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Mar 2023
19m 22s

This Week in Crypto: Court is in Session

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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. 

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