XRP investment products have seen a third consecutive week of inflows, suggesting investors may be increasingly confident of Ripple’s victory. Recent developments in the Ripple vs Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case appear to have bolstered investor confidence in XRP-tied investment products, according to investment data from CoinShares’ head of research James Butterfill.  In its...Continue Reading

The list comes out as part of Australia’s 2022 Scams Awareness Week. Australia’s market regulator has released a list of the “top-10 ways to spot a crypto scam,” amid a detected rise in crypto-related investment scams this year. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s (ASIC’s) public advisory statement was published as part of Scams Awareness Week...Continue Reading

The last week has seen two digital asset ETF providers announce their planned exit from the market amid regulator scrutiny and the prolonged crypto winter. Two digital asset exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers in Australia are set to leave the market amid heightened regulator scrutiny and a deepened crypto winter, though some remain bullish about the...Continue Reading

The CEO of NFT marketplace Magic Eden said NFT creators “need a sustained revenue model” and with “no way” of currently enforcing royalties a “new asset class” could emerge to enforce them. Royalty enforcing NFTs to be a ‘new asset class’: Magic Eden CEO Jack Lu, the CEO of Solana-based nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic...Continue Reading

Reports suggest the Financial Action Task Force will conduct annual checks to ensure countries are enforcing anti-money laundering rules for crypto providers. Countries failing to adhere to anti-money laundering (AML) guidelines for cryptocurrencies could find themselves added to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF’s) “grey list.” According to a Nov. 7 report from Al Jazeera,...Continue Reading

Russia’s Central Bank has released a report on digital assets which looks at how the technology could be integrated into its traditional financial system. The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is looking at ways to integrate crypto assets and blockchain technology into its local financial system amid a pile-on of global financial sanctions. In a...Continue Reading

The Financial Accounting Standards Board made a change in October to help public companies that hold cryptocurrencies on their balance sheets. In his regular column, J.W. Verret, a law professor, attorney, CPA, and head of the Crypto Freedom Lab covers law and regulation of cryptocurrency with a focus on decentralized finance (DeFi) and financial privacy....Continue Reading

Finding a sustainable GameFi model is still challenging, as user experience ranks at the top of industry concerns. GameFi’s constantly evolving model could make “today’s AAA game companies look like peanuts”, said Jack O’Holleran, CEO of Skale  a multichain Ethereum native network that powers Web3 games. In fact, blockchain-based games and metaverse projects are showing...Continue Reading

The company is facing a cash flow crisis due to tough market conditions. According to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, Bitcoin (BTC) miner Iris Energy says it has received a default notice from mining rig manufacturer Bitmain Technologies. The notice alleged that Iris Energy failed to “engage in...Continue Reading

The court was unmoved by LBRY’s objections that the regulator’s claims were unfounded and it was not given the chance to operate in compliance with SEC requirements. A United States District Court ruled in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nov. 7 in its case against blockchain-based file-sharing and payment network LBRY. The...Continue Reading