U.S. CFTC Approves Bitcoin Futures Platform Bitnomial’s Derivatives Clearing Application
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted crypto derivatives company Bitnomial approval to register as a derivatives clearing organization in the U.S., letting it settle margined futures and options contracts.
Ethereum’s Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain
Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation’s executive board, once pushed “layer-2” networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he’s got ideas for “enshrining” some of those functions on the main chain.
The Protocol: Crypto Spring Is Airdrop Season With Tokens From Starknet, LayerZero
In this week’s issue of The Protocol newsletter, we’re covering Worldcoin’s latest update, airdrop season, the new Bitcoin wallet from Jack Dorsey’s company and the “data availability” network Celestia’s market-moving plan to plug into Polygon’s blockchain development kit.
Federal Reserve Holds Policy Steady, but Indicates More Dovish 2024
The U.S central bank Wednesday left its benchmark fed funds at a range of 5.25%-5.50%.
Why 2023 Is Like 2020 and Bitcoin Is Set to Head Towards $50k
Crypto derivatives show bullish positioning but are not over-extended by historical norms. That’s good news for the whole crypto market.
Sam Altman’s Retina-Scanning Orb to Become More Useful with World ID 2.0
Shopify, Minecraft, and Reddit will begin using World ID to identify some users.
Blockstream Preps New Sale of Notes Designed to Profit From Rebounding BTC Mining-Rig Prices
ASIC Miners (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)
HTX, Poloniex Assets are ‘100% Safe’ Says Justin Sun After $200M Hack
Both exchanges lost a combined total of more than $200 million in a series of hacks last month.
Three Arrows Co-Founder Su Zhu Faces Questioning in Singapore Court in Hunt for Assets: Bloomberg
Zhu is expected to be released from jail this month for good behavior, Bloomberg reported.