Site Map - December 2023

Date	News
01-12-2023	Grayscale’s Bitcoin trust discount widens as FTX set to sell $870m worth of shares
01-12-2023	Blast’s $650m in deposits would make it third biggest layer 2 — if it existed
01-12-2023	Bitcoin ETF’s 60% surge in Canada signals what’s coming in the US
02-12-2023	Judge blasts SEC over ‘false and misleading’ argument in crypto case
03-12-2023	North Korea loots enough crypto to fund almost half of military budget
04-12-2023	Fresh from $4.3bn Binance win, US Treasury seeks ‘massive power grab’ in DeFi
04-12-2023	Does Bitcoin guzzle swimming pools of water? Depends what you measure, say critics of new study
04-12-2023	Spain detains aristocrat who allegedly recruited Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith to help North Korea
05-12-2023	Toe the line or face a fine: CFTC warns crypto world amid $4.3bn Binance victory lap
05-12-2023	Stablecoin FDUSD crosses $1bn mark as Binance launches zero-fee trading
06-12-2023	One-day wipeout sees crypto shorts lose $387m — and another big squeeze is coming
07-12-2023	Why Bitcoin’s buzzy token ORDI is outpacing Bitcoin to jump 200%
05-12-2023	The KyberSwap exploiter might be someone you know
07-12-2023	Jito blindsides whales with airdrop that gives small investors advantage
07-12-2023	DL News Ombudsman Robert Holloway wins WAN-IFRA award for work on disinformation
07-12-2023	Pro traders can’t resist lure of risky altcoins as Bitcoin skyrockets 260%
08-12-2023	Why Brazilian bank’s embrace of Bitcoin is a lot like BlackRock’s planned ETF
08-12-2023	Terra’s ‘troubling’ delays irk judge in $57m lawsuit as Do Kwon’s extradition drags on
08-12-2023	Jito airdrop FOMO sparks $200m Solana stampede
09-12-2023	Judge notes CZ’s ‘enormous wealth’ in ruling Binance founder must stay in US
08-12-2023	El Salvador offers citizenship to those with $1m Bitcoin or Tether as its own Bitcoin bet pays off
10-12-2023	Tether freezes crypto wallets on sanctions list
05-12-2023	Binance CEO makes London debut with combative tone and new promise
11-12-2023	Looking for the best crypto gifts this Christmas? DL News has you covered
12-12-2023	Crypto hackers swiped less this year — but a ‘sophisticated threat’ risks reversing the trend
12-12-2023	Goldman sees rate cuts next year amid ‘strong’ tailwinds for Bitcoin
13-12-2023	Wintermute chat logs add twist in Aurora spat over $11m in defunct stablecoin
13-12-2023	Worldcoin update lets websites verify eyeball-scanners to help thwart bots
13-12-2023	These crypto exchange customers say their $260m was fine — until the US government seized it
13-12-2023	Elizabeth Warren’s anti-crypto bill should scare the industry even if it doesn’t become law
14-12-2023	SocGen’s euro stablecoin launches with a thud amid $692 in trades
14-12-2023	DeFi protocol that lets traders speculate on NFT prices raises $3m
14-12-2023	How the Ledger hacker used ‘drainer-as-a-service’ to swipe $600k from DeFi users
15-12-2023	‘The SEC is busier than Santa’s elves’ as BlackRock, Fidelity meetings fuel Bitcoin ETF hype
15-12-2023	Bitcoin and L2s will dominate 2024, Coinbase says in 83-page outlook
15-12-2023	Arbitrum blames hour-long outage on ‘surge in network traffic’
16-12-2023	Coinbase to appeal SEC rejection of its petition seeking crypto-specific regulations
17-12-2023	FTX estate’s new plan would value creditor assets at time of bankruptcy
18-12-2023	Pro traders cash in Bitcoin bets to trigger first crypto fund outflows since October
18-12-2023	Bettors’ wagers on a BlackRock Bitcoin ETF approval are shifting — here’s what it means
18-12-2023	AI’s gift to blockchain
18-12-2023	New ad marks ‘shots fired’ in Bitcoin ETF battle for customers
18-12-2023	Company behind passive income app Grass raises $3.5m
19-12-2023	Why DeFi protocols love to offer ‘points’ before airdrops
19-12-2023	Do Kwon’s extradition to be reheard after Montenegro court finds ‘significant violation’ of procedures
19-12-2023	BlackRock clears latest SEC hurdle for Bitcoin ETF: ‘Debate over’
19-12-2023	You’re getting points for Christmas
20-12-2023	Ripple secures registration in Ireland ahead of MiCA rollout
20-12-2023	Two risks to watch once spot Bitcoin ETFs start trading
20-12-2023	Why there’s no such thing as ‘crypto crime’
20-12-2023	Restaking mania sends EigenLayer deposits past $1bn
21-12-2023	Our ‘grey swan’ predictions for 2024: Gensler steps down, Bitcoin soars 60%
21-12-2023	3AC founders just got $1.1bn in assets frozen as Teneo aims to claw back funds
21-12-2023	The crypto exchange best known for siding with Gary Gensler pushes US launch to early 2024
21-12-2023	You can now pay your contracts in Bitcoin in Argentina, says minister of foreign affairs
22-12-2023	World’s largest broker dealer says Bitcoin’s rise is stoking demand for crypto derivatives
22-12-2023	Bitcoin ETFs are coming to town
22-12-2023	Curve DAO agrees to $44m compensation for July hack victims
23-12-2023	SEC reportedly tells spot Bitcoin ETF seekers to submit final changes by next week
24-12-2023	Coinbase fires back at Warren’s allegations of subverting crypto regulation
25-12-2023	Crypto court cases will heat up in 2024 — here are the ones to watch
26-12-2023	What’s next for airdrops in 2024?
27-12-2023	Three new token projects ride $1bn EigenLayer hype
27-12-2023	How the SEC’s Bitcoin ETF cash requirement squeezes out trading giants
28-12-2023	Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest ditches Grayscale in favour of Bitcoin futures ETF
28-12-2023	ZkSync beats Ethereum in monthly transaction count despite Christmas outage
29-12-2023	Inside the rules that could revive Rishi Sunak’s UK crypto hub dreams in 2024
29-12-2023	DefiLlama dev 0xngmi: My favourite charts of the year
29-12-2023	Why $4bn in losses for Coinbase short sellers is poised to get even worse
29-12-2023	Grayscale and Ark have a hidden edge over BlackRock in the Bitcoin ETF race
30-12-2023	Charles Hoskinson’s ‘mucho aliens!’ tops the five weirdest crypto stories we covered this year
30-12-2023	Do Kwon, Terraform Labs violated US law, judge says in siding with SEC
31-12-2023	US won’t try Sam Bankman-Fried second time on additional charges
31-12-2023	Fraud vs innovation: How Asia’s crypto watchdogs will struggle to strike a balance in 2024
26-12-2023	Grayscale board resignations a show of ‘best behaviour’ before Bitcoin ETF nod
22-12-2023	How Larry Fink, Cathie Wood and the rest of Wall Street are cornering Bitcoin
12-12-2023	El Salvador’s $1bn volcano-powered Bitcoin bonds greenlit for launch in early 2024
05-12-2023	Bitcoin miner’s 370% surge shows smart way to ride crypto gains, says Bernstein
01-12-2023	Grayscale taps Invesco ETF veteran as it preps to convert Bitcoin Trust
31-12-2023	Get ready for ‘crypto spring’ and AI-blockchain hookups: Influencers give us their 2024 predictions
27-12-2023	Airdrop hunters plough $345m into fledgling blockchain to get new token
20-12-2023	Degens are so high on inscriptions they just poured $106m into a Bitcoin NFT game that hasn’t even been created
14-12-2023	The crypto projects venture capitalists are eyeing for 2024
05-12-2023	How Tether traders are signalling that crypto prices will go even higher
05-12-2023	How a mysterious crypto exchange used an insider trading scam to swipe $3m from wealthy victims
01-12-2023	How to track stablecoins
06-12-2023	Hong Kong crypto investors blocked from two more sites as authorities play whack-a-mole
06-12-2023	Why Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest sold millions in Coinbase shares just as they rose 82%
04-12-2023	Did traders flee Binance after its $4.3bn settlement? It’s complicated
29-12-2023	Bitcoin ETFs, regulators, and DeFi heists ruled crypto in 2023: Check out DL News’ top stories of the year
15-12-2023	How El Salvador’s Bitcoin bet is paying off
13-12-2023	While Jamie Dimon bashes Bitcoin, JPMorgan’s crypto empire triples its headcount
12-12-2023	Are Bitcoin Ordinals a bug? One developer wants the US government to decide
11-12-2023	‘New money’ into Bitcoin sends exchange volumes to March high of $40bn
04-12-2023	Bitcoin hurtles past $41,000 as Coinbase says ‘risk-on’ mode will last until January
04-12-2023	Bitcoin shorts nurse $85m in losses as price seen surging into 2024
08-12-2023	Binance is losing market share to these smaller exchanges
28-12-2023	OpenSea’s layoffs and Polkadot’s strange retreat marked year of heavy job losses in crypto
11-12-2023	Why SocGen’s euro stablecoin shakes the market — ‘This is huge’:
04-12-2023	These new crypto laws are coming in 2024 — while the US is ‘paralysed’
21-12-2023	Are crypto mafia bosses better than crypto kings? Not quite
11-12-2023	From Al Capone to SBF: Searching for the obscure origins of ‘money laundering’
05-12-2023	Down the rabbit hole: How crypto impacts the English language
15-12-2023	Let’s depose the kings of crypto
28-12-2023	Bitcoin to $250,000? Fashion rocks web3? How big calls by Tim Draper, Cathy Hackl, and others fared in 2023
27-12-2023	Europe Crypto Tracker: Almost 1,000 new crypto entities registered in the EU in 2023
12-12-2023	Charlie Munger’s disgust for crypto was political. But I’m keeping an open mind
14-12-2023	Why 163-year-old ratings firm S&P suddenly decided to rank stablecoin Tether