This Week on Crypto Twitter: Binance’s CZ and the SEC’s Gary Gensler Face Stiff Criticism

Meanwhile, Justin Sun offered a job and $400,000 to the hacker that purloined $8 million from HTX.

Tokenization is “securitization done on steroids” — Franklin Templeton CEO

Securitization, a practice with over 50 years of history, is undergoing a dramatic transformation, believes Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton, one of the world’s largest asset managers. During CNBC’s Delivering Alpha event, Johnson noted that tokenization — the process of converting asset ownership rights into digital tokens on a blockchain — is akin to […]

CFTC Targets Mosaic Exchange Limited in Alleged Crypto Fraud Case

The US commodities regulator has targeted yet another crypto exchange for allegedly running a “fraudulent” digital asset commodity scheme, The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Pennsylvania-headquartered Mosaic Exchange Limited, along with its owner and Chief Executive Officer Sean […]

Tokenization is “securitization done on steroids” — Franklin Templeton CEO

Speaking at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha event, Jenny Johnson discussed how digital assets are disrupting securitization and the financial markets.

Over $200m worth of crypto will enter circulation in October

In October, over 30 cryptocurrency projects are set to inject more than $200 million worth of tokens into the market, as reported by TokenUnlocks.

Bitcoin posts first quarterly decline of 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) has closed its first quarterly decline of the year, with its price being sensibly lower than three months ago.

SEC’s Ripple Case Faces Scrutiny Amid Allegations of Conflicts of Interest

The US SEC might be showing a conflict of interest against top crypto entities. This bias is even more pronounced in the ongoing Ripple vs. SEC lawsuit. Amid the ongoing Ripple lawsuit, allegations of conflicts of interest have been levied on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after a series of controversial X […]

Sam Bankman-Fried Has Few Pathways to Acquittal, Say Legal Experts

Nearly a year after cryptocurrency exchange FTX went down in flames, the trial of its disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried is set to begin in a Manhattan federal court on Tuesday. SBF—a once-feted wunderkind who often cast himself as an embodiment of responsible stewardship in crypto—faces a litany of charges, including money laundering, wire fraud, and […]

Uniswap’s rising user activity has this effect on UNI

Uniswap witnesses a resurgence with growing user activity and a milestone 300 million swaps, while strategic collaborations drive its evolution.

Sam Bankman-Fried Has Few Pathways to Acquittal, Say Legal Experts

The former crypto mogul has limited defense strategies, and some could backfire.