Laura's Crypto Newsletters

Greetings from Berlin! Stablecoins, stablecoins, stablecoins were in the news this week. With Facebook’s Libra project waiting for the regulatory response, Tether and Binance are also making moves in this[…]

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This week saw the end to one of the most egregious ICOs, Veritaseum, as the SEC sought to freeze the remaining assets, since the creator continued to siphon money from[…]

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Kik came out with a sentence-by-sentence rebuttal to the SEC’s complaint against it, showing that the SEC took quotes out of context to imply that the speakers had said the[…]

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The uncertain state of crypto regulation was on full display again this week. First, there was yet another Congressional hearing, this one featuring Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, who spoke on[…]

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After Libra put crypto in the national news over the last few weeks, it was thankfully quieter this week. One great story delved into why it is that practically all[…]

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This was a history-making week for the crypto space. The Treasury Secretary’s press conference on cryptocurrencies, plus the Senate and House hearings on Libra — right after the Fed Chair’s[…]

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A few weeks ago, when Facebook announced its plans for Libra, a commonly heard sentiment in the crypto community was that Libra would ultimately be good for Bitcoin. That was[…]

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All kinds of regulators were weighing in on Libra, with the House Financial Services Committee writing a letter that seemed to grasp the import of the proposed cryptocurrency. It called[…]

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Facebook’s Libra continued to dominate coverage this week. (Well, aside from the Bitcoin price, which got CNBC back into the crypto news game.) Reporters pored over how profitable being a[…]

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Facebook’s big Libra announcement certainly gave everyone in crypto and everyone who deals with money — okay, just everyone — a lot to discuss. The tech giant released more than[…]

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