As FTX, Celsius, BlockFi and others have shown, the crypto landscape is changing dramatically, no longer revolving solely around Bitcoin’s price. Banks, those once unassailable behemoths of legacy finance, are making bigger forays into the digital asset space. You’d be forgiven for assuming that pursuing profits in a strengthening market...
On the home front, the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has just removed significant barriers to bank engagement with crypto. If upheld, this decision will be a sea change in balancing traditional finance with the emerging world of digital assets. This action has been prompting banks...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing and altering the way it approaches DOJ cryptocurrency enforcement. Rather than employing a one-size-fits-all regulatory approach, they’re casting their nets wider to recover more stolen assets and prosecute higher-value, serious offenses. On April 7, Treasury Department officials announced the disbandment of the department’s...
When the Department of Justice (DOJ) published its memo laying out its strategy for conducting criminal investigations in the crypto space, this announcement has sent ripples of panic across the entire crypto industry. We agree that trying to provide clarity is a good thing, but unfortunately this results in the...
For folks working in compliance, the DOJ’s new crypto enforcement guidance sounds like a real sneak attack. A betrayal to every investor who's lost their shirt on a shady altcoin, a rug pull, or a blatant Ponzi scheme masquerading as "decentralized finance." They’re basically telling them, “Look, we’re not the...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided to sing a different song when it comes to crypto crime. Is that a sign of a full-blown retreat from the digital asset space, or a move to more high-level, strategic thinking? FakeBollinger.com is here to cut through all the fluff and hype...
Yuga Labs—the crypto behemoth behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club—is crashing down hard. Really hard. Their pursuit of nearly $400,000 in crypto assets from Jeremy Cahen (Pauly0x), stemming from the Ryder Ripps Bored Ape Yacht Club (RR/BAYC) parody lawsuit, raises a crucial question: are we witnessing the death of NFT...
Resolv Labs, a blockchain based payments crypto startup incubated in the United Arab Emirates, has raised $10 million in its seed investment round. Formed in early 2023, the firm specializes in delta-neutral strategies. These strategies are meant to deliver risk-adjusted low-risk investment options in the highly volatile Cryptocurrency market. The...
At this moment, all eyes on Resolv Labs, a UAE-based crypto startup that recently raised $10 million in seed money, making waves with their cutting-edge approach. This announcement is about more than a positive funding update. It has the potential to create a new frontier for the UAE’s crypto ecosystem,...
The $10 million seed funding for UAE-based Resolv Labs is more than just another tech investment. It’s a giant geopolitical chess move, showing the world that the Middle East, and first and foremost the UAE, is willing to upset the status quo and build their own crypto empire.We’ve all read...