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Former SEC Lawyer Sees More Crypto Regulations After Celsius Network's Debacle

The crypto lender froze withdrawals, and several states are investigating.

(Moses & Singer LLP Partner Howard Fischer, CoinDesk TV, modified)

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Celsius Network Pauses AMAs, With Customers Left in the Dark Over Withdrawals

Celsius has not yet provided an update on the status of withdrawals from its platform as regulators investigate.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (CoinDesk archives)

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Bitcoin Plunges Below $20K for First Time Since December 2020; Ether Drops Below $1K

The continuing plunge in traditional financial markets and panic about crypto lending platforms sent Bitcoin into the teens for the first time in more than 18 months.

Bitcoin plunges below $20K (OGNYAN CHOBANOV/Getty Images)

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MakerDAO Cuts Off Its AAVE-DAI Direct Deposit Module

MakerDAO is temporarily stopping DAI from being minted and deposited in Aave’s crypto lending platform.

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Lido Finance Warns Leverage Is a ‘Hell of a Drug’

After integrating with DeFi major Aave, Lido saw leverage kick up a gear and nudged some larger players to unwind. But plenty of people didn’t.

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Biggest ‘stETH’ Pool Almost Empty, Complicating Exit for Would-Be Sellers

A trading pool that large institutional investors such as Alameda Research and Three Arrows Capital have used to dump their “stETH” tokens is now nearly drained and heavily imbalanced, potentially trapping retail investors as well as the embattled crypto lender Celsius.

The staked ether trading pool on Curve is quickly depleting after large holders used it as an escape route. (Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)

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First Mover Asia: When Crypto Rebuilds After This Cold Winter, Firms Like Three Arrows Capital Won't Have a Place; Bitcoin Sinks Toward $20K

The crypto hedge fund, which has been one of the industry’s most prolific investors in new protocols and is also a large borrower, is facing $400 million in liquidations on its positions; ether drops 13%.

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BTC Hovers Around $21K As Dow Dips Below 30,000

Global X ETFs Head of Digital Assets Adam Sze shares his thoughts on the crypto market as recession fears loom. Investors are digesting factors like the Federal Reserve's largest rate hike in 28 years, along with Celsius freezes withdrawals for its users.

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Texas, Other States Open Investigation Into Celsius Following Withdrawal Freeze

Former SEC Senior Trial Counsel and Partner at Moses & Singer LLP Howard Fischer weighs in on the news that several U.S. states including Texas and Alabama are investigating Celsius Network’s decision to halt customer withdrawals.

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Texas, Other States Open Investigation Into Celsius Network Following Account Freeze

The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) has had the lending platform in its crosshairs for nearly a year.

The Celsius both at Bitcoin Miami 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)