Head of Dubai Crypto Regulator to Quit to ‘Pursue Other Interests’
Henson Orser, the CEO of VARA, Dubai’s crypto regulator, is set to leave the job and will be replaced by a partner at PwC.
Finance
Philippines to Sell Tokenized Treasury Bond Next Week
The Bureau of the Treasury has set a minimum target of 10 billion pesos.
South Korea’s Pension Fund Bought $20M Coinbase Shares in Q3, Made 40% Profit: Report
The fund snapped up COIN at an average price of $70.5 in the third quarter, achieving a 40% profit from investment.
Sora’s First Summit Brought Sam Bankman-Fried to Hong Kong. Now, They’ve Got Their Eyes on Taipei.
Jason Fang and Sora Ventures have opened up shop with a marquee office in Taipei 101, and want to revolutionize science with the bitcoin blockchain.
Crypto Giant OKX Goes Live With Off-Exchange Derivatives Trading
Asset manager CoinShares along with crypto custody joint venture Komainu are aiming for TradFi standards in derivatives settlement with much reduced counterparty risk.
Fake BlackRock XRP Filing Referred to Delaware Department of Justice
Delaware’s Department of Justice may be investigating the fake filing made for an apparent XRP exchange-traded fund.
Tokenized Cash Fintech Fnality Raises $95M Led by Goldman and BNP Paribas
DTCC, Euroclear, Nomura and WisdomTree also participated in the Series B funding round.
Bogus BlackRock XRP Filing Spoofs ETF Watchers, Crypto Traders
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Former FTX, Alameda Executives to Start New Crypto Exchange: WSJ
Two former colleagues of recently convicted Sam Bankman-Fried are building a new crypto exchange, just days after their former CEO was found guilty on seven charges of fraud.
FTX Sues Bybit to Claw Back $953M in ‘Misappropriated Funds’
The FTX estate says the funds were “preferentially” or “fraudulently” transferred to Bybit and affiliates in the lead-up to its November 2022, bankruptcy filing.