What is a money transmitter? The definition on trial
Two developers went to prison-facing trials over four words in a 1970s-era framework: what counts as transmitting money. The answer decides whether writing DeFi code...
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Japan stablecoin payments advance with Lawson trial, Netstars launch
Japanese convenience-store operator Lawson plans to test yen-denominated stablecoin payments at a Tokyo location in August, examining whether stablecoin payments can work inside a standard...
South Korean super app Toss partners with Optimism for won linked stablecoin trial
South Korean financial super-app Toss has signed a strategic agreement with Optimism and Sunnyside Labs to test blockchain infrastructure for South Korean won-linked stablecoins through...
Michelle Bond loses dismissal bid as FTX-linked trial nears
Michelle Bond has lost her bid to dismiss criminal charges, with a federal judge setting her trial to begin on Nov. 9 after rejecting arguments...
FTX exec’s wife scheduled for November trial on campaign finance charges
Michelle Bond, the wife of former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame, who is serving a 7.5-year prison sentence after reaching a plea agreement with...
Gannon Van Dyke faces landmark Polymarket insider trading trial
The U.S. government’s first insider trading prosecution involving a prediction market has advanced after a Manhattan court scheduled a Dec. 7 trial for Army soldier...
December Trial Date Set for US Soldier Accused of Insider Trading on Polymarket
In brief Active-duty U.S. Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke is now scheduled for a December trial in Manhattan. Van Dyke allegedly abused classified military...
4.8% inflation expectations put Bitcoin’s ‘digital gold’ narrative on trial
US one year inflation expectations have climbed to 4.8% for May, a reminder that the inflation story is not over and a fresh stress test...
Bitcoiners eye ‘sell in May,’ SBF’s bid for new trial shut down: Hodler’s Digest, April 26 – May 2
US soldier charged over Polymarket bets on Maduro pleads not guilty The US special forces soldier charged with using classified information about the military operation...
Judge Shoots Down Sam Bankman-Fried's Bid for New Trial
In brief U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion for a new trial on Tuesday, rejecting claims that witnesses had faced “threats from...