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As FTX disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried steps to defend himself in the court on Thursday, here’s what has transpired ever since the FTX bankruptcy. Sam Bankman-Fried will testify in defense of his actions leading up to the collapse of FTX and his entire digital asset empire. His legal team confirmed during a conference call with the judge on Wednesday that Bankman-Fried will take the stand at his fraud trial following the prosecution’s case. The 31-year-old FTX founder shall testify...

As blockchain technology continues to mature, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered’s initiative offers a promising vision of the financial world’s future. German banking giant Deutsche Bank (ETR: DBK) and Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures have begun testing the UDPN, a system that promises to ensure seamless communication and interoperability between various digital assets, stablecoins, and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Now Testing the Waters...

Unlike traditional banking transactions, which usually operate only during business hours, the platform executes transactions at any given time of the day. JPM Coin, the blockchain-based payment platform developed by JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), has successfully reached an impressive milestone of processing $1 billion worth of transactions daily. The company’s Global Head of Payments, Takis Georgakopoulos, shared the news in an interview with Bloomberg Television, noting that most...

The forthcoming MiCA regulation aims to introduce a uniform set of rules and guidelines for crypto assets that currently operate outside the scope of traditional financial regulations. Fidelity Investments, one of the leading asset management companies in the United States, plans to establish its presence in Europe through its crypto subsidiary Fidelity Digital Assets.  The unit, launched in November 2018 to offer Wall Street investors the opportunity to buy and sell cryptocurrencies such...

Polygon Labs called the launch of the Polygon token a major milestone on the Polygon 2.0 journey toward building the Value Layer of the Internet. In an announcement on Wednesday, October 25, Polygon Labs announced the launch of its new Polygon Token, POL, on the Ethereum blockchain network. The POL token’s purpose is to succeed the MATIC token as the next-generation, highly efficient ecosystem for Polygon. This ecosystem encompasses the primary Polygon blockchain, the Polygon zkEVM...

Layer-1 blockchain Avalanche is known for its speed, low cost, scalability, and security. Blockchain horse racing game NEOBRED has announced that it is integrating with blockchain Avalanche to provide players with a superior gaming experience by leveraging the network’s speed and cost-effectiveness. A spokesperson from NEOBRED said of the integration: “We are excited to integrate with Avalanche and offer our players a new level of gaming performance and efficiency […] Avalanche’s...

Hayes has always maintained an optimistic outlook on Bitcoin and remains one of the market analysts who believes the best is yet to come for the premier cryptocurrency. He believes  we will see a $1 million price tag for the coin in the long term. Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of BitMEX suggests in a recent blog post titled “The Periphery”,  that a $1 million Bitcoin (BTC) price is still attainable, even in the face of inflation and ongoing wars in Israel and Ukraine. Arthur Hayes on...

It is worth noting that the SEC’s action come only days after BlackRock unveiled its ticker symbol (IBTC) in anticipation of the approval of its spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently fined BlackRock Advisors LLC, a subsidiary firm of BlackRock Inc (NYSE: BLK), $2.5 million for failing to provide accurate and transparent disclosures about investments in the entertainment industry within a publicly traded fund it managed....

Coinbase contends the SEC’s interpretation of what constitutes a security is dangerously broad and insupportable. In the exchange’s view, only assets conferring explicit financial rights or a stake in a business should be considered securities. The popular crypto exchange Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) is locked in a major legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that could have far-reaching consequences for digital asset regulation. The central challenge is...

A DTCC spokesperson confirmed that the IBTC ticker for the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin ETF has appeared since August through a unique ID code called CUSIP. Bitcoin has made a strong move moving to $35,000 earlier this week and clocking more than 20% gains on the weekly chart. This typically happened as the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin ETF ticker IBTC surfaced on the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) website. Interestingly, one spokesperson from DTCC recently confirmed with...