Coinbase Derivatives, a subsidiary of Coinbase, filed a regulatory filing on Thursday to launch new futures contracts for Solana (SOL) and Hedera (HBAR) on or after February 18. The contracts will be cash-settled and settled on a monthly basis.
Bitwise has filed an application with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the price of Dogecoin. According to Bitwise's S-1 filing with the SEC on January 28, the proposed Bitwise Dogecoin ETF will hold the DOGE and closely track its price movement. Bitwise's S-1 filing must be accompanied by a 19b-4 filing in order to initiate the approval or rejection process for a dog-themed memecoin fund.
Jump Trading has filed a lawsuit against Liam Heeger, its former software engineer, alleging that he is now running a "competitive business" and breaching non-compete obligations. The company alleges that Heeeger, who co-led Firedancer, a large blockchain project at Jump, violated non-compete agreements after he resigned from the company on November 11. The documents show that Heeger started a new blockchain development business to "compete directly with Jump". Jump said Heeger had been valued a...
On January 21, legendary trader GCR reopened and changed his profile description to Hewhomisinterpretstweets, catches nothing.
Donald Trump Jr., Trump's eldest son, added "Meme Wars General" to his Instagram profile.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., against Musk for alleged securities violations. The SEC said Musk violated federal securities laws by purchasing more than 9% of Twitter's common stock in March 2022 but failing to disclose the relevant information in a timely manner. The delay was 11 days before Musk publicly disclosed his beneficial ownership in a report to the SEC on April 4, 2022. The delay allowed Musk to continue to pay ...
Binance.US lost thousands of customers, billions of dollars in losses and was later forced to lay off 70% of its workforce after the Securities Exchange Commission filed suit. The company is currently making a comeback and expects to resume operations Binance.US coming weeks.
The Department of Justice announced money laundering charges against three Russian citizens for running U.S.-sanctioned cryptocurrency mixing services Blender and Sinbad, which were allegedly used by North Korean hackers to hide cryptocurrency proceeds from cybertheft. Two of the gang members were arrested last month, but the last one remains at large. Brent S. Wible, head of the Justice Department's criminal division, said the encryption mixers were used by state-sponsored hackers.
On January 5, local time learned on January 5 that the South Korean court rejected Yoon Seok-yuk-fang's application for objection to the execution of the arrest warrant. Yoon Seok-yue's lawyer, Yoon Ka-geun, filed an application for objection to the execution of the arrest warrant and the seizure search warrant with the Western District Court of Seoul, South Korea on the 2nd. Yoon Ka-geun said that the arrest warrant and search warrant issued by the court on December 31, 2024 could not be execut...
According to the Nikkei: Japan Steel plans to file a lawsuit over the blockage of U.S. steel transactions.
Cryptopia, a bankrupt New Zealand crypto exchange, has returned 400 million New Zealand dollars (about $225 million) worth of cryptocurrency to 10,000 verified account holders. Account holders of Bitcoin and Dogecoin have received their first cryptocurrency distributions, according to a public announcement from the liquidators. "Over 400 million NZ dollars have been returned on-chain in the last 48 hours," Cryptopia liquidator Grant Thornton noted.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant Alexander Smirnoff, who was previously accused of fabricating millions of dollars in bribes for US President Joseph Biden and his son Hunter Biden, has agreed to plead guilty, according to court documents filed on December 12 local time. It is understood that Smirnoff reached a plea deal with David Weiss, special counsel to the Justice Department. Under the agreement, the two sides will recommend a sentence of at least 48 months and no more than 72...