This Week in Crypto: Court is in Session

About this episode

This episode discusses the latest legal and regulatory developments in the crypto space, including court cases and banking issues.

Legal battles, circling regulators and a troubled bank. It's all happening in crypto this week. Court is in session as Grayscale challenges the SEC over the prospects for a Bitcoin ETF, while themselves facing a lawsuit filed by FTX’s Alameda Research. Voyager won a key court ruling that would a proposed sale to to Binance US to proceed despite the objections of multiple federal and state regulators. And speaking of regulators: US officials showed up at Silvergate’s California headquarters as the troubled crypto-friendly bank tries to salvage what’s left of its business. Bloomberg reporters Justina Lee & Emily Nicolle join senior editor Anna Irrera to discuss the biggest stories in crypto this week. Subscribe to the Bloomberg Crypto Newsletter at https://bloom.bg/cryptonewsletter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Anna Irrera

Guests: Justina Lee, Emily Nicolle

Topics covered

• legal battles
• regulation
• crypto banking
• Bitcoin ETF
• court rulings
• crypto news

Keywords

• crypto
• legal battles
• Bitcoin ETF
• SEC
• FTX
• Voyager
• Binance US
• Silvergate
• regulators

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grayscale, SEC, FTX, Alameda Research, Voyager, Binance US, Silvergate

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