Better Markets, a nonprofit, has filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the Securities Exchange Commission's (SEC) appeal against Ripple Labs. The brief asks the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a 2023 district court ruling that held that Ripple Labs' sales of XRP to retail investors were not governed by U.S. securities laws. The nonprofit organization argued in its complaint that the court had mistakenly applied the Howey Test, undermining the integrity of investor protection.
The Giving Block, a company that works with nonprofits to promote cryptocurrency donations, has launched an emergency fundraiser for victims of the Los Angeles wildfires in Southern California. Ben Pousty, chief operating officer of The Giving Block, said the goal of the fundraiser is to raise $2 million, while Jared Isaacman, CEO of Shift4, the parent company of The Giving Block, will donate $1 million to the charity. Since its inception, its platform has raised about $200 million in cryptocurr...
The non-profit cryptocurrency advocacy group Coin Center has warned that while a Trump victory would be a net positive for the cryptocurrency industry, entrenched policies could still scare cryptocurrency innovators away from the United States. In a blog post analyzing the U.S. cryptocurrency policy landscape after the 2024 election on November 21, Coin Center's research director, Van Valkenburgh, shared the insights into the cryptocurrency policy landscape.
The non-profit Opentensor Foundation (OTF) has announced that it has officially made its Ethereum-compatible layer available on Bittensor. According to the team: "Using this EVM feature, developers can now deploy smart contracts using tools such as Solidity, Truffle, and Metamask." The project documentation points out the following features: Deploy and interact with any Ethereum smart contract on the subtensor blockchain without any changes to it. Access all standard Ethereum JSON-RPC methods fr...