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Crypto Conflicts
Winklevoss and Silbert Trade Blows as Fraud Accusations Fly
DCG Boss Rejects Gemini CEO’s Accusations of Accounting Fraud
Gemini CEO Cameron Winklevoss has called for the termination of Barry Silbert, the founder and CEO of crypto conglomerate Digital Currency Group, in a scathing open letter shared on Twitter Tuesday that accuses Silbert and DCG of accounting fraud.
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Crypto Conflicts
CZ Zings Genesis-Gemini Fracas With Vow to Protect Customer Assets
CZ Addressed Concerns about Binance and the Market
Changpeng Zhao, the founder and CEO of Binance, said Wednesday that he would never let his exchange expose itself to the stress now engulfing two other major crypto players — Gemini and Genesis.
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Layer 2s
Optimism Activity Hits New Highs As Layer 2s Close In On Ethereum
OP Is Up 32% In the Past Week
By Samuel Haig
Layer 2 adoption is booming, with Optimism setting new records for activity and the combined transaction volume of optimistic rollups closing in on Ethereum’s mainnet.
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NFT Projects
PleasrDAO to Launch Game Show Featuring Snowden and Ellsberg
Legendary Whistleblowers Make NFT Debut in January
By Owen Fernau
PleasrDAO, an organization which spontaneously spawned to collectively buy a coveted NFT in 2021, is getting into show business.
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Tokenized Securities
Ondo Finance Launches Tokenized US Treasuries and Corporate Bonds
Tokens Will Represent Deposits In Popular Bond ETFs From Blackrock and PIMCO
By Owen Fernau
New DeFi offerings are emerging to adapt to the changing macroeconomic climate, after baseline yields on stablecoins have fallen below low-risk instruments available in traditional finance.
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Law Enforcement
US Court Hands Down 10-Month Sentence in Coinbase Insider Trading Case
Nikhil Wahi Also Ordered To Pay Almost $900,000
The brother of a former Coinbase employee was sentenced to 10 months in prison this week for profiting off the latter’s insider knowledge of soon-to-be-listed tokens.
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Crypto Bankruptcies
Binance.US Receives Initial Approval To Buy Voyager’s Assets For $1B
Deal Faces Hurdles From SEC and CFIUS
By Samuel Haig
The bankruptcy court overseeing the affairs of insolvent crypto lender Voyager Digital has given initial approval to Binance.US’s plan to purchase the distressed company’s assets.
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Will The Bank Run On Binance Continue?
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