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Alexey Pertsev’s pre-trial detention has been prolonged in another worrying sign for open-source code developers, particularly of privacy-preserving technologies. Pertsev, the developer of the cryptocurrency mixing protocol Tornado Cash, will remain in detention as he awaits his trial, he announced in a Nov. 21 X post: “I am sad to announce that, despite our best efforts, the court […]

Non-profit crypto advocacy group Coin Center has warned that even though a Trump win is a net positive for the crypto industry, entrenched policies could still scare crypto innovators away from the United States. In a Nov. 21 blog post analyzing the landscape of US crypto policy following the 2024 election,  Coin Center’s research director Van Valkenburgh […]

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has endorsed using blockchain technology to manage trading collateral in United States derivatives markets, according to a Nov. 21 report by the CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee. Blockchain technologies — including distributed ledgers and tokenization — can address longstanding challenges for traditional derivatives exchanges and expand the variety of […]

South Korean virtual asset deposit platform Delio was declared bankrupt by a court in Seoul on Nov. 22, according to multiple local press reports. Delio, which owes customers 245 billion won ($1.75 billion), halted withdrawals last year. Some hope of making customers whole Delio will begin liquidation proceedings. Customers can make claims through Feb. 21, […]

Mark Uyeda, a Republican commissioner at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, has suggested that he would prioritize regulatory clarity for cryptocurrencies if picked and confirmed as the next head of the agency. Speaking to Fox Business on Nov. 22, Uyeda echoed many of President-elect Donald Trump’s talking points on digital assets, saying that […]

Strategic Bitcoin reserve legislation is reportedly the subject of preliminary discussions among Texan lawmakers, according to nonprofit advocacy group, the Satoshi Action Fund (SAF). In a Nov. 21 talk at the North American Blockchain Summit in Texas covered by Cointelegraph, CEO of SAF Dennis Porter said the group had spoken with a lawmaker who’s just […]

Many securities lawsuits against crypto companies in the United States will likely “quietly go away” once Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler steps down in January, according to crypto asset manager Pantera. “I think what we’re going to see is some settlements,” said Pantera’s chief legal officer, Katrina Paglia, during a Nov. 21 panel […]

An Australian university’s blockchain research institute is facing an uncertain future despite a blistering crypto market rally, with one professor claiming on X it has been “shut down.” “The first econ and social science blockchain research center was shut down by RMIT,” Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Blockchain Innovation Hub member Professor Ellie Rennie […]

Tech giant Apple has released a patch for two zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have used to exploit Intel-based Mac computers. According to the Nov. 19 advisory from Apple, both vulnerabilities have been “actively exploited” and involve “processing maliciously crafted web content.” The vulnerabilities even caught the attention of the co-founder and former CEO of Binance, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, […]

Digital asset management firm Bitwise has registered a statutory trust for a proposed spot Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Delaware — indicating that it may soon file for an S-1 registration statement with the United States securities regulator. The Bitwise Solana SOL$234.16 ETF was incorporated on Nov. 20, according to the State of Delaware’s Division of Corporations website. The […]