– Binance and its co-founder, CZ, have reached a $4.3 billion settlement with the US Department of Justice over criminal and civil cases.
– BlackRock met with SEC officials to discuss the potential listing of a spot Bitcoin ETF.
– A Bitcoin user paid a $3.1 million transaction fee for transferring 139 BTC.
– The SEC has sued Kraken, alleging that it’s an unregistered exchange and commingled customer funds.
– Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid for release has been rejected by an appeals court.
– In the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin is at $37,710, Ether is at $2,079, and XRP is at $0.62.
– The top altcoin gainers of the week are Blur, FTX Token, and KuCoin Token, while the top losers are Celestia, ORDI, and THORChain.
– Quotes from Charles Hoskinson, CZ, OpenAI employees, Jesse Powell, Oliver Linch, and Sam Altman are highlighted.
– PlanB predicts an average BTC price of at least $100,000 between 2024 and 2028.
– HTX resumes services after a $30 million hack, while CZ faces concerns about his potential flight risk.
– KyberSwap offers a bounty reward to the hacker who stole $46 million.
– Magazine pieces cover substance abuse among crypto traders, Dominic Frisby’s journey in the Bitcoin world, and an interview with Alex O’Donnell about financial journalism and DeFi.
