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The legal case between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the blockchain company Ripple Labs continues to intensify and this time, the regulator has been granted access to the payment processor’s employee Stack communications. A Win for the SEC As reported by Law360, the SEC earned the discovery win after US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn ordered Ripple to give the regulator access to more than one million Slack messages that were previously...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has purportedly started an investigation against Uniswap Labs – the leading developer of the giant DEX Uniswap. According to a WSJ report from earlier on September 3rd, the top US securities regulator has gone after the developers of the largest decentralized cryptocurrency exchange – Uniswap Labs. Citing people familiar with the matter, the coverage reads that the watchdog is in an early-stage investigation process. The SEC is trying to...

The central banks of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Africa will reportedly launch a trial program to test cross-border payments employing different CBDCs. Their mission: to determine whether the move would enable more accessible transactions. The Multinational Partnership Central bank digital currencies appear to be an attractive financial instrument for numerous countries across the globe since many are exploring them as a financial instrument. While governments...

Years after halting its services, the saga with BitConnect has taken another turn as the SEC has filed an action against the founder and some of the promoters. The Commission has alleged that they have swiped more than $2 billion from retail investors through an unregistered offering of digital assets. The SEC Files Charges Against BitConnect Founder Launched in early 2016, BitConnect promoted itself as a platform with a highly advanced trading bot that urged users to deposit...

The largest bank in Russia – Sberbank – plans to register its blockchain platform with the Bank of Russia by mid-September. The financial institution has also started creating functionality for issuing digital financial assets (DFA) of third parties. Sberbank’s Next Crypto Move According to a recent report by the Russian media TASS, the local banking giant – Sberbank – is on its way to register a blockchain-based platform for issuing digital assets with Russia’s central...

The team behind the third-largest cryptocurrency by means of market capitalization – Cardano – announced that they’ve successfully added smart contract capabilities to the current testnet of the platform. Smart Contracts Live on Alonzo In an announcement made on September 2nd, Input Output – the research and development company behind Cardano – revealed that they’ve successfully updated the Alonzo testnet to now include Plutus smart contract capabilities. Yesterday, we...

Changpeng Zhao – Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Binance – said the US arm of the cryptocurrency exchange could follow Coinbase and have an initial public offering in the next 36 months. In a recent interview with The Information, the head of Binance – Changpeng Zhao – revealed that Binance.US – the company’s affiliate in the States – plans to launch an IPO in the next three years: “Binance.US is just going to do what Coinbase did.” – said Zhao. Coinbase – another...

The meteoric rise in the price of the meme-inspired cryptocurrency, Dogecoin, has prompted many other versions of “crypto dog” tokens with the hope of getting a similar effect. While most of these projects have experienced failures due to lack of exposure and liquidity, some appear to be making waves and drawing the attention of the crypto community. Dogecoin 2.0 (DOGE2), a Dogecoin copycat that was launched on the Binance Smart Chain Network earlier in May, has seen a lot of...

According to recent research, around 60% of Europeans prefer their own countries to regulate digital assets rather than the European Union. Interestingly, a growing number of people believe the creation of national digital currencies would grant their nations some financial independence from the EU. Crypto Regulations Coming from The EU Is Not Preferable A survey conducted among 31,000 participants from 12 different countries – all part of the European Union – revealed that...

Metamask wallet recently broke another personal record for growth and now has over ten million monthly active users of their wallet. In celebration, they will be hosting a party on Decentraland, coupled with a live stream of the event for those who can’t join. Another Milestone for Metamask After announcing their achievement on Tuesday, the popular wallet promised to host a 24-hour watch party on Decentraland to celebrate. The party will feature a performance from twitch...