U.K. Crypto Firms Can Apply for 3-Month Reprieve to Comply With Tough New Ad Rules
Bans on aggressive marketing were set to take effect in October, but companies can apply to delay some aspects until January.
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Cboe’s BZX Exchange Files to Launch Ark 21Shares, VanEck Spot Ether ETFs
Cboe’s BZX exchange filed the first documents in a bid to offer the first spot ether exchange-traded funds in the U.S.
Celsius Network Files ‘Adversary Complaint’ Against EquitiesFirst to Recover Assets
EquitiesFirst, a private lender, owed Celsius $439 million of assets as of July 2022.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Motion for Pretrial Release Goes Before 3-Judge Panel
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to win back his freedom – at least temporarily.
Genesis Global Capital Files for Over $600M in Unpaid DCG Loans: Court Docs
Genesis Global Capital, a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, filed in court for DCG to repay outstanding loans in excess of $600 million on Wednesday.
FASB Says Crypto Assets Should Be Marked at Current Values
The first U.S. accounting rule specifically for cryptocurrency will say that companies must use a fair-value approach that would demand certain digital assets be measured at what they would trade for in the markets, according to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
SEC Has ‘No Grounds’ to Reject Bitcoin ETF Conversion, Grayscale Says
The SEC was last week ordered to review its prior rejection of the conversion of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), though not necessarily to approve it.
Singapore’s New President, a Former Central Bank Chairman, Has Called Crypto ‘Slightly Crazy’
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who has previously called crypto “purely speculative” and “slightly crazy,” was officially elected as Singapore’s president early Saturday morning.
Australia Senate Committee Rejects Crypto Bill From Opposition Senator Andrew Bragg
Bragg said the Labor government had put regulating crypto in the slow lane.
SEC Hasn’t Met Requirements to Argue for an Appeal, Ripple Says
Ripple made its case to a federal judge for why the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shouldn’t be able to appeal her ruling on its programmatic sales of XRP on Friday.