The recent decision by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to maintain US interest rates within the 5.25% to 5.50% range, a status quo held since July 2023, has elicited mixed reactions within the cryptocurrency community. While unchanged rates would typically be cause for celebration in traditional markets, many in the crypto sphere were actually
Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s oldest and most valued cryptocurrency, managed to climb above the $59,000 mark, trying to recover the losses it made earlier this week. Other popular altcoins — including the likes of Ethereum (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE), Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Litecoin (LTC) — landed in the greens as the overall Market Fear
Ladan Stewart, the SEC’s former top crypto enforcer Copyright White & Case LLP Ladan Stewart is a partner at White & Case LLP in the firm’s Global White Collar/Investigations Practice, where she focuses on SEC and other regulatory enforcement matters, white collar investigations, civil litigation and trials. Before joining White & Case, Ladan served for