Regulation
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao had an impressive array of family members, friends, crypto execs, and Binance employees write to the presiding judge on his behalf.
Bitcoin
Many large mining pools aren’t actually independent, but seem to be proxies for AntPool, according to Casey Rodarmor.
Business
Changpeng Zhao apologized for not “implementing compliance changes at Binance from the get-go” in a letter to the court on Tuesday.
DeFi
ezETH, which had been trading above $3,000, plunged to $688 on Uniswap as it lost its ether peg. The token is still trading at a discount to ETH.
Tech
The move is expected to make it easier for developers to create cross-chain smart contracts.
The Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs will reportedly begin trading on April 30, using an in-kind redemption mechanism.
Cybercrime group CiberInteligenciaSV has published some of the source code related to El Salvador’s Bitcoin ATM network on a public black hat-hacking crime forum.
Rather than creating competition for crypto, the NYSE operating overnight could increase trading volumes for both types of assets.
Nexyst Digital is gearing up to launch two new crypto vehicles in mid-May that seek to reduce volatility and risk by employing multiple managers.
The Blockchain Association is suing the SEC over its enactment of rulemaking that expands the definition of a securities dealer to include those who act as liquidity providers in DeFi protocols.
