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Kraken Agreed to Shutter US Crypto-Staking Operations to Settle SEC Charges: Source

The SEC is meeting in a closed-door session on Thursday.

Kraken CEO and former COO David Ripley (Kraken)

Finance

Binance Is Organizing a Consortium to Try to Rebuild Trust in Crypto: Source

Several companies have already signed up to join, including other crypto exchanges and blockchain analytics firms, according to a person familiar with the plans.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Wallet Security Layer Webacy Raises $4M

Investors included entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk and Mozilla Ventures.

Game7 presenta un programa de ayuda de US$100 millones para juegos basados en blockchain. (Pixabay)

Finance

Bankrupt Lender Genesis and Parent DCG Reach Initial Agreement With Main Creditors: Source

The term sheet includes "an equitization of the 10-year promissory note that DCG gave Genesis in return for the 3AC claims," a person familiar with the situation said.

(Genesis Trading, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Binance to Suspend US Dollar Bank Transfers This Week

USD bank transfers comprise only a tiny bit of monthly active users, the exchange said.

Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", founder and CEO of Binance, at Davos in 2023. (Casper Labs)

Finance

Crypto VC Firm Pantera Co-CIO Joey Krug Departs

A new executive committee will absorb Krug’s duties, according to a letter to limited partners.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Winter Led to 91% Plunge in VC and Other Investments for January

A CoinDesk analysis shows crypto startups only raised $548 million last month. The FTX failure’s full impact on industry fundraising likely remains to be seen.

Las inversiones CeFi cayeron en enero. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Issuance Startup Tokensoft Brings Its Token Launchpad On-Chain

Tokensoft version 2 will allow for greater abstraction in how teams structure their token distributions.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Services Company Prime Trust Lays Off One-Third of Staff

The cost-cutting measure comes after a rocky start to 2023 for the Las Vegas-based company.

(Prime Trust, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

WazirX Says Binance Lied About Ownership as Dispute About India’s Largest Exchange Escalates

The back-and-forth about the ownership of WazirX could have a devastating effect on the Indian exchange and its users.

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)