Author: American Coins & Gold

Federal Judge Threatens Ryan Salame With Sanctions After Former FTX Exec Says He Lied About Plea Deal Last Year
A federal judge on Thursday told former FTX executive Ryan Salame that he could be hit with sanctions after Salame lied to the judge about prosecutors not making promises to him as part of his plea deal last year, CNBC reported.

Protocol Village: Nuffle Plans Multichain Restaking With EigenLayer, CARV Launches M Accelerator

Protocol Village: Nomic DAO Foundation Bringing BTC to Ethereum, CARV Launches M Accelerator

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Amps Up Pressure on Layer-2 Networks to Decentralize Further
In 2022, Buterin proposed a set of stages for rollups, to classify them in their pursuit of decentralization. The criteria is meant to showcase that rollups tend to rely on “training wheels” and deploy their protocols to users before it’s ready to fully decentralize.

Stablecoins Increasingly Used for Savings, Payments in Emerging Countries, but Crypto Trading Still Leads: Report
The report surveyed more than 2,500 cryptocurrency users in Brazil, Nigeria, Turkey, Indonesia and India.

Stablecoin Giant Circle Is Moving Its Headquarters to New York City
The USDC issuer will move into One World Trade Center, and New York Mayor Eric Adams – who has sought to make the city a crypto hub – will attend the Friday ribbon cutting.

U.S. Election Betting: CFTC Loses Last-Minute Bid to Halt Kalshi Contract
The agency plans to appeal the case brought by the trading platform, and could still ask the higher court to stop the firm from listing the contracts.

YieldNest Unveils First Liquid-Restaking Token on BNB Chain as Return-Boosting Strategy Gains Ground
Restaking protocol YieldNest is introducing ynBNB, the first liquid-restaking token on BNB Chain.

WeWork Founder's Climate Firm Refunds Crypto Token Holders After Failed Launch: Forbes
Flowcarbon, which raised $70 million from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, aims to tokenize carbon credits, but the token never launched.

Coinbase's Version of Wrapped Bitcoin, 'cbBTC,' Goes Live
The token will initially be offered on Ethereum and Coinbase’s Base networks, with plans to expand to more blockchains in the coming months.