Crypto Roundup by @DJKupo
03/06/2022
Consensys AG Shareholders Push Multi-Billion Dollar Audit to Investigate Alleged Irregularities (The Block)
Digital Currency Group Authorizes $250M Buyback for Its Grayscale Trusts (CoinDesk)
DCG CEO Barry Silbert (CoinDesk Archives)
Billboard and Universal Music Group Partner to Launch NFT Project (The Block)
The SEC Is Considering Crypto Recommendations for Its Custody Rule (The Block)
Why Charles Schwab Is Prepping Its First Crypto Product (CoinDesk)
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NFT Market Cools as Trading on Ethereum and Solana Dips (Decrypt)
Electric Capital Raises $1B for 2 New Crypto VC Funds (CoinDesk)
CME to Launch Micro Bitcoin and Ether Options in March (The Block)
Terra’s LUNA Passes Ether to Become Second-Largest Staked Asset (CoinDesk)
Bitcoin Miners Brought in Just Over $1 Billion in Revenue During February (The Block)
FTX Pledges Up to $1 Billion for Philanthropic Fund to ‘Improve Humanity’ (Decrypt)
BitConnect Founder Convicted in $2.4B Ponzi Scheme Has Disappeared (CoinDesk)
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African Crypto Exchange VALR Raises $50M in Series B Led by Pantera Capital (CoinDesk)
Ethereum Miners Generated $1.19 Billion in Revenues during February (The Block)
Circle Delays its DeFi API Product, Citing Need for Regulatory Guidance (The Block)
1/ NEWS: Circle announced new DeFi API, providing companies with a seamless, safe, secure and regulated infrastructure for accessing and building on DeFi lending markets.
Coinbase Is Clocking in Record Volumes via Its Prime Brokerage Service and Over-The-Counter Trading Desk (The Block)
KuCoin Community Chain Launches $50M Accelerator to Nurture Ecosystem Projects (CoinDesk)
Crypto Donations to Ukraine Jump to $20M (CoinDesk)
KPMG in Canada buys World of Women NFTs (The Block)
We completed the purchase of digital art from the highly acclaimed World of Women non-fungible token (#NFT) collection, our first foray into this rapidly growing asset class. @worldofwomennft #ETH #NFTCommunity
SEC Scrutinizes NFT Market Over Illegal Crypto Token Offerings (Bloomberg)
IRS Official: ‘Expect More’ John DOE Records Requests From Crypto Exchanges (The Block)
Three Hundred Crypto Firms Investigated Last Year, Says FCA (The Block)
Griffin Says ‘Fair to Assume’ That Citadel Securities Will Be Market Making in Crypto in ‘Months to Come’ (The Block)
Bank of America Sees No Crypto Winter Given User Adoption, Developer Activity Growth (CoinDesk)
ECB Urges Haste on Crypto Regulation in Wake of Russian Sanctions (Bloomberg)
U.K. Plans New Law to Crack Down on Foreign Money Laundering (Bloomberg)
BitConnect Founder Indicted for Alleged $2.4 Billion Ponzi Scheme (The Block)
Last Week’s Most Read Articles
Exclusive: Austrian Programmer And Ex Crypto CEO Likely Stole $11 Billion Of Ether (Forbes)
Coinbase Rewards Researcher $250,000 for Discovering “Market-Nuking” Bug (CoinDesk)
BitMEX Founders Hayes, Delo Plead Guilty in U.S. Over Money-Laundering Controls (Bloomberg)
Ethereum Scaling Solution Starknet Completes Launch – With Goal to Move to Community Control (The Block)
NYSE Owner Gets on Board With Crypto-Powered Revamp of Trading (Bloomberg)