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U.S. SEC Sues Richard Heart, Hex, PulseChain on Unregistered Securities, Fraud Allegations

Heart raised over $1 billion across three different unregistered securities offerings, the SEC alleged.

BALD Token Plunges 90% as Developer Pulls Liquidity

BALD launched a little over 24 hours ago and has attracted massive hype – and millions in capital – to Base blockchain.

Coinbase’s New Base Blockchain Gobbled Up $68M in Ether, and It’s Not Even Officially Live Yet

Meme coin BALD’s 4,000,000% surge seemed to spark the huge inflows to the nascent crypto bridge.

Jul 31, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. UTC

DCG Says It Sees Resolving Genesis Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Soon

Digital Currency Group comments on the restructuring in an investor letter.

Curve Finance Drained of $50M While CRV Token Sinks 12% in Latest DeFi Exploit

More than $100M-worth of cryptocurrency could be at risk due to a bug impacting Curve, a stablecoin exchange at the center of Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem.

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Bitcoin Teases $29.5K, Ether Drops as ‘Accumulator Season’ Begins

BTC hovered comfortably over $29,300 for much of the weekend but dropped in the hours after Curve Finance tweeted that it had suffered a breach.

By James RubinSam Reynolds

Ribbon Finance Settles First On-Chain Ether ‘Autocallable’ With Marex and MEV Capital

The onchain execution of structured products promises transparency to investors and eliminates counterparty risks.

A TD Cowen analyst views MicroStrategy as “an attractive vehicle for investors looking to gain bitcoin exposure.”

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Wrapping Up Consensus 2023

Missed Consensus 2023? Catch up on some of the most important conversations here.

May 4, 2023 at 9:39 p.m. UTC

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CoinDesk Podcast Network

Headlines | Top Stories of the Week 07-24-23

A roundup of the week’s most valuable crypto stories for Saturday, July 29, 2023.

Jul 29, 2023

CoinDesk’s Money Reimagined

The ‘Perfect Storm’ of WorldCoin and Economic Empowerment Through Bitcoin Mining

A walk through the latest crypto news concerning privacy, security, and Elon’s “everything app” to what’s emerging in bitcoin mining that could be a game changer for lower socio-economic communities all while remaining eco-friendly.

Jul 26, 2023

RWA Tokenization: What Does it Mean to Tokenize Real-World Assets?

Traditional finance giants are excited about the idea of putting ownership of assets like precious metals, art, homes and more on the blockchain.

Jul 25, 2023

Consensus Magazine

The Untold Story of Worldcoin’s Launch: Inside the Orb

Is Sam Altman’s UBI startup a smart countermeasure to AI, or a privacy nightmare? Jeff Wilser reports.

Jul 24, 2023

Understanding Ripple, XRP and the SEC Suit

We explain the difference and connections between Ripple and XRP and the history and the state of the SEC’s case against Ripple.

Mar 29, 2022

Consensus Magazine

Tokenize Everything: Institutions Bet That Crypto’s Future Lies in the Real World

Long one of crypto’s big ideas, tokenization may finally be ready for prime-time. Wall Street is diving in, creating tokens for everything from buildings to gold bars. One advantage: relatively little regulatory scrutiny. Jeff Wilser reports.

Jul 18, 2023

Trending in Crypto

Crypto Update | DeFi Exchange Curve Finance Exploit Leaves $100M of Cryptocurrency at Risk

Jul 31, 2023

First Mover Americas: Curve Finance Exploit Puts More Than $100M of Crypto at Risk

Jul 31, 2023

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Climbs Back to $29.4K; Crypto’s Correlation With Tech May Return

Jul 31, 2023

Featured Story | Chainalysis Investigations Lead Is ‘Unaware’ of Scientific Evidence the Surveillance Software Works

Jul 30, 2023

DCG Says It Sees Resolving Genesis Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Soon

Digital Currency Group comments on the restructuring in an investor letter.

Jul 31, 2023

Crypto Hacks and Exploits Cost Traders $303M in July; Worst Month of 2023

Jul 31, 2023

Digital Currency Group Appoints Mark Shifke as Chief Financial Officer

Shifke fills the gap left when Michael Kraines stepped down as CFO in April.

Jul 31, 2023

Tiny Bitcoin ATM Firm Plans to Fight Giant Swiss Regulator in David vs Goliath Battle

Jul 31, 2023

Tether Reports $3.3B in Excess Reserves in Q2, Up $850M for the Quarter

Jul 31, 2023

Curve Debacle Triggers Transaction Frenzy, Sending Ethereum ‘MEV’ Rewards to Record High

On July 30, over 6,000 ETH ($11M worth) in so-called Maximal Extractable Value rewards were paid out to Ethereum validators, the most ever for a single day.

Jul 31, 2023

Coinbase’s New Base Blockchain Gobbled Up $68M in Ether, and It’s Not Even Officially Live Yet

Jul 31, 2023

CoinDesk Turns 10

CoinDesk Turns 10: The Legacy of Mt. Gox – Why Bitcoin’s Greatest Hack Still Matters

The fall of the Japanese exchange in 2014 caused 750,000 bitcoin to go missing, putting crypto’s future in doubt. The event reverberates to this day, says Jeff Wilser.

May 4, 2023 at 3:13 p.m. UTC

CoinDesk Turns 10 – 2020: The Rise of the Meme Economy

May 11, 2023 at 4:10 p.m. UTC

CoinDesk Turns 10: 2022 – How Crypto Gods Turn Into Monsters

Jun 1, 2023 at 5:27 p.m. UTC

CoinDesk at 10: The Ghost of Libra Lives On

May 25, 2023 at 8:36 p.m. UTC

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U.S. SEC Sues Richard Heart, Hex, PulseChain on Unregistered Securities, Fraud Allegations

Heart raised over $1 billion across three different unregistered securities offerings, the SEC alleged.

Jul 31, 2023

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Bank of Korea to Exclude Seoul From CBDC Pilot Study Next Year: Report

Jeju, Busan and Incheon are in the running to be considered.

Jul 31, 2023

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Binance’s Activities Are Illegal in Nigeria, Securities Regulator Says

The regulator also ordered all crypto platform providers to stop reaching out to Nigerian investors.

Jul 31, 2023

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Binance Wins Operational License in Dubai

Binance met pre-conditions set since receiving a preparatory licence in September 2022.

Jul 31, 2023

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SEC Told Coinbase to Stop Trading in All Cryptos Except Bitcoin Before Suing: FT

Armstrong said the SEC recommendation left them no choice but to head to court.

Jul 31, 2023

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Attempts to Influence Witnesses Show He Must Be Jailed Before Trial: DOJ

The DOJ filed a formal submission to a federal judge after declaring their intent to revoke his bond

Jul 28, 2023

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