Bitcoin
The token climbed from $27,900 after a social media post that the SEC had approved BlackRock’s application.
Business
SBF’s trial, and his depiction by Michael Lewis, show a man with no morals, remorse or empathy.
The GBTC discount to NAV is down to 15.87% for the first time since December 2021, when Bitcoin was trading at an all-time high.
Lawyers for the former FTX CEO claim he has struggled to concentrate during his trial because of a lack of access to his prescribed medication.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense team tried to pin down Zac Prince, but he deflected thorny questions and was a credible witness for the prosecution.
Last year, CertiK raised $148 million at a $2 billion valuation from notable investors that included SoftBank Vision Fund and Tiger Global.
Ardoino succeeds Jean-Louis van der Velde in December but will continue as chief technology officer of Bitfinex and chief strategy officer for Holepunch.
Ethereum
Only 223 validators are in the queue to stake Ethereum – a significant decline from the 96,600 in line a few months ago.
The entity behind LUNA is seeking to compel Citadel Securities to release trading data around the time of UST’s depeg.
After Caroline Ellison finished her three-day-long witness testimony, prosecutors introduced two more witnesses, one of which educated the jury about the acronyms “FUD” and “YOLO.”
