SEC Fines Poloniex $10 Million for Operating Unregistered Cryptocurrency Exchange

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Poloniex with operating an unregistered cryptocurrency exchange. Poloniex has agreed to a cease-and-desist order and to pay $10.34 million. SEC Hits Poloniex With Cease-and-Desist Order, Penalties The SEC announced Monday that “Poloniex LLC has agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle charges for operating…

Europe’s Largest Telecom Provider Chooses to Leverage Coinbase Custody to Stake CELO Tokens

The largest telecommunications provider in Europe, Deutsche Telekom AG, announced on Monday that it will be leveraging Coinbase Custody to hold the firm’s celo tokens. Celo is a mobile-first platform that connects to decentralized apps, is EVM compatible, and the network allows holders to stake the crypto asset. While keeping the celo tokens with Coinbase…

How Bitcoin Mining by Governments can Help De-risk Cryptocurrency

May government mining, or just taxation structure, address this? There seems to be a constant talk, particularly among those connected in legacy financial institutions, about how cryptocurrencies can be – to some degree – “de-risked.” While many traditional financial players that are not crypto-first but crypto-adjacent (such as Visa) rely on stablecoins like USDC as…