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Cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging service Telegram has announced that it will auction usernames on TON.According to reports, Telegram plans to auction usernames on The Open Network (TON) blockchain. This decision comes two months after Telegram founder Pavel Durov first floated the idea. A message on an official channel belonging to the dual-headquartered platform read that “a few weeks ago, the founder and CEO of Telegram announced the upcoming ability to buy and sell unique and...

Earlier, Celsius Network said that Prime Trust refused to fulfill its obligation of transferring the $17 million in crypto assets at the time of dissolving the agreement. On Thursday, October 20, crypto service provide Prime Trust agreed to return $17 million to troubled crypto lender Celsius Network. Prime Trust is popular for offering custodial services for digital assets.Celsius Network and Prime Trust CaseThe company reportedly held $119 million of Celsius’ assets. In August, Celsius...

The Ripple team believes the Hinman documents will reveal the SEC’s double-handedness in dealing with the case.The world’s richest man Elon Musk has seemingly thrown his weight behind Ripple as a new development in the Ripple-SEC case proves the blockchain company is one step closer to victory.After Ripple’s counsel, Stuart Alderoty confirmed the receipt of the long-awaited Hinman documents, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse took to Twitter to express his disappointment. After Garlinghouse’s...

Grayscale’s lawsuit against the SEC has started gaining traction as prominent names from the crypto industry rallied behind the asset manager. The latest one to chime in is Coinbase. The cryptocurrency exchange has filed an amicus brief backing Grayscale Investment’s lawsuit against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for disapproving the company’s proposal for a spot Bitcoin ETF application earlier this year. “Double Standards” In its battle against...

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New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) – an investment management firm that offers a wide variety of bitcoin services – reportedly laid off around one-third of its staff in September. Not long ago, it announced the departure of CEO Robert Gutmann and President Yan Zhao. Despite the redundancies, the former leaders remained as key members of NYDIG’s parent company – Stone Ridge Holdings Group. Joining the Dismissal Spree The Wall Street Journal informed that last month...

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Grayscale stated that the SEC’s application of its “significant market test” is deeply flawed and does not protect investors against potential fraud and manipulation in the underlying BTC markets. The SEC is notorious for turning down dozens of spot Bitcoin ETF applications over the past several years from major players including WisdomTree and Ark21Shares. Grayscale, for one, has taken the legal route to resolve the matter. It has argued that the regulator acted outside its...

At an event for DC Fintech Week on Tuesday, the CEO of Ripple Labs, Brad Garlinghouse, noted that he expects the court to give its verdict on the case in the first half of 2023.  “I think we’ll have an answer in the first half of next year. Whether that’s the first quarter or second quarter, we shall see,” he said.  The Lawsuit Recall that the SEC officially sued Ripple in December 2020 over an alleged violation of securities laws. The regulator claims that the blockchain...