Still waiting on the official announcement from Hong Kong's SFC regarding $BTC ETF approvals. Looks like issuers have jumped the gun and posted announcements before the regulator -- a few have already been deleted from Weixin.

EU markets regulator ESMA - EU Securities Markets Regulator 🇪🇺 flagged Maximum Extractable Value (MEV), which crypto miners use maximize profits by reordering transactions, as a potential form of market abuse – a stance that is worrying some industry watchers. Sandali reports

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We are back in court for Sam Bankman-Fried's sentencing tomorrow. Judge Kaplan's going to decide how long SBF will spend in prison. Here's what he'll be looking at.
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Italy’s Foreign Press Association moved into Silvio Berlusconi’s old Rome apartment this morning. First discovery was a secret door to a back staircase. Good way to allow party guests to leave in a hurry?

BREAKING: Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto and did not author the Bitcoin whitepaper, a UK judge ruled on Thursday after a month-long trial.

Camomile Shumba reports

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COPA v Craig Wright trial closing statements start today.

Catch up here with Camomile Shumba's report for CoinDesk: What's at Stake as the Trial to Determine Satoshi's Identity Wraps Up 👇

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The 'tonnara' a centuries old Italian form of Blue Fin Tuna fishing is on the verge of disappearing. This small-scale practice is being hurt by a quota system that benefits big fleets.

Grantees Sandali & Agostino Petroni report for The Guardian.
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Bitcoin ETF approval in the U.S. is the 'naked emperor's new clothes,' two officials at the @ECB wrote in a scathing blog post, dissing the cryptocurrency's most recent rally. Sandali reports.

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'Chamber Of Death’: Italian #Tuna Fishers Fight To Preserve Ancient Tradition
#news #environment #climatechange

Sandali and Agostino Petroni reports for The Guardian

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Great investigation to read on #ValentinesDay 💝
✍️Written by Agostino Petroni & Sandali

For The Guardian, M.A. Columbia Journ alum Agostino Petroni (MA Politics ‘20) and Sandali (MS ‘20) report that a sustainable technique for catching tuna that goes back thousands of years is on the verge of extinction in Italy – but not for a lack of fish. theguardian.com/environment/20…

🌹Street sellers bring moments of joy to enamoured couples 💝but their journeys and struggles are far from romantic.

➡️Investigation by Agostino Petroni & Sandali published 📰on Al Jazeera English supported by the #ModernSlavery grant

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Craig Wright repeatedly denied he fabricated evidence that he's Satoshi during his first day of cross-examination in the court case brought by COPA.

Sandali reports

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Dr. Craig Wright has taken the stand in the COPA trial, which kicked off yesterday.

Catch up here 👇

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Inbox: Terraform Labs PTE is filing for chapter 11

Crypto industry participants worry that new anti-money laundering rules agreed to by European Union policymakers are more stringent than measures that apply to more traditional financial institutions.

Sandali reports

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EU policymakers in EU Council and European Parliament have reached a provisional deal on an anti-money laundering package forcing all crypto firms to conduct due diligence.

Sandali reports

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Indonesian crypto exchanges saw a sharp 60% drop in trading volumes in 2023 compared to the previous year.

Tax burdens on users and exchanges may be partly to blame, local industry members told CoinDesk Indonesia.

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Some crypto advocates welcome bitcoin ETFs as an inevitable part of going mainstream, while others worry they threaten the original promise of decentralization (Sandali / CoinDesk)

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The approval of spot bitcoin ETFs may be a 'watershed' moment for the industry, but it may still only have a minimal impact on the broader investment landscape, analysts with Moody's say.

Sandali reports

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