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Changpeng Zhao: another crypto king is dethroned by America’s courts

Weeks after the Bankman-Fried trial, the billionaire founder of the largest cryptocurrency exchange has been fined $50m and resigned

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Binance avoided a death sentence—but the slow bleed is yet to come

The long-awaited settlement with the crypto exchange avoided FTX territory.

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Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty, and the industry he helped build wants to move on

As Sam Bankman-Fried prepares to go to prison for one of the largest financial frauds in history, the cryptocurrency industry is looking ahead to a future without its former "golden boy."

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The CFTC just received the most whistleblower tips ever. Most were crypto-related

The agency awarded a total of $16 million to whistleblowers this year.

Fortune

Behind the scenes of week 2 of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial

Caroline Ellison testified about bribery, FTT, Thai prostitutes, and her surprisingly small equity package.

Fortune

Crypto's advocate at the CFTC still has doubts about DeFi

Even CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger has her reservations about decentralization and liability.

Fortune

How Do I Reconcile Wheat?

How do I reconcile the difference between what the market is telling us about fundamentals and USDA's supply and demand estimates? It's easy. I don't.

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The Federal Government Is Trying To Shut Down Decentralized Finance

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission announces charges and settlements with three companies that may mean very bad news for all DeFi operations doing business with U.S. citizens.

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Consequences of Spoofing: Precious Metals Traders Pay a Steep Price

Banks and financial institutions have dominated precious metals wholesale markets for decades. The 2008 global financial crisis changed the rules for the traders handling significant buy and sell orders that often speculate to create income.

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The new Coinbase blockchain is rife with scam tokens. Who should be responsible?

Fraud is part of any decentralized system, but should regulators step in?

Fortune

Regulating Crypto: SEC Chief Takes The Lead, Republicans Lag Behind

SEC's Gensler asserts authority over crypto as GOP struggles to propose restraints

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Coinbase CEO says SEC asked exchange to delist all crypto but Bitcoin

“Let’s go to court and find out what the court says.”

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Cooperative subjects, an unwanted text message, and hunting in a national forest.

Reason

Tennessee couple allegedly defrauded over 100 investors of $6 million in ‘Blessings of God Thru Crypto’ scheme: ‘No one is here to scam you’

The couple called their trading pool “Blessings of God Thru Crypto” and attributed its supposed success to a “Coach Wendy.”

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Senators Lummis and Gillibrand finally unveil their revamped crypto bill

The legislative proposal inserts the Senate back in the conversation and empowers the CFTC.

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Why Did Short-Term Option Activity in Corn and Soybeans Spike During June?

Traders continue to use the CME's short-term options to position themselves in short-term options to play weather forecasts, USDA reports, and other events.

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Why Did Short-Term Option Activity Spike During June?

Traders continue to use the CME's short-term options to position themselves in short-term options to play weather forecasts, USDA reports, and other events.

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A path out of the crypto regulation quagmire, according to a CFTC veteran

Former CFTC chair Timothy Massad argues for a middle ground to oversee the volatile sector.

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How a silver dealer’s slow theft of investors' precious American Eagle coins ended in a $146m fine

Accountants who checked the inventory in the vaults said some customers didn't even have a deposit box.

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Did it Rain Enough to Reverse the Higher Trend in Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Prices?

This morning I joined Michelle Rook on AgWeb's Markets Now to discuss the grain markets, livestock market, this weekend's brief insurrection in Russia, and the interest rates.

Fortune

As regulators circle, Binance’s foundation—its BNB coin—is already crumbling

CZ’s dream that “tokenization” is the new capitalism is a fantasy that may soon cost him his company.

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Wall Street's top cop is determined to bring crypto to heel. He just took a big shot

The SEC announced this week a barrage of lawsuits against crypto exchanges Coinbase and Binance. The outcome could help define the future of the cryptocurrency sector.

Reason

Gary Gensler's SEC Cracks Down on Coinbase and Binance

The SEC is suing Coinbase, alleging that it's an unregistered securities broker, after targeting Binance the day before.

Fortune

Cboe Digital receives approval to expand crypto futures products for Bitcoin and Ether, calls it 'a win for the US industry'

The approval marks another victory for traditional financial firms in the crypto space.

The Guardian - UK

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance hits back at SEC lawsuit, saying allegations ‘simply wrong’ – as it happened

US watchdog SEC says company mixed billions in customer funds and secretly sent them to separate company controlled by CEO Changpeng Zhao

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