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Blockchain Association Leaves New York as Federal Regulatory Fight Looms

The advocacy group will refocus its efforts on petitioning regulators and officials in Washington, D.C. 

U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.(Andy Feliciotti/Unsplash)

Finance

DCG's CFO Steps Down as Crypto Conglomerate Repays $350M Loan

The company's revenue increased from the fourth quarter as crypto prices soared.

Barry Silbert. CEO & Founder Digital Currency Group (DCG)

Tech

Decentralized Exchange Maverick Rolls Out Liquidity Incentives for Price Stability

Maverick's rewards system lets token issuers target a specific price range, offering more efficient incentives than rival Curve Finance and helping pegged assets such as stablecoins, liquid staking derivatives keep their prices stable, the protocol said.

(Maverick Protocol)

Finance

Crypto Firm FARE Protocol Raises $6.2M Ahead of Token Launch

The fundraise was led by C Squared Ventures and Goat Capital, the firm co-founded by Twitch founder Justin Kan.

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Finance

Mastercard Launches Crypto Credential Service for Cross-Border Transfers

The set of verification standards uses technology from CipherTrace, the well-known blockchain analytics platform Mastercard agreed to acquire in late 2021.

Raj Dhamodharan, Head of Crypto and Blockchain, Mastercard (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Is Alleging Legal Violations ‘On the Fly,' Coinbase Says

The SEC last month warned the crypto exchange it may pursue an enforcement action.

Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Reintroduced Congressional Bill Would Call for Feds to Study Terrorist Uses for Crypto

The bill was introduced Thursday by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Ted Budd, and Congressmen Zach Nunn and Jim Himes.

The new Congress will arrive for work at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Tokenization Is 'Killer App' for TradFi: JPMorgan

Tyrone Lobban, head of the bank's Onyx digital-assets platform, said JPMorgan is moving forward with tokenization in spite of the downturn in the crypto market.

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Finance

Ex-a16z Engineering and Security Heavyweights to Start Crypto Custody Firm: Source

A16z’s former CTO, Riyaz Faizullabhoy, and former CISO Nassim Eddequiouaq have the blessing and seed backing of the venture-capital giant, a person familiar with the plans said.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California (Haotian Zheng/Unsplash)

Finance

Cata Labs Raises $4.2M to Develop 'Bridging' Software

The round was led by Spartan Group and included participation from Robot Ventures, Maven 11, Alchemy Ventures, HashKey Capital, Circle Ventures and Superscrypt.

(Shubham Dhage/Unsplash)