In an exclusive interview with crypto. news, Dominic Longman, senior executive officer of Binance Abu Dhabi, discusses rising institutional interest in crypto, potential crypto ETFs, and the region’s efforts to attract web3 talents.
Ryan Salame, former FTX executive, sentenced to 90 months for fraud and unlicensed money transmission, faces $11M in penalties.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has been scrutinizing Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) as a clear example of illegal market abuse under its proposed technical standards for the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation.
Coinbase believes the SEC is trying to “side-step” the Howey test by avoiding the question of whether a digital asset transaction carrying no post-sale obligations can be an investment contract.
Citing failure to bring Tigran Gambaryan to court, Nigerian court postpones a court hearing in the Binance tax evasion case until June. A Nigerian court has delayed proceedings in the tax evasion case against the Binance crypto exchange, rescheduling the…
The US House of Representatives passed the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) on May 22. In all, 279 representatives voted yes, 136 voted no, and 15 abstained from voting on the proposed crypto legislation.
VanEck Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel said on May 22 that the firm should be able to launch its spot Ethereum ETF before competitors. In a conversation hosted by The Block, Sigel said that VanEck was the first to file its S-1 registration statement and “fully expects” to receive comments and “go first.