Hong Kong ETFs begin trading, issuers unfazed if US declares ETH a security
Hong Kong already has a clear definition of Ethereum and it is not a security, said OSL Digital Securities head Wayne Huang.
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SEC Launched Formal Investigation Into Ethereum’s Security Status Over a Year Ago, New Court Filing Shows
A new court filing claims that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), led by Chair Gary Gensler, initiated a formal in...
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SEC considered Ethereum unregistered security for at least a year: FOX Business
New insights into the SEC's investigation into Ethereum's status as a security and Consensys' legal challenge to the agency's clai...
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Lazarus Group laundered over $200M in hacked crypto since 2020
The notorious group of hackers has used a combination of crypto mixers and peer-to-peer marketplaces to launder the stolen funds.
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SEC Has Secretly Considered Ethereum a Security Since 2023, Says Consensys in Unredacted Lawsuit
Unredacted portions of a lawsuit filed by Consensys reveal that the agency classified ETH as a security last April.
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SEC and Gensler believed Ether was security for at least a year
In April 2023, Gensler refused to answer repeated questions on whether the SEC believed Ether was a security.
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OpenAI hit with privacy complaint in Austria, potential EU law breach
Austrian data rights group Noyb filed a privacy complaint against OpenAI, accusing its ChatGPT of providing false information and...
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Latam Insights: Venezuela to Leverage USDT for Sidestepping Sanctions, Chivo Wallet Disregards Hacking Allegations
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this is...
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Optimism Soars By 17% Despite Recent Security Revelations
Optimism (OP) has grabbed investors’ attention in the last day following an intriguing positive price performance. Interestingly,...
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Prioritizing First-Mover Advantage Over Security Leaves Defi Protocols Vulnerable to Hacks – Nikita Ovchinnik
According to Nikita Ovchinnik, founder of Barter Defi, decentralized finance (defi) protocols are increasingly becoming the primar...
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Sam Altman, Satya Nadella Join High-Powered AI Safety Board for Homeland Security
Twenty leading AI developers—including OpenAI, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Google—pledge to help the US Department of Homeland Security...
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Biden’s Homeland Security team taps tech elite for AI defense board
The board includes the CEOs of Adobe, Alphabet, Anthropic, AMD, AWS, IBM, Microsoft and Nvidia, as well as other business, civil r...
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Ethereum Allies: Arbitrum Team Helps Optimism Avoid ‘High Risk’ Vulnerability
Reaching out to combat potential fraud, from one layer-2 to another.
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Woman accused of $6B scam, China loophole for Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs: Asia Express
There’s only one way left for Chinese nationals to access the Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs, $6B scam accused in court, and more: Asia Ex...
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‘ETH Should Not Be Treated as a Security’ — Consensys Sues SEC Over Ethereum Regulations
In a significant legal move, Consensys has initiated a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to protec...
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Consensys Sues SEC Over Attempts to Regulate Ethereum as a Security
Ethereum giant Consensys filed a preemptive suit against the SEC, revealing that it received a Wells Notice over MetaMask.
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New crypto users shouldn’t ‘rush into DeFi’ — Security firms
Hacken’s Luciano Ciattaglia said that new crypto users should not immediately jump into decentralized finance or decentralized exc...
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SEC Lawyers Resign After Judge Sanctions the Regulator for ‘Gross Abuse of Power’
Two lead attorneys for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the case against crypto firm Debt Box have reportedly...
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