Regulations
FTX Wants Dubai Unit Removed From U.S. Bankruptcy Proceedings
Liquidating FTX Dubai under UAE law would make way for the timely distribution of any outstanding liabilities, the bankrupt estate argued in court filings.

Hong Kong Officially Opens Crypto Trading to Retail Investors, Grants First Licenses to HashKey, OSL
OSL Digital Securities said retail investors can register to trade BTC and ETH effective immediately.

eToro Sued by Australia's Market Regulator for Leveraged Product
ASIC alleges that eToro's target market was far too broad and its screening test was very difficult to fail.

Is Sam Bankman-Fried Going to Jail?
Federal prosecutors are fed up with what they say are his repeated attempts to influence witness testimony. He maintains he’s just trying to defend his reputation.

Race for Ether Futures ETFs Kicks Off With 6 Firms Filing SEC Applications
Volatility Shares, Bitwise, VanEck, Roundhill, ProShares and Grayscale have filed applications with the SEC for Ether ETFs.

G20 President India Publishes Its Input for Framing Global Crypto Rules
India's presidency note on crypto is an effort to have its suggestions included in the framing of global crypto rules.

U.S. DOJ Has 'Extremely Thin' Basis for Jailing FTX's Bankman-Fried Ahead of Trial: Defense
Prosecutors moved to revoke Sam Bankman-Fried's bond release, alleging his sharing Caroline Ellison's diary with the New York Times amounts to witness tampering.

Longtime Environmentalist RFK Jr. Not So Sure Bitcoin Is Boiling the Oceans
The environmental argument against bitcoin "should not be used as a smokescreen to curtail freedom to transact," U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr said.

Sarah Breeden, CBDC Working Group Member, Appointed Bank of England Deputy Governor
The U.K. closed a consultation on a digital pound in June, something the bank thinks is likely needed.

Binance Japan Starts Onboarding Users
Two years earlier, the exchange was warned by Japanese regulators that it was operating in the country without permission.

