Plaintiffs in three separate putative class action lawsuits against Bitfinex and Tether have moved to consolidate their cases, according to a Thursday court filing. Court filings by David Leibowitz…
The Prospect of Building a New International Monetary System Is Getting Real – CoinDesk
This is part of a series of op-eds previewing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. CoinDesk will be on the ground in Davos from Jan. 20–24 chronicling all things crypto…
Ex-NFL Team Owner Intends to Plead Guilty to Running Unlicensed Money Transmitter – CoinDesk
Former “shadow banker” Reginald Fowler intends to plead guilty to charges of operating an unlicensed money transmission business during a court hearing Friday. In a hearing before the Southern…
Tyrone Ross on Why Financial Advisors Are Taking Notice of DeFi
Financial advisor and crypto advocate Tyrone Ross joins The Breakdown for a discussion on financial advisors, DeFi and the most important company in crypto. One man. Three piping hot…
Canadian Regulatory Group Targets Crypto Exchanges Holding Users’ Digital Assets – CoinDesk
Canada’s top financial watchdog has told crypto exchanges they will be subject to securities law if they act as custodians to users’ digital assets. The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)…
Davos Needs to Wake Up to the Ills of Centralization – CoinDesk
This is part of a series of op-eds previewing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. CoinDesk will be on the ground in Davos from Jan. 20–24 chronicling all things crypto…
Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 17, 2020 – CoinDesk
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SEC: Cash-Strapped Telegram Launched 2018 Token Sale to Pay for Servers – CoinDesk
Telegram launched a 2018 token sale because it was “short on cash” to pay for servers, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said. The claim, made in the…
Block.One Will Not Launch Its Social Network on EOS – CoinDesk
In June when Block.one, the company behind the largest initial coin offering (ICO) in history, announced its Facebook-challenging social network, Voice, it promised the blockchain would run on the…
SEC Charges ICO Operator Who Used Alias After Past Conviction – CoinDesk
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged CG Blockchain Inc., BCT In. SEZC and their operators Boaz Manor and Edith Pardo with fraud, alleging he raised $30 million through…