By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler argued there’s nothing special about the assets or exchanges in the crypto sector, and their backers can’t hide behind claims that their tokens provide utility.Publish at: June 08, 2023 at 05:30PM
SEC’s Gensler Rebuffs Crypto Complaints, Says Gave Ample Warning Heat Was Coming
Ethereum Developers Cement Final Lineup of Changes in ‘Dencun’ Upgrade
By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data Proto-danksharding is at the heart of the package, with other improvements for storage on-chain, as well as minor code changes related to the Ethereum Virtual Machine.Publish at: June 08, 2023 at 05:00PM
U.S. Senators Tell DOJ to Investigate Binance for Potentially Lying to Lawmakers: Bloomberg
By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data Two senate democrats, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, allege in a letter that the platform may have lied about Binance.US being an independent entity.Publish at: June 08, 2023 at 01:17PM
First Mover Americas: SEC-Targeted Tokens Tumble
By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 8, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.Publish at: June 08, 2023 at 01:12PM
DeFi Protocol Curve Finance Now Lets Users Mint crvUSD for Staked Ether
By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data The governance proposal for the crvUSD minting was passed early on Thursday.Publish at: June 08, 2023 at 01:05PM
Digital Art Collective Wildxyz Introduces Curatorial Board to Grow Experiential Art Program
By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data The 10 artists, including Deafbeef, Casey Reas and Harm van den Dorpel, will advise the platform’s artist residency program.Publish at: June 08, 2023 at 01:00PM
Bitcoin Traders Shrug Off U.S. SEC’s Action Against Binance, Coinbase
By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data Implied volatility metrics show no signs of panic after the SEC’s filed lawsuits against the two cryptocurrency exchanges.Publish at: June 08, 2023 at 12:01PM
DeFi Unfazed by SEC’s Classification of Tokens as Securities
By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data These forces will likely only drive “more financial activity to DeFi,” one trader said.Publish at: June 08, 2023 at 09:20AM
UK Lawmakers Clash Over Government Plans to Regulate Crypto as Financial Services
By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data While some lawmakers have aligned with the government’s proposal, others want the volatile assets to be treated as gambling.Publish at: June 08, 2023 at 09:09AM
Stablecoin Regulation Is a Sticking Point Between the G-7 and G-20
By CD Read more: CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data Global leaders appear to have reached a consensus on setting up universal rules and standards for most aspects of the crypto sector save for the treatment of stablecoins.Publish at: June 08, 2023 at 09:00AM