The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a proposed settlement agreement with Ripple, CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and Executive Chairman Chris Larsen to resolve the Commission’s longstanding civil enforcement action against the company and its executives. In a filing submitted on May 8, the SEC and the defendants jointly requested that the US District Court
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Reddit plans to tighten verification processes after researchers used AI to manipulate users’ opinions without consent.

Could we stop using BTC to amplify our short-term risks — and start using it to hedge our long-term ones?

The SEC and Ripple agreed that the fintech company will pay just $50 million to settle a long-running lawsuit over XRP sales.

SOL Strategies Inc. announced plans to explore tokenizing its equity on the Solana blockchain through a non-binding partnership with financial technology firm Superstate, potentially becoming the first public company to do so. Non-Binding Pact Could Pave Way for Solana-Based Share Tokenization The Toronto-based company, SOL Strategies Inc. (CSE: HODL) (OTCQB: CYFRF), signed a memorandum of

The head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force, Hester Peirce, said the decade-long process that led to the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) was mishandled, and urged crypto market participants to be patient with ongoing regulatory delays. In an interview on Bloomberg’s Trillions podcast, Peirce addressed the slow
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Standard Chartered’s head of digital assets research, Geoffrey Kendrick, said Bitcoin (BTC) appears on track to reach new record highs sooner than expected, driven by mounting institutional inflows and a global shift in asset allocation. In a May 8 investor note shared with CryptoSlate, Kendrick said he initially projected a $120,000 price target for the
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On Thursday, bitcoin’s price jumped to $102,819, hitting a peak not seen since Feb. 3, and plenty of analysts point to a growing wave of institutional involvement as the driving force behind the climb. Wall Street’s Growing Appetite Sends Bitcoin Soaring Past $102K The institutions are here in full force, or so the chatter goes,

After a four-month prison stay last year, Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao admitted that he’s seeking a pardon from President Trump.

Ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky was sentenced to 12 years in prison on May 8 for orchestrating a scheme that defrauded customers of the crypto lending platform by misrepresenting investment risks and manipulating the price of the company’s token, CEL. As Bloomberg News reported, the sentence was handed down by US District Judge John Koeltl in
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