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Gensler suggests staking token operators should ‘seek to come into compliance’

[ad_1] United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has again suggested that proof-of-stake coins may be securities. He expressed his view on March 15 after a commission meeting on cybersecurity issues.Gensler was asked by reporters about his reaction to statements made by Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam at a Senate Agricultural Committee meeting last week that he felt stablecoin and Ether (ETH) were “going to be
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Crypto firms may turn to ‘shadow banks’ following major collapses — Molly White

[ad_1] In the wake of three major banks with ties to crypto firms collapsing, software engineer Molly White believes companies now looking at banking options may have to face “shadier” solutions.Speaking on March 14 at a South by Southwest (SXSW) panel in Austin, Texas on ‘Popping the Web3 Bubble’, White opined that crypto firms’ options following the collapse of the crypto-friendly Signature and Silvergate banks may drive them metaphorically underground.
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Salesforce Web3 to help brands build trusted and scalable NFT programs

[ad_1] Salesforce, a customer relationship management software firm announced the limited release of Salesforce Web3 on March 15. The company said it will be a platform that helps companies create, manage, and deploy non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a trusted, scalable, and sustainable way. The service will allow brands connect with their customers in a whole new way by integrating their Customer 360 with Web3 data, in order to help brands gain a
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Sam Bankman-Fried petitions court to prioritize reimbursing his legal fees

[ad_1] Sam Bankman-Fried is seeking to use FTX's insurance policies to cover his legal expenses, according to a court filing on March 15. The former FTX CEO's legal counsel requested in a motion to permit insurers to advance or reimburse his defense costs and fees under directors and officers (D&O) insurance policies held with Relm Insurance and Beazley Insurance. As per the filing, the policies "provides priority of payment to individual
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Senator Warren says Fed chair ‘has to recuse himself’ from reviewing regulatory failures

[ad_1] Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the more prominent anti-crypto voices in the United States Congress, has called on Jerome Powell to recuse himself amid an internal probe at the Federal Reserve.Speaking to reporters in Washington D.C. on March 15, Warren said Powell had led “the de-regulatory movement” at the Fed potentially touching upon some of the conditions that had led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. The
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Meta scraps NFTs on Instagram and Facebook: Nifty Newsletter, March 8–14

[ad_1] Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s Nifty Newsletter. Keep reading to stay up-to-date with the latest stories on nonfungible tokens. Every Wednesday, the Nifty Newsletter informs and inspires you to dig deeper into the latest NFT trends and insights.In this week’s newsletter, read about why Meta decided to “wind down” its nonfungible token (NFT) tools on Instagram and Facebook, and check out the metaverse greenhouse full of dynamic,
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Swiss National Bank says it would support credit Suisse if necessary

[ad_1] The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) have released a joint statement March 15 on the stability of the Swiss banking system and Credit Suisse (CS). The problems of “certain banks in the USA” do not pose a risk for the Swiss financial system, they wrote.The regulators said Credit Suisse meets all capital and liquidity requirements, but “if necessary, the SNB will provide CS
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Why isn’t the Federal Reserve requiring banks to hold depositors’ cash?

[ad_1] The Federal Reserve Board reduced banking reserve requirements to zero in March 2020. Since that time, banks in the United States have not been required to actually hold any depositor money in the bank, making a flawed system — fractional reserve banking — worse. With Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank now shuttered, many in the U.S. are wondering if regional banks pose the same risks. Zero reserve
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Bitcoin hash rate continues to rise, but DeFi is under threat: Report

[ad_1] The beginning of 2023 raised hopes that the blockchain industry was on the path toward recovery, but weaker-than-hoped financial performance and a bout of negative news in February have cast doubts on this outlook. However, these headwinds do not affect all sectors of the industry uniformly. Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and security tokens have managed to decouple from the broader environment and showed positive signs in February, but the rest
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US Justice Department announces charges in connection with ChipMixer takedown

[ad_1] The United States Justice Department announced on March 15 that it was pressing charges against a resident of Hanoi, Vietnam, in connection to the operation of the ChipMixer. The announcement came shortly after it became known that a Europol action led by German law enforcement had closed down the Vietnam-based crypto mixer.The U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is charging Minh Quốc Nguyễn with money laundering,