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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given up its slot as one of the first creditors to be repaid by the insolvent crypto lending platform BlockFi. The move comes as the SEC is facing intense pressure from a legal battle against the cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. U.S. SEC Forfeits Front-Row Seat for Investors Earlier last year, BlockFi agreed to a $100 million settlement imposed by the U.S. SEC for failing to register its crypto lending products...

Binance.US withdrawals are now fully operational on the exchange, even as it warns users to convert all USD to USDT. Binance.US has announced that users can now resume USD withdrawal, as it has solved the problem. The US arm of the world’s largest crypto agency also said that by working with banking partners, it has almost completely resolved all previously delayed withdrawal requests for USD. However, the exchange warns that this resolution may not be permanent. In an official...

Binance’s U.S. subsidiary has challenged claims from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the company mismanaged user assets as “misleading.” In a motion filed on Wednesday, the exchange pointed to contradictory statements from the regulator suggesting that customers’ assets have not, in fact, been transferred outside of the United States. The SEC’s Conflicting Statements In screenshots from a Wednesday filing later shared by Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ),...

In addition to recruiting top-tier lawyers to bolster its defense, Coinbase has also filed “amicus briefs,” commonly known as friend-of-the-court briefs. In the face of intensified regulatory scrutiny within the cryptocurrency industry, Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN), a prominent American digital assets service provider, took a strategic legal approach to proactively influence court rulings in unrelated cases before becoming the primary target of a US crackdown. According to a recent...

Invesco – an American investment company with over $1.4 trillion of assets under management – reactivated its attempts to launch a Bitcoin Spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. WisdomTree – another US finance giant – submitted a similar application to the SEC. The latest efforts come a few days after the world’s largest asset manager filed with the securities regulator to introduce a BTC Spot ETF in the States.  Invesco Rejoins the Race Eric Balchunas –...

There is a renewed hope that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may finally approve a spot Bitcoin ETF. Grayscale’s Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) is currently enjoying some attention from investors, and its trading volume is a testament to this fact. This follows after GBTC’s trading volume spiked by over 400% within the last week. As of June 14, the daily trading volume of GBTC was still standing at $16.1 million. However, in just 5 days, that volume surged massively to...

iShares, Bitwise, WisdomTree, and Invesco, have just submitted proposals for a Bitcoin ETF, signaling a significant advance in the crypto business.  Bitcoin (BTC), the leading cryptocurrency, has experienced a remarkable surge in recent days, with its price coming in at $28,887.88, up by 8.03% within a 24-hour period and by 11.44% over the last week. The revival in the price of Bitcoin has marked a significant pivot point for most altcoins which are now printing their multiweek high at the...

Gemini highlighted their plans to diversify their customer base and reduce the dependence on the US market. Gemini, the US-based exchange of the Winklevoss Twins, has announced its plans to establish a center in Singapore as part of its future expansion into the Asian market. According to Gemini’s statement, the company intends to hire over 100 employees in the next 12 months to capitalize on the growth potential of cryptocurrencies in the APAC (Asia-Pacific) market. Gemini Expanding...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many other mainstream forms of crypto are gaining a lot of traction and additional popularity as the banking crisis grows. Crypto Is Getting a Lot of Respect Not long ago, one of the banks to join the ongoing list of financial failures was First Republic. The organization’s assets were...

EDX Markets plans to step into the crypto space just when the regulatory developments are quite hot and the US SEC has been cracking hard on crypto firms. The cryptocurrency landscape in America seems to be undergoing a seismic shift, and it’s still too early to say whether it is for the good or the bad. As per the latest report from Wall Street Journal, crypto exchange EDX Markets is planning to start operations in the US. Interestingly, crypto exchange EDX Markets is backed by some of...