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UK Supreme Court Refuses Craig Wright Appeal

In July a panel of judges ruled that Wright was only entitled to just 1 GBP in compensation for a libel claim against bitcoin podcaster Peter McCormack.

Craig Wright v Hodlonaut (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

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Spot Ether ETF Applications Decisions Delayed by SEC

Grayscale and BlackRock are among the companies trying to bring spot ether ETFs to market.

Grayscale ad in NYC (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Digital Pound Legislation Will Provide Protections to Privacy and Control, Govt Says

Many respondents to the digital pound consultation said that they had concerns about privacy and control.

Bank of England (Camomile Shumba)

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The Digital Pound Consultation Will Drop Thursday, U.K. Official Says

There's a number of issues around privacy, financial inclusion, whether there's limits, monetary policy and interest, James Bowler, Permanent Secretary of the Treasury said.

UK United Kingdom British England Flag (Unsplash)

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What's Uniting the SEC's Crypto Cases

We now wait to see how judges will rule on the Coinbase and Binance cases.

The Daniel Patrick Moynihan courthouse in Manhattan. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Japanese Lawmakers Want To Carve Out New Web3 Policies: CoinDesk Japan

"We would like to grasp the current situation in areas other than decentralized autonomous organizations and identify new important points for policy," Congressman Hideto Kawasaki said.

Japan (Su San Lee/Unsplash)

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Indonesia's Crypto Tax Revenue Falls 63% in 2023 Despite Bitcoin's Surge

The country's tax revenue in 2023 was substantially lower than 2022, when the tax regime was introduced.

Indonesia flag (Bisma Mahendra/Unsplash)

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Tornado Cash Developers Storm, Pertsev Raise Over $350K for Legal Defense With Support From Snowden

Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov face allegations of money laundering.

Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Semenov (Roman Semenov)

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'Lord, You Told Me to Do This': Pastor Defends Taking $1.3M From Failed Crypto

Eli Regalado said God told him to start the INDXcoin project and he's waiting on further guidance after Colorado securities officials accused him of running a crypto scam.

This is not a picture of Pastor Eli Regalado (Michelangelo/Wikimedia Commons)

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Abra to Open Withdrawals After Settling with Texas Regulators

More than 12,000 investors could be able to withdraw roughly $13 million worth of crypto, according to a new settlement between Abra and state regulators.

Abra CEO Bill Barhydt speaks during SALT 2022