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The explosive revelations of Caroline Ellison: Law Decoded

SBF’s former girlfriend admits to fraud during her time as CEO of Alameda Research.

Federal judge gives Genesis 5 days to comply with Terraform Labs subpoena

The order was unclear as to the nature of the documents under subpoena, but stated Genesis had failed to provide the information by Oct. 9.

SEC chair Gary Gensler warns impending AI-wrought financial crisis ‘nearly unavoidable’

Gensler reportedly fears big tech’s stranglehold on AI technologies homogenizing the financial market.

SEC plans scrutiny of crypto dealer-brokers, transfer agents, per 2024 exam guide

The SEC sets examination priorities based on feedback from examiners and input from investors and the industry.

Nishad Singh testifies on Sam Bankman-Fried's 'excessive' investments through Alameda

The former FTX engineering director reportedly testified that SBF would "unilaterally spend Alameda's money” and was “ultimately” in charge of the firm rather than Caroline Ellison.

Australia open to idea of CBDC as future of money: RBA

The RBA assistant governor in his speech noted that the pilot CBDC projects have highlighted several key areas where CBDCs could be of great use.

Scammers prefer banking customers over crypto investors in Ireland: Report

To date, Irish authorities managed to recover approximately 4 million euro of the 20 million euro that were lost in banking scams since January 2023.

US government among largest Bitcoin hodlers with over $5B in BTC: Report

The $5-billion estimation is based on three major seizures linked to the Bitfinex hack and Silk Road, meaning the actual holdings could be much larger.

Aussie crypto exchanges look to new licensing regime with cautious optimism

Australian crypto exchanges have largely praised the Treasury’s latest proposal to place crypto exchanges under the existing financial services license regime, though some worry it could box the crypto industry into a TradFi-shaped box.

South Korean exchange Upbit gets initial license nod from Singapore

Upbit Singapore scored initial approval from the country’s central bank and financial regulator for a local crypto license.

Crypto exchanges to fall under TradFi licensing — Australian Treasury proposal

The Australian treasury's newly-released consultation paper will require to crypto exchanges to apply for financial services licence from the local financial regulator.

KYC hook for Uniswap v4 stirs community controversy

A hook that enables Know Your Customer (KYC) verification on Uniswap V4 pools is fueling debates about DeFi's future.

California Gov. Newsom greenlights crypto regulation bill for 2025

The bill will mandate crypto firms to uphold financial records and allow regulators to conduct audits on these entities.

Caroline Ellison speaks on FTX-Binance war, SEC won’t appeal Grayscale BTC ETF: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 8-14

Caroline Ellison testifies in Sam Bankman-Fried trial, reveals more on FTX-Binance war; SEC reportedly has no plans to appeal on Grayscale Bitcoin ETF case.

Coinbase continues push to compel SEC to act on crypto rulemaking petition

Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal has once again called for a mandamus to compel the SEC to respond to the firm’s crypto rulemaking petition.

Sam Bankman-Fried's legal team moves to pursue theory on FTX terms of service

Lawyers petitioned the court to allow them to question witnesses for the prosecution based on FTX’s terms of service, as well as preclude testimony from “lay fact witnesses”.

SBF’s alleged Chinese bribe, Binance clarifies account freeze: Asia Express

SBF allegedly bribes Chinese officials with $150 million to unfreeze accounts, Binance justifies blocking Hamas users, meanwhile, Huobi hacker returns all $8M in stolen assets.

Caroline Ellison: secret recording offers trove of explosive revelations

Among many critical revelations about Alameda and FTX’s relationship, Caroline Ellison confirmed that Alameda always had access to customers’ funds at FTX.

Ripple CTO slams Charles Hoskinson over SEC's ETH ‘favoritism’

Ripple community and Cardano founder have clashed over the definition of corruption in the context of the ETHgate scandal.

China sets stricter rules for training generative AI models

The draft regulations emphasize that data subject to censorship on the Chinese internet should not serve as training material for these models.

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