This Week in Crypto: Worldcoin Launch, SEC XRP Appeal, Strong Meta Earnings, and New Stablecoin Rules

Crypto news: we bring you a roundup of what's been happening in crypto this week. Worldcoin's proof-of-personhood project airdropped its WLD token and listed it on Binance to much fanfare on Monday.

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XRP Ledger Layer 2 platform Evernode has shared an update as it advances in its journey toward launch. Evernode brings "Layer 2" smart contracts via Hooks to the XRP Ledger ecosystem.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler has chosen to maintain the suspense, avoiding revealing whether an appeal is forthcoming against the court's decision favoring Ripple.

France's privacy watchdog CNIL said on Friday it is aware of ChatGPT-founder Sam Altman's Worldcoin project and that the legality of its biometric data collection "seems questionable".

Among the issues that Netting Manager aims to address are lack of transparency due to lack of centralization, payment date uncertainty, and unnecessary FX conversion and transaction costs.

Ripple's general counsel Stuart Alderoty says that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) lawsuit ruling will have a positive impact on the wider crypto industry. In an interview on the Chain Reaction podcast, Alderoty says that the ruling Ripple determined that digital tokens being traded on crypto exchanges are not securities.

In the world of cryptocurrencies, the legal landscape can significantly influence the price trajectory of a digital asset. A prime example of this is the recent landmark ruling in the ongoing case between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple Labs. On 13 July 2023, Hon.

XRP Lawsuit: In the latest development in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) vs Ripple lawsuit, popular attorney for Ripple Labs and CEO Brad Garlinghouse has requested the court to withdraw from the lawsuit. After Judge Analisa Torres' landmark ruling in the case, Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn asks Ripple and US SEC for a

With current crypto regulation sentiment in the United States taking different momentum, XRP holders' lawyer John Deaton has once again called out Gary Gensler, the chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for what he perceives as an obvious attempt to shy away from the law.

In a recent interview with Bloomberg, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler shed light on the ongoing Ripple case, addressing the rumors swirling around a possible appeal. Gensler clarified that as one of five commissioners, the decision to appeal the case has not been finalized by the Commission.

Sam Altman, the creator of Worldcoin, caused a stir on Twitter on July 26 when he confidently asserted that “one person is getting verified every 8 seconds now” for the ambitious Worldcoin project.