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U.S. Interest Rates High Enough to Tame Inflation, Avoid Recession: Chicago Fed
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago economists predict low inflation and a resilient economy, a potential goldilocks scenario for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies.
11,196 Years Jail Sentence for Faruk Özer, CEO of Collapsed Turkish Crypto Exchange Thodex
Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder of the collapsed Turkish crypto exchange Thodex, his sister Serap Özer and his brother Güven Özer have been sentenced to 11,196 years, 10 months and 15 days in prison.
CFTC Goes After Opyn, Other DeFi Operations in Enforcement Sweep
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged three decentralized finance (DeFi) operations – Opyn, Inc., ZeroEx (0x), Inc. and Deridex, Inc. – with offering illegal derivatives trading, according to a Thursday statement from…
North Korea’s ‘Lazarus’ Hackers Stole $41 Million From Crypto Gambling Site, FBI…
The Lazarus Group has been targeting crypto companies for years now.
Ex-FTX Executive Ryan Salame Could Forfeit $1.5B as Part of Guilty Plea
Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried used Salame as a “straw donor” to secretly funnel millions of dollars to Republican political candidates.
Fraud Lawsuit Against Michael Egorov, the CEO of DeFi Giant Curve, Is Quashed in California
A judge ruled a California courtroom is the wrong venue since Egorov wasn’t living in the state when the alleged misdeeds took place.
CFTC Commissioner Pitches Pilot Program for U.S. Crypto Regulation
The U.S. watchdog for derivatives markets should create a limited pilot program for regulating cryptocurrencies, said Caroline Pham, one of the members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
FASB’s Crypto Accounting Shakeup Could Lure More Corporate Investment, Michael Saylor and…
The U.S. accounting standards board yesterday unanimously voted in favor of "fair value" accounting for crypto assets held on corporate balance sheets.