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The Massachusetts senator, an outspoken skeptic of crypto, applauded the efforts of FDIC acting chair Martin Gruenberg to separate digital assets from banking. Referring to the events surrounding the collapse of FTX as “a handful of magic beans”, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren seemed to frame the “contagion” spreading through the crypto space as a partisan issue. Speaking at a Senate Banking Committee nomination hearing on Nov. 30, Warren addressed committee counsel Jonathan McKernan, who confirmed that FTX’s bankruptcy had largely not affected traditional banking institutions in the United States. The Massachusetts senator, an outspoken skeptic of cryptocurrencies, used some of her time to applaud the work of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, acting chair Martin Gruenberg, who attended as part of his nomination to assume the position as part of a five-year term. “Our banks stayed safe even as crypto imploded because many of President Biden's regulators,

Negative newsflow continues to make headlines but BTC’s recent move above $17,000 suggests investors are finding reasons to be bullish. Bitcoin ( BTC ) price gained 6.1% between Nov. 28 and Nov. 30 after briefly testing the $17,000 support. Favorable regulatory winds might have helped fuel the rally after the Binance exchange announced the acquisition of a regulated crypto exchange in Japan on Nov. 30. Bitcoin 12-hour price index, USD. Source: TradingView Binance shut its operations in Japan in 2018 after being warned by the Japan Financial Services Agency for operating without a license. The acquisition of Sakura Exchange BitCoin would mark the re-entry of Binance in the Japanese market. Furthermore, Gemini exchange announced new regulatory approvals in Italy and Greece on Nov. 30. The exchange was granted registration as a virtual currency operator with Italy's payments services regulator. Gemini was approved as an exchange and custodial wallet provider in Greece. Howev

The committee chair cited crypto exchange FTX’s “alarming fraud”, liquidity crunch, and bankruptcy as an example of financial risk Treasury and regulators should address. Sherrod Brown, chair of the United States Senate Banking Committee, has called on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to work with financial regulators and lawmakers on comprehensive crypto legislation “in the wake of FTX’s implosion.” In a Nov. 30 letter to Yellen, Brown requested the Treasury Secretary coordinate with regulators to address crypto based on recommendations from the Financial Stability Oversight Committee, or FSOC. The committee chair cited crypto exchange FTX’s “alarming fraud”, liquidity crunch, and bankruptcy as an example of financial risk that should not “spillover into traditional financial markets and institutions.” “I ask that you coordinate with the other financial regulators to further work on the recommendations from the FSOC Report, including the development of legislation that would creat

The messaging platform is building a set of decentralized tools, including noncustodial wallets and decentralized exchanges. Telegram is set to build a set of decentralized tools, including noncustodial wallets and decentralized exchanges, according to founder Pavel Durov via his Telegram channel on Nov. 30. The initiative is a response to the recent FTX collapse, said Durov, as the industry ended up being concentrated in the "hands of a few to abuse their power. As a result, a lot of people lost their money when FTX, one of the largest exchanges, went bankrupt." This announcement comes weeks after the launch of Fragment, a decentralized auction platform for unique usernames based on The Open Network, or TON, a layer-1 blockchain. According to Durov, Fragment has seen $50 million in usernames sold in less than a month. Besides founding Telegram and Fragment, Durov was also behind the first official version of the TON blockchain. He stated about the decentralized new tool

FTX US won a $1.4-billion bid to purchase Voyager’s assets in September, but with the firm filing for bankruptcy, the funds were once again up for grabs. Trading platform INX has submitted a bid for an undisclosed amount to purchase the assets of crypto brokerage firm Voyager Digital. In a Nov. 30 announcement, INX said it had sent a non-binding letter of intent for Voyager’s assets following the platform filing for bankruptcy in July. According to INX CEO Shy Datika, the bid was aimed at providing “credibility, technology, and unique regulatory positioning” for Voyager users seeking stability in a volatile market. Voyager’s original bankruptcy filing from the Southern District Court of New York suggested the firm could owe between $1 billion to $10 billion to more than 100,000 creditors amid a bear market and exposure to Three Arrows Capital. In September, FTX US won a $1.4-billion bid to purchase Voyager’s assets, but with FTX Group itself filing for bankruptcy in November, th

Taran’s death is the third to shake the crypto world in recent weeks, following Amber Group’s Tiantian Kullander and MakerDao’s Nikolai Mushegian. Russian billionaire Vyacheslav Taran, president of Libertex Group and founder of Forex Club, died Nov. 25 in a helicopter crash in France while en route from Lausanne to Monaco, Switzerland. He was 53. The helicopter pilot, the only other person aboard the craft, also died. Libertex has confirmed Taran’s death, stating: “It is with great sadness that Libertex Group confirms the death of its co-founder and Chairman of Board of Directors, Vyacheslav Taran, after a helicopter crash that took place en route to Monaco on Friday, 25 November 2022.” Taran, who was trained as a radio engineer, founded the foreign exchange trading platform Forex Club in Russia in 1997. Forex Club became one of the three leading exchanges in the country before the Russian Central Bank closed it and a number of other exchanges in December 2018 for irregularities

On-chain activity suggests that the hacker has sent at least 225 BTC (4.5 million) to OKX so far. Hackers who drained FTX and FTX USA of over $450 million worth of assets just moments after the doomed crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11, continue to move assets around in an attempt to launder the money.  A crypto analyst who goes by ZachXBT on Twitter alleged that the FTX hackers have transferred a portion of the stolen funds to the OKX exchange, after using the Bitcoin mixer ChipMixer. The analyst reported that at least 225 BTC — worth $4.1 million USD — has been sent to OKX so far.  1/ Myself and @bax1337 spent this past weekend looking into the FTX attacker’s deposits to ChipMixer. It appears they’ve likely been transferring a portion of the stolen FTX funds to OKX after withdrawing from CM So far we’ve accounted for at least $4.1m (255 BTC) sent to OKX pic.twitter.com/C46JZWtktn — ZachXBT (@zachxbt) November 29, 2022 According to ZachXBT, the FTX hacker fir

Sergey Vasylchuk, the CEO of Everstake, said individuals behind Russian propaganda used the fall of FTX "to spin yet another tale about money laundering." Everstake, a blockchain firm that partnered with the Ukrainian government to launch a donation website amid the country’s war with Russia, has pushed back against online rumors and conspiracy theories that the platform was used for politically motivated money laundering.  Ukrainian government officials partnered with Everstake, Kuna and the now infamous crypto exchange FTX to launch Aid for Ukraine in March following the Russian military’s invasion. According to the platform, crypto users and Ukraine supporters sent roughly $60 million in crypto and fiat aimed at supporting Ukraine’s armed forces and other humanitarian causes. However, with FTX’s liquidity issues and bankruptcy, Sam Bankman-Fried seemingly falling from grace, and possible legal action against the firm and its executives, social media users have taken ma

Algorand price continues to pack negative price action throughout the month of November. The altcoin has depreciated by more than 40% since the beginning of this month. Over the last 24 hours, ALGO has just risen by 0.6% on its chart, emphasizing continued lateral price movement. Currently, the coin has been stuck at a crucial resistance level. The technical outlook points in a direction where ALGO might not make a price comeback soon enough. The buying pressure has dropped considerably, which has reflected the fact that the coin has been undergoing a massive sell-off. If Algorand is to come under bullish influence, buyers have to immediately re-enter the market. The asset’s price action is expected to become even more congested at the $0.20 level if the bears halt movement above the $0.23 mark again. It remains to be seen if Algorand reclaims the $0.24 price level. Algorand Price Analysis: One-Day Chart Algorand was priced at $0.23 on the one-day chart | Source: ALGOUSD on Tradin

Expectations of stringent regulation and further contagion from FTX continue to weigh on ETH price, but derivatives are showing a modest improvement in sentiment. Ether ( ETH ) rallied 5.5% in the early hours of Nov. 29, reclaiming the critical $1,200 support. However, when analyzing a broader time frame, the 24% negative performance in the past 30 days significantly impacts investors' sentiment. Moreover, investors’ mood worsened after BlockFi filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 28. Newsflow remained negative after the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a settlement with Kraken exchange for "apparent violations of sanctions against Iran." In a Nov. 28 announcement, the OFAC said Kraken had agreed to pay more than $362,000 as part of a deal "to settle its potential civil liability." Moreover, on Nov. 28, institutional crypto financial services provider Silvergate Capital denied rumors of significant exposure

The project shared that “a community-wide effort to fork Serum is going strong,” however. The Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX) has notified its community that the collapse of its backers — Alameda and FTX — has rendered its program “defunct”.  The team behind the project shared that “there is hope”, in spite of its ongoing challenges, because of the community option available to "fork" Serum .  What's next for @ProjectSerum With the collapse of Alameda and FTX, the Serum program on mainnet became defunct. As upgrade authority is held by FTX, security is in jeopardy, leading to protocols like @JupiterExchange and @RaydiumProtocol moving away from Serum. — Serum (@ProjectSerum) November 29, 2022 According to the announcement, “a community-wide effort to fork Serum is going strong”. OpenBook, the community-led fork of the Serum V3 program, is already live on the Solana Mainnet with over $1M daily volume, supported by continuous efforts to expand it and

CELO’s price is currently at $0.6101, with a trading volume of $44,775,558. It is currently ranked number 97 on CoinMarketCap . The trading volume has decreased by over 73% in the last 24 hours. CELO shocked many market observers with a 33.51% price jump on Sunday and had a trading volume of $227,794,699.69. Although the token is still way off its all-time high of $10.68, it has shown signs of recovery. 2022 has been an eventful year in crypto circles, from XRP’s lawsuit with the SEC to the collapse of Celius and FTX. Pessimism has also driven the prices of crypto assets down as the fear factor increases. CELO coin has defied the odds to go on a rally that has holders hopeful of potential gains. From its historical price movement, it remains to see how far this momentum can hold. What Is Behind CELO’s Recent Price Upsurge? CELO’s innovative cryptocurrency system gives the project an edge in the prevailing bearish cryptocurrency market. CELO targets increasing crypto use among sma

Some illiquid altcoins will have their borrow limit reduced by upwards of 99%. On Nov. 28, users of decentralized finance, or DeFi, lending platform Compound Finance passed a proposal to impose restrictions on the maximum borrowing of 10 tokens on the protocol. The proposal was put forth by financial modeling firm Gauntlet and passed with a majority "Yes," although total turnout amounted to less than 7% of the COMP tokens in circulation.  Most notably, tokens such as Uniswap (UNI) and COMP had their borrow limits slashed from 11,250,000 and 150,000 to 550,000 and 18,000, respectively. Other less liquid altcoins on Compound, such as year.finance (YFI), had its borrow cap reduced from 1,500 to just 20. Coins such as wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), which previously had no borrow limit on Compound, have been slapped with a ceiling of 1,250 on maximum borrow. Proposal 135 has passed with quorum. ✅ Proposal 135 sets borrow caps for ten Compound v2 markets. The proposal will be ap

If the first part of the above headline about Bitcoin price had your heart pumping, it might be time to reduce the amount of leverage you are using. No, we aren’t calling for BTC to reach a target of $1,000 – we are instead looking back and celebrating the nine-year anniversary of the first time Bitcoin breached above $1,000. Nine Years Ago: BTC Breaks Above $1,000 Bitcoin is now in the midst of its fourth ever bear market and currently trading at a price of around $16,000 per coin. After the dramatic fall from $69,000 in late 2021 to current levels, sentiment has taken a beating. It isn’t unusual to see targets on crypto Twitter for $1,000 BTC in the days ahead. Today, however, we aren’t as focused on future targets for the top cryptocurrency, but the long journey Bitcoin has had from when it first passed $1,000. Nine years ago from yesterday, on November 27, 2013, BTC breached above $1,000. The level proved to be significant at the time, with BTCUSD trading above $1,000 for le

Bitcoin price struggled to clear the $16,800 resistance. BTC is moving lower and there is a risk of more losses below the $16,000 support zone. Bitcoin attempted an upside break above the $16,800 resistance, but failed. The price is trading below $16,500 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $16,550 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could continue to decline if it breaks the $16,000 support zone. Bitcoin Price Faces Rejection Bitcoin price attempted an upside break above the $16,800 resistance zone. BTC struggled to gain pace for a move above the $16,800 resistance and formed a double top pattern. There was a slow and steady decline from the $16,791 high. There was a move below the $16,500 and $16,400 levels. The bears were able to push the price below the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $15,470 swing low to $16,790 high. Bitcoin price is now t

Ripple’s APAC policy director said the collapse of FTX is exactly why crypto needs to move away from "hype cycles" and towards "real utility." Ripple’s APAC Policy Director has described the fall of FTX as “incredibly damaging” for the crypto space, but says the industry should stand the test of time if its focus shifts towards building “real utility.” In a statement sent to Cointelegraph, Ripple’s APAC policy lead Rahul Advani said he expects the FTX saga to lead to greater scrutiny on crypto regulations , while governments will re-evaluate “their stance towards crypto and blockchain technology,” adding: “The collapse of FTX is incredibly damaging for the crypto space and once again underscores the need for greater regulatory clarity.” Advani argued that the industry will need forward-looking and “flexible” regulations to boost confidence in the crypto sector while protecting consumers. “[These regulations] must include robust measures for consumer protection

The EU moved in the right direction by passing a law requiring influencers to disclose the risks associated with crypto. More countries should follow their lead. However, the crypto space is notoriously fickle, and the collapse of once-established companies such as Celsius and FTX are stark examples of how people can lose billions of dollars in crypto assets almost overnight. For this reason, celebrity influencers should be thoroughly educated on a crypto product before promoting it. With so much at stake, this is a point that shouldn’t be overlooked by anyone in the industry. Because of these huge risks, regulators are now asking questions regarding the ethics of celebrities using their considerable pull to draw people into crypto. And they’re not stopping at that; more jurisdictions are imposing stringent conditions for celebrities to pawn crypto products to the masses. 1/ Let’s review all the direct scams Bitboy has worked with in the past. Just in case you forgot here is th

The collapse of FTX and other centralized platforms in 2022 has pushed investors toward noncustodial platforms. The collapse of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has raised many concerns over unregulated centralized platforms.  Investors are now coming to question how safe it is to keep one’s funds on these exchanges and have voiced grave concerns about centralized decision-making without any checks. FTX held one billion in a customer’s fund and was found to be using the customer-deposited crypto assets to mitigate its own business losses. Furthermore, a recent report suggests that the downfall of numerous crypto exchanges over the last decade has permanently taken 1.2 million Bitcoin ( BTC ) — almost 6% of all Bitcoin — out of circulation. The revelation of unethical practices by FTX in its bankruptcy filing has set a panic among investors who are already losing trust in these centralized trading firms. Exchange outflows hit historic highs of 106,000 BTC per month i