Cheyenne Ligon
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Congress' FTX Problem: 1 in 3 Members Got Cash From Crypto Exchange's Bosses
The session began with 196 U.S. lawmakers who took direct contributions from Sam Bankman-Fried and other former FTX executives, and many of them are still trying to get rid of it. → Read More
Miami HEAT Arena Balks at FTX Naming Rights, Ending 19-Year Deal Early
Photos on social media already purport to show the bankrupt crypto exchange’s logo being removed from the arena. → Read More
Hodlonaut Wins Norwegian Lawsuit Against Self-Proclaimed ‘Satoshi’ Craig Wright
In her ruling, Norwegian Judge Helen Engebrigtsen wrote that “Granath had sufficient factual grounds to claim that Wright had lied and cheated in his attempt to prove that he is Satoshi Nakamoto.” → Read More
Acala’s Stablecoin Falls 99 Percent After Hackers Issue 1.3 Billion Tokens
A bug in the protocol’s newly-deployed iBTC-aUSD liquidity pool left the door wide open for hackers to exploit. → Read More
‘Crypto: The Musical’ Aims for Broadway
The show is being developed by the creative team behind “Ratatouille – The TikTok Musical.” → Read More
China’s Digital Yuan Targeted in New Bill From 9 GOP Senators
The Say No to the Silk Road Act stems from not only the well-known privacy concerns around the Chinese CBDC, but also from worries it could be a tool to evade sanctions. → Read More
Bitfinex Hack Laundering Suspects Released on Bond
Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan were arrested Tuesday on allegations they conspired to launder bitcoin from the 2016 hack. → Read More
Meta Joins Block’s Crypto Open Patent Alliance as Diem Reportedly Winds Down
By joining COPA, Meta’s “core crypto technology patents” will hopefully avoid future litigation. → Read More
Ex-CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo Joins Digital Asset’s Board of Directors
The former regulator will advise the company on a variety of subjects, including asset tokenization, distributed ledger technology and regulatory developments. → Read More
SEC Secures Judgments Against 3 in BitConnect Scam
The Securities and Exchange Commission secured judgments against three individuals in the BitConnect Ponzi scam. → Read More
Brian Quintenz to Step Down as CFTC Commissioner by End of August: Report
Longtime crypto advocate Brian Quintenz plans to step down from his role as Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) by August 31, Quintenz told the Wall Street Journal. → Read More
Human Rights Foundation, Compass Mining Give $80K to Sponsor Bitcoin Developer
Bitcoin Core contributor Jon Atack is the latest developer to receive funding through the Human Rights Foundation’s Bitcoin Development Fund. → Read More
Philipp Plein Becomes First Major Fashion Brand to Accept Crypto Payments
Switzerland-based Philipp Plein will become the first major fashion brand to accept cryptocurrency as payment. → Read More
Sense Finance Raises $5.2M to Bring Yield Trading to DeFi
Sense Finance raised $5.2 million in a seed funding round led by Dragonfly Capital with participation from Robot Ventures and Bain Capital. → Read More
Coinbase’s Bison Trails Adds Developer Tooling for Solana Blockchain
Bison Trails announced Tuesday that it has launched its Query & Transact node infrastructure on the Solana blockchain. → Read More
SEC Shutters Mother-Son Duo for Alleged Crypto ‘Supercomputer’ Ponzi Scheme
The SEC has shuttered an alleged scam that promised to generate most of its income from bitcoin mining and invest in cryptocurrencies → Read More
Q2 Revenue Surges at Travel Booking Platform Travala
Blockchain-based travel booking platform Travala saw revenue surge in the second quarter of 2021 as the travel industry rebounded. → Read More
Cream Finance Announces Integration With Polygon
Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform Cream Finance announced an upcoming integration with Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution Polygon. → Read More
Palestine’s Central Bank Is Reportedly Considering a CBDC Launch
The Palestinian Monetary Authority is looking into the development of a digital currency, according to a report from Bloomberg. → Read More
Bipartisan Crypto Bills Pass US House of Representatives – Again
The Blockchain Innovation Act and parts of the Digital Taxonomy Act were included in the broader Consumer Safety Technology Act. → Read More