Jacquelyn Melinek

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Solana’s co-founder sees potential for its blockchain to be the ‘Apple of crypto’

By: Jacquelyn Melinek

Solana co-founder Raj Gokal says the blockchain is focused on attracting new businesses, new projects and independent developers.

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SEC settles with former Coinbase employee over insider trading charges

By: Jacquelyn Melinek

The U.S. SEC settled charges with former Coinbase product manager and his brother for engaging in insider trading.

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Monthly crypto exchange volume tumbled in May, hitting 32-month low

By: Jacquelyn Melinek

Cryptocurrency monthly exchange volume fell over 27% from $604.88 billion in April to $439.42 billion in May, signaling weak investor demand.

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Gary Vaynerchuk expects NFTs to expand beyond digital collectibles long term

By: Jacquelyn Melinek

Gary Vee doesn’t think digital collectibles are going to grow the NFT ecosystem like ticketing, contracts and title insurances will long term.

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SEC sues Binance and CEO Zhao over alleged mishandling funds, lying to regulators

By: Jacquelyn Melinek

The SEC is suing Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, and its CEO Changpeng Zhao for lying to regulators about its operations.

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SEC’s lawsuit against Binance and CEO Zhao was a matter of ‘when, not if,’ industry players say

By: Jacquelyn Melinek

A number of industry players shared similar sentiments that the SEC charges against Binance were unsurprising.

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SEC claims BNB and BUSD are securities, including major tokens like SOL, ADA and MATIC

By: Jacquelyn Melinek

The SEC claims cryptocurrencies BNB, BUSD, SOL, ADA, MATIC, FIL, ATOM, SAND, MANA, ALGO, AXS and COTI as securities in new Binance lawsuit.

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After Binance, US SEC sues Coinbase for securities laws violations

By: Alex Wilhelm, Jacquelyn Melinek

The suit comes just one day after the SEC sued Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world by volume, also over securities matters.

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Coinbase chief legal officer expects new crypto laws to come in wake of SEC lawsuits

By: Jacquelyn Melinek

Coinbase was sued by the SEC. Here's how the company plans to navigate the lawsuits.

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US DoJ charges two Russians for hacking crypto exchange Mt. Gox

By: Jacquelyn Melinek

Department of Justice charges two Russian nationals with hacking crypto exchange Mt. Gox of about 647,000 bitcoins