA reading of JP Koning’s essay for Coindesk “Are Central Bankers Ready for Payments Theater?”See also:...
How the Prediction Markets Are Wagering on Canada’s Election — CoinDesk
Polymarket runs on Polygon, a sidechain, or parallel network, to the Ethereum blockchain, and the bets are managed by software programs known as...
Stablecoin Feature in New York Times Signals Regulation Is Coming — CoinDesk
Regardless of what path U.S. regulators take, they can’t go it alone, the article observes. Without international cooperation on stablecoin regulation, the stablecoins...
Bitcoin Slips Below $45K as S&P 500 Futures Drop, Stablecoin Regulation Fears Resurface
Bitcoin fell as concern over China and caution ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve meeting weighed on U.S. stock index futures. Speculation that...
