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Policy

CFTC Sets May Roundtable to Weigh Ideas Sparked by FTX’s Derivatives Push

The May 25 discussion will consider direct clearing of derivatives as pitched by FTX.US.

Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Policy

US Treasury Sanctions More North Korea-Linked ETH Wallets Over $600M Ronin Hack

The three new wallets join an Ethereum address added to the sanctions list last week.

(CoinDesk)

Finance

OpenSea Suspends Trading of Sand Vegas Casino Club NFTs

Gambling Apes NFTs promised a cut of the profits from casinos built on metaverse platforms and Web 2.

(Randy Faris/Getty Images)

Policy

Binance Asks to Be Removed From Crypto Romance Scam Lawsuit

The Cayman Islands company argued it is not subject to the "personal jurisdiction" of U.S. federal courts.

(Adrian Swancar/Unsplash)

Policy

New York Man Arrested for Alleged $1.8M Crypto Mining Scam

Authorities say 37-year-old Chet Stojanovich promised to take a customer on 31-hour road trip to see the non-existent mining equipment in Canada – and then abandoned him at the Buffalo airport.

Statue of Themis holding the balance scales. (Oleksandr Berezko/EyeEm via Getty Images)

Finance

A Use Case You Can Eat: California Crabs Tracked by Helium Network

The Helium Network is a crypto-powered network of Internet hotspots, but it has saved one amateur fisherman thousands of dollars on crab pots every year.

Crabs caught using Helium-powered tracking devices. (Jameson Buffmire)

Finance

Binance Taps Former Regulators to Strengthen Global Surveillance Team

The exchange is hiring Seth Levy, who spent 16 years at U.S. regulator FINRA, and Steven McWhirter from the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority.

Changpeng Zhao, founder and chief executive officer of Binance (Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Policy

US House Democrats Call for Scrutiny on Crypto Mining as Environmental Threat

Rep. Huffman and other congressional Democrats wrote the EPA chief on the potential harm to the climate and environment.

U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) led fellow Democrats to write the EPA about concerns over crypto mining. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)

Tech

Smart Offsets: Algorand Ups Sustainability Pledge With Self-Executing Code

The smart contract–based commitment to sustainability coincides with Earth Day, which is Friday.

A rendering of Algorand's Times Square activation. (Algorand Foundation)

Finance

Binance.US Quits Blockchain Association, Forms In-House Lobbying Shop

A source close to the company says the groups’ goals “were not fully aligned.”

Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder (Binance.US)