The world’s largest crypto exchange agreed to settle U.S. criminal charges and its founder and CEO pled guilty and agreed to step down from the company.
A fresh request from former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to get out of jail was denied by a court of appeals.
In this week’s edition of The Protocol newsletter, we share a few trends stand out to close 2023: the proliferation of Ethereum layer-2 networks, the ascendancy of zero-knowledge cryptography and the appearance of tokens, smart contracts and now file hosting on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Latin America has a smaller crypto economy than other regions, but grassroots adoption is growing fast, according to Xapo Bank.
Coinbase says the Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing to drag its feet over its request for new crypto rules.
The metric helps investors and users to understand whether a blockchain is going to merely survive, or thrive, says Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices.
Blue-chip institutions including Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan are trialing digital asset offerings, seeking cost savings and efficiencies.
Conceptual artist and legal scholar Brian Frye says inaccessible crypto tokens cannot be sold, but can be donated — with potentially significant tax benefits.
Joseph Naggar, a long-time partner at GoldenTree who had been instrumental to its expansion into crypto, is set to leave the company.
Bitcoin’s price fell almost 2% in the past 24 hours after Tuesday’s release of minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting.
