UK Lords Pass Bill to Help Seize and Freeze Crypto Used for Crime

The bill, introduced in September, now enters its final stages in Parliament.Source

Bitcoin, Ether Supply on Exchanges Fell in June: Goldman Sachs

Still, bitcoin miners’ inventory sales climbed to a record as they took advantage of the cryptocurrency’s strong performance, the report said.Source

Pepecoin Knockoffs Turn Dollars to Fortunes in Strange New ‘2.0’ Play

Offshoots of several meme coins have popped across the board in a trend that’s likely to die out within weeks.Source

Voyager Creditors Billed $5.1M for March-May by Law Firm

Latest bill brings total compensation bills to $16.4 million for bankruptcy and restructuring firm.Source

Gemini’s Cameron Winklevoss Tweets $1.5B ‘Final Offer’ in Debt Talks Over Crypto Firm Genesis

Creditors of the crypto financial firm Genesis call for $1.5 billion of forbearance payments and loans denominated in dollars, bitcoin and ether, according to a term sheet posted on Twitter by the Gemini co-founder.Source

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Crosses $31K After Spot BTC ETF Issuers Begin Refiling

PLUS: The first half of 2023 has so far been very promising for crypto majors.Source

Credit Suisse and Swiss Football Association to Release Women’s Football NFT Collection

All of the proceeds from the collection, featuring portraits of the Swiss Women’s National Team, will be donated to support women’s football in Switzerland.Source

Three Arrows Founders to Donate Future Earnings to Creditors in Spirit of ‘Karma’

The founders of the hedge fund that filed for bankruptcy last year have started an exchange for creditor claims, which is seeing $50 million in trading volume, said Davies.Source

BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Application Refiled, Naming Coinbase as ‘Surveillance-Sharing’ Partner

The refiled application by Nasdaq to list a BlackRock bitcoin ETF follows a report last week that the SEC deemed earlier proposals “inadequate” since they didn’t specify the name of the underlying market in so-called surveillance-sharing agreements.Source

How Central Bankers Are Reshaping the Definition of Money

Central bankers acknowledge that the nature of money evolves with technology, shifting definitions of money with it. But they’re not ready to let innovation occur organically as technology emerges. They want to maintain control, says Noelle Acheson.Source