Coin Desk
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CoinDesk Wins a Polk Award, One of Journalism's Top Prizes, for Explosive FTX Coverage
Three stories were honored, including Ian Allison’s scoop that led to Sam Bankman-Fried’s $32 billion crypto empire collapsing in days.
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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin ‘Ordinals’ Boom Prompts NFT Activity Surge
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 20, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that...
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Hong Kong Proposes Rules for Crypto Trading Platforms
Service platforms that do not plan to apply for a license should start preparing for closure in the jurisdiction, Hong Kong's securities regulator...
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Crypto Hedge Fund Galois Shuts Down After Losing $40 Million to FTX: FT
Galois co-founder said the fund has halted all trading as it is no longer viable post-FTX.
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Voyager Creditors Subpoena Sam Bankman-Fried, Other Former FTX, Alameda Executives
Voyager’s Creditors also subpoenaed Samuel Trabucco, Nishad Singh, Gary Wang, and Caroline Ellison
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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Opens the Week Testing $25K
Also: Hong Kong will unveil its new crypto licensing framework for Virtual Asset Service Providers in June, but the regulation will not allow...
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Filecoin’s FIL Token Jumps More Than 30%, Sparking Interest in Virtual Machine Launch
It wasn’t immediately clear what prompted the rally.
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Blur Surpassed OpenSea in Daily NFT Trading Volume Wednesday, Nansen Shows
NFT marketplace OpenSea’s dominance in the NFT ecosystem faces a growing challenge from Blur’s rapid ascent.
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OpenSea Goes Zero-Fee, Creator Royalties Optional
The leading marketplace’s policy shift stems from tension with popular zero-fee marketplace Blur.
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Binance Considers Severing US Ties in Face of Crypto Crackdown: Bloomberg
The crypto exchange has been investigated by a host of U.S. regulators and government agencies.
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Jump Crypto Is Unnamed Firm That Made $1.28B From Do Kwon’s Doomed Terra Ecosystem: Sources
A complaint by the SEC against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs revealed an unnamed trading firm helped Kwon restore UST’s $1 peg in 2021 in exchange for...
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Terraform Labs, Do Kwon Transferred More Than 10K Bitcoin Out of Platform Accounts After Collapse: SEC
Around $100 million have since been withdrawn from the Swiss account, the securities regulator said in a court filing as it sued the company for...
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Unlike Merge, Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade Could Bring Ether Price Volatility
The Merge turned out to be a non-event for the market, with ether's realized volatility dwindling in four weeks after the event. The impending...
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Crypto Theft Rose in 2022 as Scams, Ransomware Bounty Fell: Chainalysis
2022 became a year of crypto thefts, but illicit transactions still account only for a meager share of all crypto activity, Chainalysis says.