A Coinbase exec tried to tell a crowd of bankers that crypto is ‘the money of tomorrow’—and was immediately shot down by an ECB director onstage

The world according to Coinbase frames cryptocurrency in an unsurprisingly optimistic light: It’s the “money of tomorrow,” a form of payment that is more efficient, transparent, and fair. The problem ...

Binance CEO denies FBI “shot” rumor

Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has denied rumors that he was “shot” by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which were spread widely on a Chinese messaging platform...

NBA Top Shot CEO’s decadent lifestyle, ‘public shaming’ led to toxic culture as Dapper flails

Last May, Grammy award-winning DJ Diplo grabbed headlines after a video showed him struggling to pass security and get into a yacht party held during the Cannes Film Festival. Although meant to perfor...

NBA Top Shot Lawsuit May Be Bad For Dapper—Could It Be Good for NFTs?

The multi-billion dollar NFT market has for years anxiously awaited the answer to a single question: Will the U.S. government classify non-fungible tokens as securities?  A federal judge in Manhattan ...

Warren Buffett highlights a ‘shame of capitalism’ while taking a shot at Biden and celebrating the virtues of Coca-Cola

In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, released on Saturday, Warren Buffett celebrated the virtues of Coca-Cola, took an apparent swipe at President Joe Biden, and expressed frustrat...

US Judge Rules Against NBA Top Shot; What Does It Mean For NFTs?

NBA Top Shot News: Recently, a federal judge in Manhattan gave the first hint on NFTs are going to be regulated by ruling against Dapper Labs. It is one of the top NFT companies and the company behind...

SEC Takes Another Shot At Binance.US

The deal between Binance.US and Voyager Digital has hit a significant roadblock as the deal breakers voiced objections against it. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has raised objections...

NBA Top Shot NFTs Are ‘Plausibly’ Securities, Judge Rules in Dapper Labs Lawsuit

Are NBA Top Shot NFT moments unregistered securities? That’s what a lawsuit filed against Top Shot creator Dapper Labs in 2021 alleges—and the judge apparently agrees. United States District Court Jud...

NBA Top Shot NFTs could be unregistered securities, judge says

A New York judge has ruled that a proposed class-action lawsuit against Dapper Labs and its Top Shot Moments NFT collection can move forward because the offering could have been an unregistered securi...

NBA-Branded ‘Top Shot Moments’ NFTs May Be Securities, Judge Rules in Dapper Labs Case

“Rather, it is the particular scheme by which Dapper Labs offers Moments that creates the sufficient legal relationship between investor and promoter to establish an investment contract, and thus a se...

US Judge Rejects Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot NFT Lawsuit Motion

A U.S. district court judge has rejected Dapper Lab’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit against it. The lawsuit concerns the NBA Top Shot NFTs and alleges that the latter is a security. The NBA Top Shot NFT...

U.S Judge Classifies Flow’s NBA Top Shot NFTs as Securities

3 hours ago | 2 mins read Editors News Already the SEC has started regulation by enforcement approach. The ruling comes as Top Shot’s Moments matched the criteria for an investment contract. U.S. Dist...

NBA Top Shot Ruling Is ‘Net Positive’ For Ripple, Here’s Why

Yesterday’s ruling by a U.S. District Judge on Dapper Labs’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that NBA Top Shot NFTs are an unregistered security may have a “net positive” impact on Ripple’s case a...

NBA Top Shot NFTs May Qualify as Security, Will it Affect Ripple v. SEC Lawsuit?

Lawyer says Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot Moments NFTs decision will not impact the Ripple lawsuit. Several rumors about the Ripple v. SEC legal battle have emerged after a US district judge denied Dapper...

Are NBA Top Shot NFTs Securities? The Jury Is Out

Are NBA Top Shot NFTs… securities? A US federal court is evaluating exactly that, courtesy of a new class action lawsuit. The ruling likely will only be a testament for Dapper Labs and their NBA Top S...

NBA Top Shot NFTs Are ‘Plausibly’ Securities, Judge Rules in Dapper Labs Lawsuit

Ad United States District Court Judge Victor Marrero has ruled in a case against Dapper Labs that NFTs associated with NBA Top Shots are likely securities. On Feb. 22, Marrero denied Dapper’s request ...

Federal Judge Rules NBA Top Shot NFTs May Be Considered Unregistered Securities – Bitcoin News

A federal judge, Victor Marrero, ruled on Wednesday that the NBA Top Shot non-fungible tokens (NFTs) issued by Dapper Labs may meet the requirements to be considered an unregistered security. The case...

Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot Moments NFTs are securities, federal judge rules

Legal • February 22, 2023, 1:26PM EST NBA Top Shot Moments NFTs meet the requirements to be considered a security, a federal judge said in a court filing on Wednesday, giving the green light to a clas...

Fed’s James Bullard pushes for faster rate hikes, sees ‘good shot’ at beating inflation

St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard expressed confidence that the central bank can beat inflation and advocated Wednesday for stepping up the pace in the battle. Bullard told CNBC that a...

Second Shot At Carbon Capture From Coal Burner To Revive Oil Reservoir In Texas

A coal-fired power plant near Underwood, North Dakota, in January 2022. The Washington Post via Getty Images Looking back on Petra Nova. Petra Nova was a CCS demonstration out of Houston, supported by...

First Normal Spring Training Since 2019 Will Be A Needed ‘Shot In The Arm’ For Business

For the first time since 2019, spring training ballparks such as Dunedin’s TD Ballpark will be … [+] bustling with fans attending a full schedule of games. Tom Layberger For the first time...

NBA Top Shot Will Let Users Buy NFTs via Apple, Android Mobile Apps

NBA Top Shot, the officially licensed basketball NFT platform that has generated more than $1 billion in sales to date, is headed to mobile with the launch of smartphone apps through Apple’s iOS App S...

‘Bottlecap Balloon Brigade’ Hobbyist Group Might’ve Launched Object Shot Down By F-22s—Drawing Political Heat For Biden

Topline A missing balloon launched by a small group of Illinois hobbyists emerged Thursday as the latest potential theory behind one of the unidentified objects the U.S. military shot down over the we...

UFO Shot Down Over Canada Probably Belonged To Hobby Group From Illinois

File photo of a large balloon drifting above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South … [+] Carolina near Myrtle Beach, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. (Chad Fish via AP) Chad Fish The mysterious...

Robinhood Crypto Trading Volume Shot Up 95% in January

Robinhood’s cryptocurrency trading volume hit $3.7 billion last month, a 95% increase compared to December 2022.  Contrary to the good start of the year, the 2022 bear market took its toll on the firm...

Hawaii And Guam Were The Original Targets Of Shot Down Chinese Spy Balloon, Report Says

Topline The Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down by the U.S. military earlier this month was initially meant to fly over Guam and Hawaii, Reuters reported on Wednesday as Chinese officials ...

‘No Indication’ Three Recent Flying Objects Shot Down Were Chinese Spy Balloons, White House Says

Topline The White House said Tuesday there’s “no indication” the three flying objects shot down over Alaska, Canada and Lake Huron this weekend were linked to the Chinese spying program responsible fo...

U.S. Fighter Missed First Shot At Lake Huron Object, General Says

Topline U.S. fighters dispatched Sunday to shoot down an unidentified object flying over Lake Huron missed their first shot, according to a top military official, as details slowly trickle out about t...

Objects Shot Down Over North America Part Of A ‘Pattern,’ Trudeau Says

Topline Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested Monday there may be some sort of connection between three unidentified objects shot down over North American airspace during the past few days,...

Yet Another Flying Object Shot Down Near U.S.-Canada Border On Sunday

File photo of Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornets from 3 Wing Bagotville with NORAD take-off from … [+] the Iqaluit airport during Operation Noble Defender in the Canadian Arctic region, Iqal...

Everything We Know About The Flying Object Shot Down Over Canada—A Day After Similar Incident Over Alaska

Topline The U.S military shot down an unidentified object flying over Canada on Saturday under orders from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—the third aerial object shot down over North America over the l...

Everything We Know About The ‘High-Altitude Object’ Shot Down Over Alaska

Topline An unidentified object moving over Alaskan air space was shot down by the U.S. military Friday afternoon, though Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder noted little was known about the ...