Author: American Coins & Gold

English High Court Rules Tether's USDT Stablecoin Counts as Property
USDT attracts property rights as it can be the subject of tracing and can constitute trust property in the same way as other property, a judge in England declared.

Tokenized Real-World Assets (Excluding Stablecoins) Market Value Hits Over B: Binance Research
RWAs continue to experience growth led by tokenized U.S. Treasuries.

Starknet Token Holders Ratify Plan to Implement Staking, in Landmark Decentralized Election
The new mechanism on Starknet means that anyone holding more than 20,000 STRK will be able to stake on the network, from the fourth quarter of this year.

Kraken Seeks Jury Trial in SEC Lawsuit, Presents Defense Arguments
Crypto exchange Kraken has demanded a jury trial in the case brought against it by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a court filing Thursday showed.

World Liberty, Crypto Project Helmed by Donald Trump's Family, Will Release on Sept. 16
World Liberty Finance is helmed by Trump’s sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr, and the 18-year-old Barron Trump is the project’s “DeFi visionary.”

Kalshi's New Political Prediction Markets Halted as CFTC Appeals Loss
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission appealed its loss against prediction markets platform Kalshi to the D.C. Appeals Court late Thursday.

DeFi Lending Giant Sky Sets Vote to Offload Wrapped Bitcoin as Justin Sun Concerns Linger
The action could impact $200 million of DeFi loans in the Sky ecosystem should the proposal pass.

Protocol Village: Copper.co to Custody CoinDesk 20 Members, CARV Launches M Accelerator

Building on Bitcoin in the Age of Web3
We need a cultural, philosophical, and technological movement that will return Bitcoin to its once prominent position in the decentralized finance landscape, says Willem Shroé, CEO Botanix Labs.

EToro Settles With the SEC: Industry Lawyers React
Under the agreement, the platform can list only BTC, BCH and ETH in the U.S. Is that a hint of which digital assets the SEC thinks are not securities?