Michael McSweeney

Michael McSweeney

Michael McSweeney has worked in crypto media since 2014, including editorships at CoinDesk and The Block. In his spare time, he writes fiction and plays disc golf. Contact Michael at michael.mcsweeney@blockworks.co.

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Bitcoin markets soared just after 10 pm ET on election night, briefly surpassing $75,000

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A new spot SOL ETF filing with the SEC comes a few months after VanEck kicked off the process with a filing of its own

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The approvals come less than a month after the SEC granted Nasdaq permission to list similar options

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The US regulator accused the crypto market-making firm of acting as an unregistered dealer

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The asset management platform announced a $10 million Series A

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DMM Bitcoin said customer bitcoin deposits “will be fully guaranteed” in the wake of the hack

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SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda says that the SEC needs to create a “pathway for compliance”

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This case is a big deal — so big, in fact, that one wonders whether the crypto community fully appreciates its gravity

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Consensys filed a lawsuit against the SEC in a Texas court on Thursday

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Ether slipped below $3,000 during Wednesday’s trade

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It’s clear that institutions have gotten the message that crypto is open for business — but what now?

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It seems we’ve just traded scam accounts that pretend to be Musk for scam accounts that act like crypto industry leaders

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The Boston Globe reports that lawyer John Deaton is weighing a possible bid

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A decade’s worth of meme evolution has led us to weird, wrong takes amid the 2024 presidential election

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The report, by Anza, detailed the technical issue behind the Tuesday stoppage

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BTC’s price began to surge during late-afternoon trading hours in the US

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When crypto prices go up, suddenly everyone becomes a target

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The ETF approvals come as the SEC pursues a multi-front strategy of crypto oversight and rule-changing

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Multiple spot bitcoin ETFs went live Thursday morning

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Public statements from four of the SEC’s five-member leadership team suggest a contentious debate over today’s approval

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The anniversary comes amid rampant speculation about a US spot bitcoin ETF approval

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Bitcoin is in the green today after a price jump above $45,000.

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Don’t be surprised if the American public doesn’t rush out to buy a bitcoin ETF

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Testimonies about JPY payments via PayPal appeared on the Mt Gox creditor subreddit in the past day