Tim Masters

Blockchain Bites: Blockchain Australia becomes DECA, Australia bans crypto payments to gambling sites, Hong Kong greenlights 11 crypto licence applicants (for now), EU criticises crypto privacy tools

Blockchain Bites: Federal Court: Block Earner dodges the chopping block and ASIC criticised, Dapper Labs calls time out on NBA Top Shot class action, Presidential veto stirs up the crypto world, SEC to cut check for USD$1.8M to Debt Box

Blockchain Bites: ASIC targets onshore crypto promoters, Australia issues sanctions advice to Digital Currency Exchanges, Uniswap seeks to skewer the SEC on Wells Notice, Popular Ethereum trading tactic targeted by US DOJ

Blockchain Bites: Digital ID bills passed, Australia's Budget Allocation for Crypto, Finance Regulation and Tech Innovation, Kraken wrestles SEC over regulatory waterline, Tornado Cash judgment yields whirlwind for developers, Sheriff of Wall St issues Wells Notice to Robinhood

Blockchain Bites: Federal Court's decision flips Qoin but clarifies the regulatory perimeter, FTX to make customers whole under new reorganisation plan, Government drops first ScamWatch report, Mt Gox: Alexander Vinnik pleads guilty, Roger Ver faces tax reckoning

Blockchain Bites: Australia kicks off 2nd consultation on AML/CTF reforms, Binance's CZ sentenced to serve time following plea deal, Motions fly as Tornado Cash case twists and turns, Philippines KOs offshore exchanges, On Chain sleuths trace North Korean hackers

Blockchain Bites: ASIC doubles down on crypto strategy, US Congress to review bipartisan stablecoin bill, Consensys in discord with SEC as battle for Web3 heats up, US puts Samourai Wallet to the sword, Binance faces class action in Canada

Blockchain Bites: ASIC appeals Finder decision, Australia scores early success in the war on scams, D'Oh Kwon loses SEC battle, ERC-3643: Compliance by Design, Wall St Titans back bitcoin ETFs

Blockchain Bites: SBF Sentenced in FTX Fallout, Singapore rolls out new crypto rules, Coinbase to seek SEC discovery, Craig Wright's assets frozen by UK judge, Binance executive sues Nigeria

Blockchain Bites: Australia digital IDs to slash scams and crimes, Institutional crypto custody in Australia, New bill proposes seizure powers over digital assets, Cryptopia lays distribution plans, Immutable and King River back $100m Web3 games fund

Blockchain Bites: ASIC eyes tokenised markets, BlackRock tokenised fund catches meme-coin fever, ATO drops guidance for crypto dealings, Tornado Cash developers face trial, US reports on IP implications for NFTs

Blockchain Bites: Court finds Earn product is not a debenture, UK Court rules Australian is not Satoshi Nakamoto, Commonwealth proposes Model law on Virtual Assets, Court measures the long arm of US law, Blistering SEC dissent published, HK launches Stablecoin Sandbox

Blockchain Bites: SEC obtains judgment in crypto insider dealing case, HK issues new bank guidance on tokenised assets, CFTC Chair calls on Congress to enact crypto legislation, ASIC secures travel ban on Blockchain Global director, UK consults on OECD standards on crypto tax reporting

Blockchain Bites: Chainalysis Finds Plunge In Illicit Flows In Annual Crypto Crime Report, US Judge Signs Off Binance Plea Deal, FTX Settles Dispute And Sells European Arm For $33M, Court Examines The Satoshi Emails As COPA Seek To Prove Wright Wrong, Earn-out: Gemini To Repay Customers Settling Earn Claims

Blockchain Bites: Australia introduces digitally secured statutory declarations, Congress examines cryptos role in tackling illicit finance, Citi pilots tokenisation of private assets, Circle dumps Tron network as IPO approaches, Swoo and Mastercard swoon customers with token-based loyalty program

Blockchain Bites: Unpacking the lessons earned from the Block Earner v ASIC judgment, AI deepfakes challenge KYC and internal controls, Satoshi Naka-who? UK High Court to determine who is Wright, Sim swapping FTX hackers prosecuted, Regulating DeFi as Critical Infrastructure

Blockchain Bites: Australia sanctions Medibank attacker in first use of cyber powers, Number go up: FTX and Celsius recoveries buoyed by crypto markets, Full Court press: Judge quizzes SEC in Binance case, Japan serves up Web3 friendly policies

Blockchain Bites: ALRC pitches Corps Act 2.0, From Baht to Blockchain: Thailand's SEC embraces tokenisation, Congress presses Meta on crypto plans, Australia joins US sanctions targeting Hamas fundraising

Blockchain Bites: Celsius creditors feeling the heat over preference claims, A bridge too far? Cross-chain bridges under MiCA, US State Legislatures bizarrely seek to ban Central Bank Digital Currencies, Coinbase and SEC in legal stoush over Securities Law but agree Tokens aren't themselves securities

Blockchain Bites: TLDR: 2024 crypto predictions round-up, US approves first spot Bitcoin ETFs, Full Circle: USDC issuer files for IPO, Visa Piloting Web3 Loyalty