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CompaniesBinance pleaded guilty. BNB’s chain did not.
DOJ, FinCEN and OFAC took admissions and a multi-billion-dollar bill. Zhao pleaded to a Bank Secrecy Act failure. The token’s rules of consensus were not in the plea.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
CompaniesSBF’s conviction is a fraud verdict, not a protocol upgrade
A founder was convicted of stealing from customers and lenders. That is criminal law. It is not a market mechanism and it is not a reason to rewrite how wallets work.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
RegulationA court rebuked the SEC on Grayscale. That is not an ETF.
Judges said the SEC treated similar bitcoin products differently without a coherent explanation. Shares of a trust still are not bitcoin in your wallet.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
TechnologyCoinbase Base is an L2 product, not a new Ethereum
A public company shipped a layer-2 network with cheap fees and a marketing summer. That is a product launch. It is not a replacement chain.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
CompaniesPayPal’s PYUSD is another company dollar token
PYUSD is redeemable 1:1 in the brochure, backed by cash and short-term Treasuries, and overseen as a Paxos product under NYDFS. Stable is still a claim.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
AltcoinsXRP headlines keep confusing a lawsuit with a product
XRP coverage often treats a legal chapter as if it were a software release. Readers deserve both stories, separately.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
CompaniesBlackRock filed for a spot bitcoin ETP. That is an application.
The world’s largest asset manager asked to list a product that would hold bitcoin. A filing is not a listing. A listing is not a new bitcoin.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readRegulationThe SEC sued Binance and Coinbase. Enforcement is not a white paper.
Two complaints in two days alleged unregistered exchange, broker, and clearing functions — and, for Coinbase, an unregistered staking programme. A lawsuit is a theory. It is not “crypto is illegal”.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min readRegulationHong Kong’s 2023 retail-crypto day was a licence regime
The AMLO trading-platform rules started. Licensed venues may serve retail with suitability and token due diligence. A start date is not a shopping holiday.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readRegulationThe EU Parliament voted MiCA through. A vote is not yet a licence.
Europe now has a text the co-legislators have blessed. Firms still need the Official Journal, technical standards, and a supervisor who will actually issue a licence.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
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