Is Custodia a ‘Sacrificial Lamb’ to the Fed’s War on Crypto Banking?
In a recent tweet, Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell suggested U.S. regulators like it when bad actors beat good actors because it takes down the crypto industry and the bad actors can be jailed later. I...
23 Helmi 202316min
Narrative Watch: Hong Kong Nudges Towards Legalizing Crypto Trading for Retail
Hong Kong's securities regulator published proposed rules on Monday for virtual asset trading platforms, fueling the narrative that the next bull market will start in Asia. NLW explores whether the mo...
22 Helmi 202317min
How to Fight Back Against Rogue Regulators
Featured on this week’s “Long Reads Sunday”: “Regulating Crypto by Enforcement and Stealth Will Set the US Back” – Michael Casey https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/02/10/regulating...
19 Helmi 202319min
Why the Newly Proposed Custody Role Could Represent a De Facto Ban on Crypto
On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at the newly proposed custody rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the rule has broader implications other than crypto, many in the ...
18 Helmi 202317min
Is the SEC’s Terra Lawsuit Trying to Set Precedent That Stablecoins are Securities?
In today’s episode, NLW breaks down a slew of late-breaking news, including: Terraform Labs and Do Kwon are being sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission Binance US made strange transfer...
18 Helmi 202317min
Why Bitcoin Rallied 11% on Wednesday
In this episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW examines the various explanations for Wednesday's 11% increase in BTC’s price, including: Market structure Global liquidity conditions Stablecoin con...
17 Helmi 202316min
Regulators Only Have Themselves to Blame for Crypto Not Being Better Regulated
On Tuesday, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on the “Crypto Crash.” NLW discusses the opening statements of the ranking committee member and chairman, as well as the regulatory proposals pu...
16 Helmi 202317min
Slightly Hot Inflation Print Probably Won’t Change the Fed’s Perspective
On today’s episode, NLW updates on the Paxos situation. Paxos made a statement that it is willing to fight the Securities and Exchange Commission in court over whether BUSD is a security. The main par...
15 Helmi 202315min
