The trio’s launch marks the first crypto ETFs to go live in Australia, with two of them focused on offering exposure to BTC and the other focused on ETH. With crypto markets tanking, three crypto-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) picked a difficult day to commence trading on local exchange Cboe Australia today. The trio’s launch marks...Continue Reading

Newly discovered documents suggest a possible conflict of interest from a former SEC official when he made a speech about Ethereum which some claim could jeopardize the SEC’s case against Ripple. Newly discovered documents could pose a major roadblock for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its case against Ripple if they prove a...Continue Reading

The FASB is set to review its accounting rules for digital assets, which could see firms no longer be required to report crypto such as BTC as “intangible assets” on their balance sheets. Bitcoin proponent and MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor has welcomed the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) vote to review accounting rules for...Continue Reading

Chile’s planned start to its digital peso rollout in early 2022 has been held back while its central bank conducts more analysis to inform a new report by the end of the year. The Central Bank of Chile has delayed its plans for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) saying the issuance of a digital...Continue Reading

Ethereum whales have been transacting a huge volume of Ethereum, marking the highest one day whale activity since January. Despite widespread losses being posted throughout the crypto market, Ethereum whales have been busy buying and selling Ether (ETH) at a rate not seen since January this year. According to data from Santiment, Ethereum whales made...Continue Reading

In the face of extreme fear in the Bitcoin market, miners are unfazed and may even welcome a downturn as it opens up the opportunity to gain more hash power. Despite steadily declining prices of Bitcoin and turmoil on the markets today, some of the largest mining companies are unfazed and insist their operations will...Continue Reading

Bitcoin leverage traders show little interest in going long even as BTC price flirts with new lows below $29,000. Bitcoin (BTC) price initially bounced from its recent low at $29,000 but the overall market sentiment after a 25% price drop in five days is still largely negative. Currently, the crypto “Fear and Greed Index,” which...Continue Reading

“The same rules that apply to investments in the physical world continue to apply to investments in virtual worlds,” said the regulators. Authorities in the U.S. states of Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas and Wisconsin have filed enforcement actions against the Flamingo Casino Club for allegedly perpetrating a scam through nonfungible tokens (NFTs) tied to...Continue Reading

Rostin Behnam and Gary Gensler make their positions clear in keynote addresses at the annual meeting of the ISDA with Sam Bankman-Fried in attendance. The annual meeting of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) began Wednesday in Madrid. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission...Continue Reading

Projects associated with Terra suffer losses of more than 80% as contagion spreads. Meanwhile, Maker (DAI) gets a boost as traders look for other decentralized stablecoin options. The knock-on effect of the collapse of Terra (LUNA) and its TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin have spread wide across the cryptocurrency market on May 11 as projects with any...Continue Reading