SEC steps up its crypto crackdown with proposed tough rules that could block investment advisors from holding such assets

Tech Insider : Crypto
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Gensler signaled this year that the SEC should modernize its rules regulating fixed income markets. markets.

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Cathie Wood's Ark Invest snatches up $9.2 million of Coinbase stock after the crypto exchange's massive January rally

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Cathie Wood speaks on a panel at Miami's Bitcoin 2022 conference.

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The artificial intelligence war has Wall Street in a frenzy over Google, Microsoft, and anything related to bots

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Happy Monday, readers. I'm Phil Rosen, reporting from New York City. 

In case you missed it, last week Microsoft held an event that had the buzz of a Steve Jobs iPhone launch.

Last Year's Super Bowl Ads for Crypto Promised Everything and Delivered Nothing

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“Crypto? Oh, that’s right, cryptocurrencies. Those fake digital coins, right? I remember seeing them at last year’s Super Bowl. Larry David was in one. I thought that commercial was pretty funny. Say, how is that whole crypto thing doing?”

Anthony Scaramucci, Coinbase boss Brian Armstrong and other crypto bigwigs are raging about the 'lazy' SEC's crackdown on Kraken's staking service. Here's what 9 luminaries have to say.

Tech Insider : Crypto
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Kraken got slammed with a $30 million fine from the SEC on Thursday over its crypto "staking" product.

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Coinbase CEO points to rumors that the SEC could ban this popular crypto income-generating technique for US retail investors

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Former Coinbase staffer pleads guilty to insider trading in landmark cryptocurrency case, weeks after brother sentenced

Tech Insider : Crypto
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Coinbase announced last week that it plans to rescind job offers and freeze hiring indefinitely.

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Coinbase Ex-Manager Pleads Guilty to Crypto Insider Trading Charges

Gizmodo : Economy

It’s 2023 and financial crimes and their consequences have officially come to cryptocurrency. Relatively new on the laundry list of blockchain-based offenses that can lead directly to jail: insider trading.

Super Bowl LVII won't have any crypto ads because firms pulled out of deals following FTX's bankruptcy

Tech Insider : Sports, Crypto
Sam Bankman-Fried coming out of court, and Von Miller cheers amid confetti while lifting the Lombardi Trophy
FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried, and Von Miller lifts the Lombardi Trophy last February.

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Here's why 2023's stock rally could fizzle out and end up burning bullish investors

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Good morning, readers. I'm Phil Rosen, reporting from New York City for the first time since December. Frosty air notwithstanding, it's good to be back. 

In case you missed it, this weekend I caught up with Kpler lead oil analyst Matt Smith to talk about Europe's new sanctions on Russian refined oil products. 

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