Bitcoin hits more than 1-year high amid BlackRock ETF excitement
Written by on August 3, 2023
However, the asset remains less than half its all-time high of $69,000.
(Reporting by Tom Wilson in London; Editing by Sharon Singleton)
Top token bitcoin last week hit $31,818, its highest for a year, and is up more than 80% in price so far in 2023.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also sued Mashinsky and Celsius on Thursday, according to a court filing, alleging he and his firm raised billions of dollars through the sale of unregistered crypto securities and misled investors about the financial state of the privately held company. The U.S.
CACEIS had 4.1 trillion euros ($4.51 trillion) in assets under custody at end of last year, according to its website.
Credit Agricole SA is its majority owner with a 69.5% stake, while Santander holds a 30.5% of the group.
Hydra is the next upcoming upgrade of Cardano for layer 2 scalability solution. Cardano (ADA), which entered the crypto world a little later, is renowned for using proof-of-stake validation early on.
If the SEC lawsuits are successful, they could transform the crypto market by successfully asserting the SEC’s jurisdiction over the industry which for years has argued that tokens do not constitute securities and should not be regulated by the commission.
The SEC expressed concern that the exchange could move those funds offshore. A day later, the SEC asked a federal court to freeze Binance.US’ assets, including more than $2.2 billion held in crypto and some $377 million in U.S.
dollar bank accounts.
The move comes at a time when the global cryptocurrency industry has been caught in the crosshairs of the U.S.
securities regulator on alleged violations of securities laws.
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is battling regulatory suits and probes around the world.
The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao in March for operating what the regulator alleged was an “illegal” exchange.
The value of the crypto market has fallen to around $1.1 trillion, according to CoinGecko data. Investors piled into cryptocurrencies when interest rates were low, pushing the market to a peak value of $3 trillion in 2021.
But they turned cautious as rates rose, causing prices to slump and triggering fatal liquidity crunches for several crypto firms.
James sued CoinEx in February, saying its failure to register before buying and selling tokens such as AMP, LBRY, LUNA and Rally violated the Martin Act, a powerful state law used to fight financial fraud.
France is also probing Binance, which has decided to quit the Dutch market because it was unable to meet registration requirements to operate as a virtual asset service provider.
July 5 (Reuters) – The market share of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, and its U.S.
affiliate have shrank this year, as they battle an onslaught of regulatory crackdowns.
Employees in Binance.US’ legal, compliance and risk departments were among those dismissed, the people told Reuters, requesting anonymity because the matter is private.
Binance tied up with Paysafe last year to allow its users to deposit sterling via Faster Payments, a network that oversees payments and bank account transfers in Britain.
However, the wallet owners need to be vigilant in case of trading parties that entice with unreasonable high returns and tend to trap the owner into giving away their private keys or other such information.
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In the days leading up to the failure, customers of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange withdrew billions of dollars, hobbling the firm’s liquidity.
A rescue deal with rival exchange Binance also fell through, precipitating crypto’s highest-profile collapse in recent years.
The agency’s aggressive policing has sparked a wave of criticism from digital assets firms and advocates on Capitol Hill for what they describe as regulatory overreach.
Earlier this month, Binance and Binance.US entered an agreement with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure U.S. customer assets remain in the United States until a sweeping lawsuit filed this month by the SEC is resolved.
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However, only one order is allowed to be fulfilled.
