First Mover Asia: Blockchain-Enabled SIM Card for Crypto Investors Fuels Conflux Growth; Bitcoin Holds Near $27.3K After Fed Decision

ALSO: The SIM card offers the security of a hardware crypto wallet but with more convenience, says Conflux’s chief technology officer in a Q&A with CoinDesk’s Shaurya Malwa.Source

FTX Bankruptcy Estate to Claw Back $460M From Modulo Capital

Alameda Research seeded little-known Bahamas-based hedge fund Modulo Capital with $475m in 2022. The recovery includes $404m of cash.Source

Binance Curb on Zero-Fee Trading May Cost Market Share, Boost TrueUSD Stablecoin: Kaiko Research Head

Binance abolished almost all zero fee trading pairs from its platform after nine months, only keeping the promotion for the TUSD-bitcoin pair.Source

Rapid Bank Runs Reveal Deposits Are Now Magic Internet Money, Too

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SEC Warns Coinbase It’s Pursuing Enforcement Action Over Securities Violations

Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) may soon face an enforcement action tied to its listing of potential unregistered securities, the company said Wednesday.Source

Kraken to Suspend ACH Deposits and Withdrawals Following Silvergate Shutdown

The exchange says no other services will be affected by this change.Source

In Defense of a Digital Dollar

Fears about mass financial surveillance are real with CBDCs, but banning them, as Republicans have recently proposed, will not help. Instead, more research is needed, says Ananya Kumar.Source

Bitcoin Sinks Below $27K as Federal Reserve, Powell Keep Focus on Inflation

The U.S. central bank confirmed expectations of raising the rate by 25 basis points.Source

Gov. Ron DeSantis, Privacy and the Politicization of the Digital Dollar

The putative presidential candidate’s plan to ban a CBDC at state-level is unworkable constitutionally. But it’s still worrying for the future of money in the U.S., says JP Schnapper-Casteras.Source

Tron Network’s TRX Drops 13% Following SEC Charges Against Justin Sun

Other Sun-related tokens such as SUN, JUST and HT also took hits amid the SEC allegations.Source