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Voyager-Binance.US Pause Denied by Bankruptcy Judge
A New York court denied the government’s request to halt the $1 billion deal, saying delay would harm customers.
Signature Bank’s Prospective Buyers Must Agree to Give Up All Crypto Business: Reuters
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. later denied Reuters' reporting.
U.S. Federal Reserve’s Real-Time Payments System Coming in July
The new government-operated payments system – often used as an argument against the need for crypto’s payments innovations – will have its first participants certified within weeks.
Chinese Businessman With Ties to Steve Bannon Arrested, Charged With Fraud, Including $500M Crypto Scam
Guo Wengui is accused of engaging in multiple schemes that defrauded investors out of $1.4 billion.
U.S. Lawmakers Digging Through Crypto Legislation for Bipartisan Winners: Senator
Ideas have been gathered from the Senate and House, and lawmakers are trying to figure out what can get bipartisan support, said Senate Banking Committee member Thom Tillis.
Germany and U.S. Seize Over $46M Crypto Tied to ChipMixer Investigation
National authorities took down the platform's infrastructure, seizing four servers and 7 terabytes of data.
Voyager-Binance.US' $1B Deal Should Be Halted, U.S. Government Says
The Department of Justice doesn’t like provisions that would render Voyager immune from prosecution for former wrongdoing
Crypto Platform Anchorage Digital Laying Off 20% of Its Staff
The firm said that U.S. regulatory uncertainty played a role in its decision.
U.S. Treasury Poised to Release View on How DeFi Used in Illicit Finance
The department has reviewed decentralized finance’s role in such incidents as North Korean ransomware attacks, and will issue a risk assessment, a senior official said.
Bitcoin Breaks $25K as U.S. Inflation Slowed to 6% in February
BTC rose to a nine-month high of $25,484 in the minutes following the inflation report and then extended those gains.
