Kraken has again denied the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's allegations and demanded a jury trial to defend its position in the lawsuit, according to a Thursday court filing.
In November 2023, The SEC charged Payward Inc. and Payward Ventures Inc., the companies behind Kraken, with operating the digital asset platform as an unregistered securities exchange, broker, dealer, and clearing agency. The regulator listed SOL, ADA, ALGO, ATOM, FIL, FLOW, ICP, MANA, MATIC, NEAR and OMG tokens as unregistered securities.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.421113/gov.uscourts.cand.421113.91.0.pdf
https://www.theblock.co/post/316357/kraken-requests-jury-trial-in-sec-lawsuit
Starknet token holders voted to implement staking on the layer-2 network.
The vote, which went live on Tuesday, passed with overwhelming support, but only 0.08% of eligible voters holding Starknet’s native token, STRK, participated.
The new mechanism on Starknet means that anyone holding more than 20,000 STRK will be able to stake on the network, from the fourth quarter of this year.
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/09/13/starknet-token-holders-ratify-plan-to-implement-staking-in-landmark-decentralized-election/
Spot ETF Flow on 12.09: BTC-ETF +$39.02M, ETH-ETF -$20.14M
https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot
Treasure DAO members will soon be expected to vote on a proposal allowing for migrating the Web3 gaming ecosystem from Arbitrum to ZKsync, according to a statement issued Thursday, which said that voting will begin on September 17.
https://www.theblock.co/post/316300/treasure-dao-proposal-seeks-migration-from-arbitrum-to-zksync
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced that his crypto project World Liberty Financial will launch on Sept. 16.
https://www.theblock.co/post/316284/donald-trump-announces-launch-date-of-world-liberty-financial-were-embracing-the-future-with-crypto
MultiversX has introduced xExchange V3
Access the upgraded DEX: xexchange.com
https://multiversx.com/blog/xexchange-v3-launch
Binance Futures will launch the SUIUSD COIN-M Perpetual Contract at 2024-09-18 10:00 UTC, with up to 20x leverage.
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-futures-will-launch-suiusd-coin-m-perpetual-contract-with-up-to-20x-leverage-5e66b14b9d66442b9d10e087779a8a1b
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that eToro USA LLC has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle charges that it operated an unregistered broker and unregistered clearing agency in connection with its trading platform that facilitated buying and selling certain crypto assets as securities.
eToro has agreed to cease and desist from violating the applicable federal securities laws and will make only a limited set of crypto assets available for trading.
https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024-125
Coinbase Wrapped BTC (cbBTC) is now live
Coinbase is rolling out cbBTC – Coinbase Wrapped BTC – an ERC20 token that is backed 1:1 by Bitcoin (BTC) held by Coinbase.
At launch, cbBTC will be supported on Base and Ethereum, with plans to support more chains.
https://www.coinbase.com/en-gb/blog/coinbase-wrapped-btc-cbbtc-is-now-live
Scam Sniffer has detected a malware called Fato Reader that targets crypto users.
https://x.com/realScamSniffer/status/1834155077504041251
UniSat iOS App is now officially downloadable in the App Store
Key Features:
▫️Support Fractal Bitcoin Mainnet
▫️Effortless and instant brc20 & Runes inscribing and trading (after they are activated)
▫️Smoothly switch between accounts & wallets
▫️One-tap BTC, inscriptions and runes transfers
https://x.com/unisat_wallet/status/1834169183476879494
Grayscale Sui Trust is open to eligible accredited investors seeking exposure to SUI.
After the news, the SUI price has increased by 17%.
https://x.com/Grayscale/status/1833898477564395833
FTX/Alameda associated wallet redeems 177,693 SOL worth $24M from Solana POS Staking
The wallet still holds 7.057M SOL worth $954M in staking.
https://solscan.io/account/H4yiPhdSsmSMJTznXzmZvdqWuhxDRzzkoQMEWXZ6agFZ#transfers
Lawmakers to probe SEC over suspected political favoritism in staffing
The probe seeks to determine whether the SEC violated federal law by considering political affiliations in its hiring of senior employees, potentially compromising the agency's impartiality.
https://cryptoslate.com/lawmakers-to-probe-sec-over-suspected-political-favoritism-in-staffing/
The crypto market is growing
BTC Dominance - 55.73%
Market Cap - $2.07T
BTC - $58,231.94 (+2.74%)
ETH - $2,368.9 (+1.15%)
BNB - $543.1 (+5.71%)
SOL - $135.68 (+1.86%)
XRP - $0.5373 (+0.94%)
TON - $5.42 (+1.84%)
ZRO - $3.76 (+7.77%)
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ParaFi Capital will tokenize part of its $1.2-billion portfolio using the Avalanche blockchain and tokenization platform Securitize.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/parafi-capital-tokenize-1-2-billion-fund-securitize
Alameda labeled address has transferred 231.4 BTC (worth ~$13.5M) out, of which ~200 BTC was sent to Coinbase.
https://x.com/PeckShieldAlert/status/1834407250297065482
The crypto market is neutral
BTC Dominance - 55.62%
Market Cap - $2.06T
BTC - $58,013.27 (-0.59%)
ETH - $2,358.78 (-0.49%)
BNB - $544 (-0.24%)
SOL - $134.85 (-0.8%)
INJ - $19.16 (-0.58%)
XRP - $0.56 (+4.09%)
TON - $5.54 (+2.08%)
SUI - $1.03 (-0.33%)
ZRO - $3.9 (+3.13%)
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Binance has announced the 58th project on Binance Launchpool - Hamster Kombat (HMSTR).
Users will be able to lock their BNB and FDUSD to receive HMSTR Airdrops over a period of seven days, with farming starting from 2024-09-19 00:00 UTC.
Binance will then list HMSTR at 2024-09-26 12:00 UTC and open trading with HMSTR/USDT, HMSTR/BNB, HMSTR/FDUSD, and HMSTR/TRY trading pairs.
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/introducing-hamster-kombat-hmstr-on-binance-launchpool-and-super-earn-4ff1ed79c8e44acfba1d8f4e5a23dd64
OpenAI is in talks to raise $6.5 billion from investors at a valuation of $150 billion, according to people familiar with the situation.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-11/openai-fundraising-set-to-vault-startup-s-value-to-150-billion
Grayscale to launch first US XRP trust
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/grayscale-launch-first-us-xrp-trust-paving-way-potential-etf
💧 Top Perp DEXs with Upcoming Airdrop by Trade Volume
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Global financial messaging network Swift said it is building real-world solutions to interlink fiat currencies with different forms of tokenized assets as a part of its vision to offer its users access to existing and emerging asset types.
https://www.theblock.co/post/316066/swift-to-test-solutions-interlinking-fiat-with-various-tokenized-assets
The community members of Vega Protocol have voted to retire its existing Layer 1 blockchain.
https://www.theblock.co/post/316006/vega-passes-governance-vote-to-shut-down-its-layer-1-blockchain
Binance has introduced BNSOL - Binance SOL Staking
Users can securely stake their SOL tokens and receive BNSOL in return, a liquid staking token that represents their staked assets.
BNSOL allows users to continue earning staking rewards while keeping the flexibility to trade, lend, or utilize their assets across various Binance products and external DeFi platforms.
Each BNSOL represents 1 staked SOL plus the accumulated staking rewards. Over time, as SOL staking rewards accumulate, the value of 1 BNSOL progressively exceeds that of 1 SOL.
Users can withdraw their BNSOL to their Web3 Wallet and explore Solana protocols that have integrated with BNSOL, such as Kamino, Solayer, Drift, Orca, Meteora, MarginFi, Raydium, Sanctum, Save, Jupiter, and Pyth.
https://www.binance.com/en/solana-staking
https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-introduces-bnsol-earn-sol-staking-rewards-and-unlock-liquidity-on-solana-de5969a9c20f42088fcf039101370e15
Spot ETF Flow on 11.09: BTC-ETF -$43.97M, ETH-ETF -$542.8K
https://sosovalue.com/assets/etf/us-btc-spot
The U.K. government introduced a bill to Parliament touching on the legal status of digital assets including cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs).
The bill will clarify that these assets are considered personal property under British law. Once enacted, it will give the legal profession guidelines to follow when there's a dispute on ownership, such as during a divorce. It will also provide protection to crypto owners, whether individuals or companies, who are hit by fraud and scams.
Central to the proposal is a new category of property in addition to the existing "things in possession,” which covers items such as money and cars, and “things in action,” such as debt and shares. The new category of “thing” will allow certain digital assets to attract personal property rights, Justice Minister Heidi Alexander said in a statement.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/09/11/uk-introduces-bill-to-clarify-cryptos-legal-status/
Listing of HMSTRUSDT on Bybit Perpetual Pre-Market is on Sep 12, 2024, 10:00 UTC.
https://announcements.bybit.com/en/article/listing-of-hmstrusdt-on-bybit-perpetual-pre-market-on-sep-12-2024-10-00am-utc-blt6a2844e05df839d6/