Articles from www.theblock.co

Articles from www.theblock.co

Tether promotes long-time CTO Paolo Ardoino to CEO, starting in December, and envisions becoming a “tech-centric organization”; current CEO will be an advisor (www.theblock.co)
2023-10-13

CFTC charges Voyager Digital co-founder Stephen Ehrlich with fraud, saying he and Voyager lied to customers and hid the crypto lender's true financial health (www.theblock.co)
2023-10-13 CFTC

Caroline Ellison's well-prepared testimony painted Sam Bankman-Fried as the ultimate decision-maker at FTX and a corrupting influence on his subordinates (www.theblock.co)
2023-10-12

As the UK FCA widens its crypto marketing rules, Coinbase, OKX, Binance, and others partner with UK companies, expecting to continue serving UK customers (www.theblock.co)
2023-10-10 Coinbase

Elliptic: the total value of crypto laundered via decentralized exchanges, bridges, and coin swaps hits $7B; Lazarus Group is the top culprit, laundering $900M+ (www.theblock.co)
2023-10-9

THORSwap moves to “maintenance mode” after criminals linked to the FTX hack in 2022 used the decentralized exchange to convert $38M worth of ether to bitcoin (www.theblock.co)
2023-10-9

Coinbase granted full license in Singapore (www.theblock.co)
2023-10-9

Telegram plans to add the Open Network-based crypto wallet TON Space in November 2023 for all users outside the US, after rolling out to Wallet users now (www.theblock.co)
2023-9-13

The US sentences Karl Greenwood, who co-founded OneCoin in 2014 alongside Ruja Ignatova, to 20 years and orders him to pay $300M; Greenwood had pleaded guilty (www.theblock.co)
2023-9-13

FTX sues cross-chain swap protocol builder LayerZero Labs, seeking to undo a $45M deal made four days before FTX filed for bankruptcy and a $40M cash withdrawal (www.theblock.co)
2023-9-11

Ant Group launches ZAN, a new blockchain service aimed at institutional and individual clients in overseas markets, including Hong Kong and Singapore (www.theblock.co)
2023-9-8 Blockchain Hong Kong Singapore

The FBI says North Korea-linked Lazarus Group was responsible for the theft of $41M in crypto from online casino and betting site Stake around September 4, 2023 (www.theblock.co)
2023-9-8 Korea FBI

Vitalik Buterin co-authors paper on “Privacy Pools”, a blockchain protocol to verify the legality of user funds without revealing their full transaction history (www.theblock.co)
2023-9-7 Blockchain Vitalik Buterin

MetaMask says its customers in the US, UK, and parts of Europe can now convert ether for traditional fiat currency with a new sell function (www.theblock.co)
2023-9-6 Europe

Visa expands its USDC stablecoin settlements to Solana, partnering with Worldpay and Nuvei for pilots, and has already moved millions of USDC via VisaNet (www.theblock.co)
2023-9-5

Gala Games CEO Eric Schiermeyer sues co-founder Wright Thurston, alleging he stole 8.6B GALA tokens, worth $130M, from the Web3 gaming startup; GALA drops 13% (www.theblock.co)
2023-9-4 Startup

Herodotus and StarkWare unveil a developer tool to verify data at any point in Ethereum's history, overcoming a current verification limit of 256 blockhashes (www.theblock.co)
2023-9-1 Ethereum

A US judge dismisses a lawsuit against Uniswap, founder Hayden Adams, a16z, and others over scam token sales as software cannot be held accountable for losses (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-31

A Pepe memecoin team member says three ex-colleagues stole about 16T Pepe tokens worth $15M from the project's multisig before selling them on crypto exchanges (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-27

CoinGecko: Worldcoin's WLD fell 9.1% in the past 24 hours to ~$1.33, down 43.6% since its launch a month ago, after scrutiny over data collection and privacy (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-25

The FBI details North Korea's TraderTraitor-affiliated actors, responsible for Alphapo, CoinsPaid, and Atomic Wallet hacks, and warns over cashing out $40M+ BTC (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-23 Korea FBI

NFT platform Recur plans to shut down by November 16, 2023, less than two years after raising a $50M Series A, and tells owners to move NFT metadata to the IPFS (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-21 IPFS

Analysis: daily trading volumes surge on Coinbase International, an offshore derivatives exchange Coinbase launched in May 2023, reaching $287M on August 18 (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-20 Coinbase

OpenSea plans to make creator fees optional for new collections from August 31, and enforce creator fees on certain existing collections through February 2024 (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-18

Layer 1 blockchain startup ZetaChain raised $27M from Blockchain.com and others and plans to launch its mainnet soon; the project has 27K+ dApps deployed (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-16 Blockchain Startup

Coinbase says the exchange received regulatory approval from the CFTC-backed National Futures Association to offer futures trading services to eligible US users (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-16 Coinbase CFTC

Filing: BAM Trading, which runs Binance.US, seeks a protective order against the SEC due to “conducting a fishing expedition”; the SEC seeks four depositions (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-15

Crypto custody service Prime Trust and some of its affiliates file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing liabilities between $100M-$500M and assets $50M-$100M (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-15 Asset

Coinbase launches the Stand with Crypto Alliance, a US advocacy organization meant to mobilize the crypto community before Congress votes on key legislation (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-15 Coinbase

Source: CoinDesk lays off 20 people, or 45%, of its editorial team as its parent company, Digital Currency Group, pursues the outlet's sale (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-15

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