SEC rethinks controversial crypto rule – Here’s what you need to know

SEC Chair Mark Uyeda seeks to drop a 2022 rule that would classify some crypto firms as ATSs. Critics argued the expanded definition of "exchange" unfairly applied to decentralized blockchain sThe post SEC rethinks controversial crypto rule – Here’s what you need to know appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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BiT Global files lawsuit against Coinbase over allegations of breaching antitrust laws by delisting WBTC

BiT Global has filed a lawsuit against Coinbase, the largest crypto trading platform in the United States, according to a Dec. 13 court filing. The Justin Sun-linked crypto custodian alleged that the US exchange unfairly removed wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) from its platform to favor its in-house product, Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin (cbBTC). дальше »

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BiT Global sues Coinbase for $1b over WBTC delisting

Justin Sun-backed BiT Global has sued crypto exchange Coinbase for unfairly delisting WBTC to uplift a competing Bitcoin product. дальше »

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BiT Global sues Coinbase over unfairly delisting wBTC while allowing PEPE, WIF to trade

The lawsuit could reshape crypto exchange practices, highlighting potential antitrust issues and influencing future digital asset listings. The post BiT Global sues Coinbase over unfairly delisting wBTC while allowing PEPE, WIF to trade appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

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Ethena Labs denies misusing 180m ENA tokens

Ethena Labs rebutted claims that it unfairly used 180 million of its own tokens to gain rewards from a crypto farming event it hosts. Crypto investigator Nomad accused synthetic dollar issuer Ethena Labs of participating in its Season 3 farming… дальше »

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Convicted FTX executive Ryan Salame is officially in prison custody

During a recent appearance on Tucker Carlson's podcast, Salame claimed federal prosecutors unfairly targeted him for political reasons.  дальше »

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Ryan Salame claims US unfairly targeted him over Republican donations

Former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame claims his Republican campaign contributions led to unjust charges and contrasts his case with that of SBF. дальше »

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Sam Bankman-Fried Appeals Conviction, Says Trial Was Unfair and Biased

SBF legal team claims the judge and others involved presumed his guilt from the start, while key defense arguments were unfairly restricted. . The post Sam Bankman-Fried Appeals Conviction, Says Trial Was Unfair and Biased appeared first on BeInCrypto. дальше »

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LayerZero flags over 800k sybil addresses in airdrop farming crackdown

In a significant effort to combat fraudulent activities in decentralized finance (DeFi), LayerZero Labs has flagged 803,093 addresses as potential sybils. The targets “airdrop farming,” where users create multiple fake accounts to unfairly benefit from token distributions. дальше »

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Bitcoin Miners Under Siege: House GOP Leader Exposes Biden Administration’s Alleged Overreach

According to a recent report by Fox journalist Eleanor Terret, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has accused the Biden administration of abusing its power to “unfairly” target Bitcoin (BTC) miners within the cryptocurrency industry. дальше »

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BitMEX Founder Arthur Hayes Calls U.S. Heavy-Handed Treatment Of Binance And CZ ‘Absurd’

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Celsius bankruptcy plan faces backlash from retail crypto borrowers claiming institutional bias

Retail crypto borrowers are filing objections to Celsius Network’s bankruptcy reorganization plan, arguing it unfairly favors institutional lenders over retail clients like himself. Johan Bronge, an angel investor who took out several bitcoin-backed loans from Celsius before its bankruptcy, said in a letter to the court that the plan allows institutional lenders to repay their […] The post Celsius bankruptcy plan faces backlash from retail crypto borrowers claiming institutional bias appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Ripple Lawsuit: Here's Why Clayton and Hinman Played Unfairly With XRP

New expose shared on possible reasons why XRP was tagged a security and Ethereum was not дальше »

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X will foot legal bills of users unfairly treated by employers for posting or liking content — Elon Musk

The move appears to be in support of people that were fired or mistreated at work for liking or posting certain content.

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Does the SEC Have a Favorite Spot Bitcoin ETF? Grayscale Questions SEC

Grayscale Investments is urging the U.S. SEC to prevent what it terms an unfairly discriminatory and prejudicial first-mover advantage, for potential Bitcoin ETF issuers: 1/ Yesterday @Grayscale sent a comment... дальше »

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Why the XRP Army Keeps Fighting

XRP’s uber-passionate supporters believe the SEC unfairly targeted Ripple for securities violations while mysteriously giving Ethereum a free pass. Do they have a point? дальше »

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Biden Criticizes Affluent Crypto Traders as U.S. Budget Discussions Resume

Wrapping up his participation in the Group of Seven (G7) forum in Japan, President Joe Biden criticized affluent tax evaders and crypto traders who he believes benefit unfairly from Republican lawmakers. дальше »

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Coinbase legal chief sends letter to SEC on RIA rulemaking

Coinbase’s chief legal officer requests revisions to the SEC’s RIA custody rule to safeguard all asset classes, including cryptocurrencies, criticizing the rule for unfairly targeting crypto. дальше »

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Crypto blamed unfairly for Signature Bank’s liquidity crisis, says NY regulator

The Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), Adrienne Harris, has refuted allegations that cryptocurrency depositors were responsible for the collapse of Signature Bank. дальше »

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Is the SEC Unfairly Targeting Crypto Companies?

Sometimes it seems the odds are stacked against companies when it comes to regulation from the SEC. Governments across the world can levy strict fines that damage a company’s bottom line and reputation. дальше »

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Sam Bankman-Fried, Larry Fink, Janet Yellen, Mark Zuckerberg to speak at NYT Summit

Corporate media outlets such as the New York Times have already been accused of whitewashing Bankman-role Fried’s in the dramatic downfall of FTX and Alameda to prop up Bankman-reputation unfairly. дальше »

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EU Antitrust Officials Are Worried About Competition in the Metaverse

The European Commission has been targeting big tech firms for unfairly controlling online markets and will be looking in detail at the regulation of virtual online worlds. дальше »

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Metaverse Market Dominance Raises Competition Worries, EU Antitrust Officials Say

The European Commission has been targeting big tech firms for unfairly controlling online markets and will be looking in detail at the regulation of virtual online worlds. дальше »

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XRP Lawsuit: Former SEC Official's Calendar Might Suggest Ripple Was Unfairly Targeted: Fox Business

Growing belief that SEC unfairly targeted Ripple in its crackdown дальше »

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Ripple CEO says the SEC helped Ethereum to overtake XRP as No.2 crypto

The Ripple boss claims his company has been unfairly treated, thereby giving Ethereum the edge.

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Is It Too Late For The U.S To Secure Its First Bitcoin ETF This Year?

In one of our recent reports, we highlighted the growing optimism that a cryptocurrency ETF might be approved by the US SEC this year based on the sentiments expressed by SEC commissioner and crypto enthusiast, Hester Pierce, who said the cryptocurrency industry was being treated unfairly and being judged by a higher benchmark than traditional […] дальше »

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Venezuela Seizes 315 Bitcoin Mining Rigs: Miners Discuss Illegal Confiscation, Police Extortion

The Venezuelan military has seized 315 Bitmain Antminer S9 bitcoin mining rigs it claims are not properly registered to operate in the country. Although cryptocurrency mining is legal in Venezuela, miners say they have been unfairly treated, citing illegal seizures of mining equipment and police extortion. дальше »

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Crypto Twitter Bitcoin Bulls Questioned Over Statistics

Bitcoin as an asset class has had a good history, according to some Bitcoin bulls on a recent Twitter post. However, others suggest that the post skewed figures unfairly in Bitcoin’s favor. дальше »

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Traders Say Binance Cut Their Bitcoin Shorts: Here's Why It Happened

Traders claim that their Bitcoin shorts were unfairly cut on Binance Futures, but the process is called auto-deleveraging, and here is why it happens.

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Roger Ver Flip-Flops on BTC, Now Says Transactions Are ‘Unfairly Cheap’

Longtime Bitcoin Cash (BCH) fan Roger Ver seems to be changing his mind on Bitcoin (BTC). Segwit transactions are “unfairly cheap,” he said. Bitcoin critics are having a harder time attacking the project after SegWit has proven to lessen transaction costs on the network. дальше »

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Developers Say Google Play Unfairly Booted Their Bitcoin Rewards Game

"Bitcoin Blast," a puzzle game that rewards players with BTC, was kicked off the Google Play store with little explanation, said the game's developers. дальше »

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Ex-Kraken Employee Alleges ‘Unethical and Illegal Tactics’ in Discrimination Lawsuit

The cryptocurrency exchange is being sued by an ex-employee who alleges the company unfairly fired him for raising serious issues with its business practices. дальше »

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Bitcoin Cash more vulnerable to timestamp manipulation than Bitcoin: BitMEX Research

Recently, BitMEX Research published a report detailing Bitcoin’s block timestamp protection rules, ones designed to stop nefarious miners from manipulating block timestamps and achieving unfairly high mining rewards. дальше »

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Bitcoin Derivatives Exchange LedgerX Claims CFTC Treats It Unfairly

The drama surrounding LedgerX and its battle with the CFTC takes a new twist with the company's CEO accusing the regulator of "personal animus" дальше »

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Libra getting examined in antitrust probe by EU’s executive body

Facebook’s bold “new global currency,” Libra, was hit by an antitrust probe from regulators in the European Union because it could unfairly dominate the market, according to a document seen exclusively by Bloomberg. дальше »

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PIVX, Possibly Other PoS Chains Vulnerable to Bug, Attackers Profit

Private transactions cryptocurrency PIVX is vulnerable to a bug allowing the attacker to obtain unfairly high staking rewards

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Why the World’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange is Fighting a VC Behemoth

Changpeng Zhao has filed a claim for compensation against Sequoia Capital (China) for unfairly preventing him from raising funds for his bitcoin startup Binance. The post Why the World’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange is Fighting a VC Behemoth appeared first on NewsBTC. дальше »

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CCN: An Apology to Apollo, John McAfee, and Our Readers

Earlier this week, CCN published an article written by our journalist Pedro Febrero on the Apollo project named “Warning: This John McAfee-Pumped Cryptocurrency Has Major Red Flags” that incorrectly characterized technical aspects about the cryptocurrency’s protocol, namely its privacy features. дальше »

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Who are you siding with in the Spotify-Apple antitrust war?

Earlier this week, Spotify filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Apple, claiming that the company – which runs the App Store for iOS software – treats rivals to its own services unfairly, with a range of restrictions and demands. дальше »

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Venezuela Files Complaint With WTO Regarding US Sanctions Against Petro

Venezuela believes the US is unfairly targeting its national cryptocurrency.

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Bluewallet Lets You Send Bitcoin Lightning Payments from Your iPhone

Bluewallet appears to be setting the bar for the next generation of Bitcoin wallets. Available for both Android and iOS, it is the first to integrate the Lightning Network (LN) for super-quick and “unfairly cheap” transactions. дальше »

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Op Ed: Bitcoin Is a Declaration of Our Monetary Independence

Nick Spanos is an early adopter and innovator in the blockchain space. He is best known for launching Bitcoin Center NYC, the world’s first live cryptocurrency exchange, in 2013, right next to the New York Stock Exchange — as immortalized in the Netflix documentary “Banking on Bitcoin. дальше »

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Amended Suit Against Coinbase Details Bitcoin Cash Insider Trading Claims

Plaintiffs in an ongoing case against Coinbase have filed an amended lawsuit explaining how they believe the exchange allowed insiders to unfairly profit from its rollout of bitcoin cash last December. дальше »

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Twitter CEO’s comments will ignite the right, context be damned

Stripped of context, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s comments sound a bit like an admission. Speaking to members of congress, Dorsey told a room full of senators that Twitter “unfairly” reduced the visibility of more than 600,000 accounts recently. дальше »

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Bitcoin’s Big Battle Restarts: For the Restoration of its Reputation – Bitcoinist

However, although Bitcoin is undoubtedly not intrinsically illicit, it unfairly has a bad reputation. Scandals, accusations, and allegations abundantly published in the world press have helped to tarnish Bitcoin’s reputation. дальше »

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Bitcoin’s Next Big Battle: Restoring its Reputation

Throughout its short existence, Bitcoin has successfully confronted several challenges, such as technical issues and internal wars. It has also withstood relentless persecution from governments and powerful financial personages. дальше »

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Bitcoin-supported user-based media venue will deal with the issue of its artists being overworked

A social entertainment platform has the ambition of eliminating “burnout” among the world’s most popular content creators – helping them to produce quality broadcasts and reach millions of fans without the pressures imposed on them by current market-leading websites. дальше »

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