CFTC Pushes FTX-Inspired Rule to Protect Customers’ Money
Commissioners took a step toward requiring derivatives clearing organizations, a key type of middleman in the industry, to keep their customers’ money segregated from their own funds.
Anonymous Crypto Interests Bombard Key Senator Sherrod Brown With Political Ads
New crypto advocacy group Cedar Innovation Foundation is running digital ads in Brown’s Ohio to persuade him to buck SEC Chair Gary Gensler, but Cedar won’t say who’s behind it.
Protocol Village: Immutable zkEVM Will Allow Developers to ‘Abstract’ Transaction Fees
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U.S. CFTC Approves Bitcoin Futures Platform Bitnomial’s Derivatives Clearing Application
The commissioners discussed issues like conflict of interest before ultimately voting in favor of the margined bitcoin futures company.
Ethereum’s Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain
Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation’s executive board, evvel pushed “layer-2” networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he’s got ideas for “enshrining” some of those functions on the main chain.
Federal Reserve Holds Policy Steady, but Indicates More Dovish 2024
Market participants will look to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s post-meeting press conference for additional signs about the direction of future policy.
Why 2023 Is Like 2020 and Bitcoin Is Set to Head Towards $50k
Crypto derivatives show bullish positioning but are not over-extended by historical norms. That’s good news for the whole crypto market.
Bitcoin Has Gifts This Holiday Season
Historical veri helps us understand what to expect as crypto markets evvel again head upwards, says Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices.
Coinbase Launches Spot Trading of Bitcoin and Ether Outside the U.S.
The feature will initially launch for institutional investors but will be rolled out for retail investors in the coming months, the exchange said.
FASB Confirms ‘Fair Value’ Approach for Corporate Crypto Holdings
The new rules by the U.S. accounting standards setter would go into effect in December 2024.