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Fannizadeh: Many things! It’ll actually be my first time and I’m very excited. We’re almost a month away and I’ve already heard of many interesting events lined up and have meetings organized – I can’t wait to just get together with the attendees, I heard the crowd is excellent. I usually go to very specific community centric or legal and policy conferences. But Consensus is so comprehensive, right? It seems like a platform where we can reach “consensus,” discuss things with very different actors all in one place.And you tell me, you’ve been. Is there anything I need to keep…
For those of you who are coming to Consensus 2024 in Austin, Texas this May 28 – 31 looking to network, which as our research indicates, most of you are, you’ll likely want to hit up at least a few of the dozens of happy hours, cocktail parties and entertainment planned to coincide with the event. Read the full article here
Perhaps the most anticipated after hours event is the scheduled boxing match between Bankless co-founder David Hoffman and Castle Island Venture partner Nic Carter, at the Austin Convention Center. While Crypto Twitter eagerly awaits the fight between the two avatars of Bitcoin and Ethereum, Carter and Hoffman’s fight is actually part of a larger series called Karate Combat, which will feature a number of martial arts including IFC, Karate and grappling. Tickets are limited, doors open at 5 p.m. Read the full article here
While the 19b-4 forms might be approved as soon as this Thursday – when the first one, an application by VanEck and Cboe, faces a final deadline – the spot ether ETFs can’t launch until the SEC also approves the S-1 forms filed by the issuers themselves. There appears to be less movement on this front than with the 19b-4 filings. A few applicants have already begun revising their S-1 forms, however. Read the full article here
If the metaverse is a little more your speed, the Somnia Cocktail Networking Party, starting at 4:30 p.m. and going past 8:00 p.m., is being sponsored by some of the leading firms in the space, including Somnia: The Metaverse Computer, CertiK, OKXWallet, Spartan Group, the Virtual Society Foundation, among others. Read the full article here
Tuesday was also the third day in a row of inflows, marking a break from the general trend of decreasing ETH balance on exchanges, Nansen data shows. The last time ETH experienced consecutive days of inflows to exchanges was in March, near this year’s peak in crypto prices. Read the full article here
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“As Democrats, we feel this is a crucial opportunity to regulate the digital asset markets,” the eight lawmakers wrote in the internal memo Tuesday asking support from their colleagues. “This should not be a partisan issue,” according to the lawmakers, including Reps. Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.), Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.), Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Jasmine Crockett (D-Tex.), Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), Darren Soto (D-Fla.), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Don Davis (D-N.C.). Read the full article here
It remains to be seen whether Biden will veto the measure, despite the fact that the independent Government Accountability Office (GAO) said the SEC inappropriately imposed the guidance. However, the important thing here is that sane, bipartisan, crypto rulemaking is possible, despite the opposition of figures like arch crypto skeptic Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Read the full article here
Uniswap Labs moved Tuesday to quash a looming regulatory battle over Ethereum’s dominant decentralized crypto exchange, imploring the Securities and Exchange Commission in legal filings that its planned lawsuit wasn’t worth the fight. Read the full article here