The Regulatory Blitz
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- 🧑⚖️ Binance settlement greenlit. A federal judge approved a settlement between the exchange giant and the CFTC, mandating former CEO Changpeng Zhao to pay $150M and Binance to pay $2.7B in fines.
- 🎨 Frame unveils FRAME. The upcoming, Arbitrum-powered NFT L2 announced its governance token and airdrop plans for early 2024–if you've traded NFTs on ETH over the past couple years, you'll be able to claim!
- 👻 Phantom adds Bitcoin. The OG Solana wallet is continuing its multichain expansion plans, revealing today that its adding Bitcoin support alongside its existing Solana, Ethereum, and Polygon offerings.
⛓️ SEI's turn? Parallelized EVM blockchains are gaining traction as this cycle’s ETH killers. Fueled by the narrative, the native token of alt-L1 Sei is on track to enjoy its best stretch of uninterrupted daily gains ever! Is this momentum here to stay?
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Crypto $1.58t | ↘ 0.6% | ↗ 2.0% |
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BTC $42,412.60 | ↗ 1.7% | ↗ 3.1% |
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ETH $2,182.21 | ↗ 0.6% | ↗ 0.2% |
In 2023, regulators in the U.S. threw the gauntlet down on crypto companies, ranging from small projects to exchange giants. Today, we look back on the 5 biggest regulatory events in the space from the past year.
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