Author: Crypto Insider

Global financial watchdogs are set to lay out a firm framework to regulate the crypto industry in early 2023 and implement it quickly. The secretary-general of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), Dietrich Domanski, told The FT there is ‘strong agreement’ on a framework for digital asset rules. While the EU, the UAE, and other countries…

The Royal Bahamas Police Force arrested FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, following the US authorities filed criminal charges against him. The Bahamas intends to extradite Bankman-Fried after US officials request it. Meanwhile, the “surprising” arrest comes just a day before a scheduled hearing before the US House Financial Services Committee hearing on the FTX collapse, “disappointing”…

Illuvium Labs has launched a private beta for “Illuvium: Overworld” – the second of six Web3 games the team has planned over the next two decades. An alpha release of “Illuvium: Zero” could also be rolled out before Christmas. A new game for Illuvium Labs has gone live for the 30,000 lucky community members selected…

The algorithmic stablecoin USDD, backed by Tron’s founder Justin Sun and managed by Tron’s DAO, fell to $0.9695 on Dec. 12, the lowest since June 22. The algorithmic decentralized stablecoin lost its dollar peg last month as the collapse of FTX shook investor confidence in crypto assets. USDD, the Tron network’s algorithmic decentralized stablecoin, struggling…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Dec. 3–9, 2022): Dec. 4: USDC stablecoin issuer Circle and publicly traded special purpose acquisition company Concord Acquisition Corp (SPAC) mutually ended their proposed business combination after the deal “timed out.” The mutual termination comes after over a year and a half of deliberating around the terms of…

Coinbase has called on users to convert their Tether (USDT) stablecoins to USDC – the stablecoin it co-founded – with zeroing exchange fees. The move follows a battle of words between Tether and some media outlets. “Now more than ever, stability and trust are of the utmost importance to customers,” Coinbase stated in an official…