After a blockchain sleuth reported that the Bitcoin mining pool may have censored a transaction from an address blacklisted by U.S. authorities, critics responded, and so did the project’s co-founder. Author: Bradley Keoun

Conceptual artist and legal scholar Brian Frye says inaccessible crypto tokens cannot be sold, but can be donated — with potentially significant tax benefits. Author: Brian Frye

The deal also removes the final hurdle before approval of a spot bitcoin ETF, the report said. Author: Will Canny

Some observers believe Binance’s downfall has boosted the spot-ETF approval odds. Author: Sam Reynolds

Crypto exchange Binance and its founder, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will pay nearly $3 billion in fines to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to settling the regulator’s lawsuit against it. The company is also settling with the U.S. Department of Justice and Treasury Department in parallel actions on Tuesday. Author: Nikhilesh De