Proof-of-Work Crypto Mining Doesn’t Trigger Securities Laws, SEC Says

Proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining does not trigger federal securities laws, according to a Thursday staff statement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which told mining operators they do not need to register their transactions with the regulator. The statement, published by the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, declared...
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Ripple CEO Pushes for XRP in US Reserves, Keeps IPO Option Alive

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse expects the native token to be included in the White House’s proposed digital asset reserves and anticipates an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF) to debut before 2025 ends. His comments, made in a Bloomberg Markets interview, followed news that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
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SEC issues guidance on proof-of-work mining and securities regulations

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporate Finance has released new guidance on Proof-of-Work mining, clarifying how federal securities laws apply to crypto mining activities.  The statement outlines the SEC’s stance on “protocol mining” and concludes that PoW…...
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Pump.fun launches own DEX, drops Raydium

Pump.fun has launched its own decentralized exchange (DEX) called PumpSwap, potentially displacing Raydium as the primary trading venue for Solana (SOL) memecoins.  Starting on March 20, memecoins that successfully bootstrap liquidity, or “bond,” on Pump.fun will migrate directly to PumpSwap, Pump.fun said in an X post.  Previously, bonded Pump.fun...
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Solana CEO Apologises: Everything To Know About Cursed Solana Ad

Solana Labs CEO Anatoly Yakovenko has broken his silence over the controversial “America Is Back — Time to Accelerate” Solana ad. The advert received huge backlash because it contained political messaging regarding gender identity. Yakovenko took to X late yesterday (March 19), saying, “The ad was bad, and it’s...
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Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin on the future of Ethereum — DAS

Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin discussed the future of the smart contract network at the Digital Asset Summit and said layer-2 (L2) scaling networks would continue to be central to the Ethereum ecosystem. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph’s Turner Wright, Lubin said applications will require next-generation databases powered by...
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