The Blue Origin mission is expected to move forward with six crew members after a 2021 bid from the Tron founder. Blue Origin, the privately-owned space technology company launched by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, said Tron founder Justin Sun will be joining the crew of its next mission, which is expected to launch in a matter of weeks. In a Monday notice, Blue Origin said Sun would join five others as part of the company’s 34th mission using its suborbital rocket system New Shepard, named after the first American in space, Alan Shepard. According to the company, Sun placed a bid for the first seat on the mission in 2021, contributing $28 million. The 2021 notice suggested that Sun would personally pick the other five crew members, which the company said would be from “the TRON DAO community, comprising of long-term holders of TRX, BTT, JST, SUN, NFT, and WIN.” However, a spokesperson for the Tron founder told Cointelegraph he had not chosen the crew, which included a real estate investor, a businessman, a journ...
The FTX estate calls 49 countries “restricted foreign jurisdictions” including China, which accounts for 82% of repayment funds the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange would hold back. The estate of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX is seeking a delay in a Delaware court as it works to respond to over 90 objections challenging its proposed halt to repayments in certain “foreign jurisdictions,” according to a court document reviewed by Cointelegraph. The “Motion for Leave” would give the FTX estate more time to present its case for halting repayments to creditors in so-called restricted jurisdictions. The document was filed on Sunday, with a hearing scheduled for Tuesday to address the original motion that triggered the legal dispute. “Given the high volume of Objections received up until and following the Objection Deadline, the FTX Recovery Trust required additional time to draft, finalize, obtain approval of and file the Reply,” the FTX estate wrote. Read more
Following its latest freeze of nearly $86K in stolen USDt, Tether’s enforcement capabilities are again in the spotlight — raising questions about centralized control in stablecoin ecosystems. Tether, issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin, said on Sunday it had frozen $85,877 in USDt (USDT) tied to stolen funds, acting in “collaboration with law enforcement.” The move has reignited debate over the role of centralized stablecoin issuers in enforcing crypto compliance. The freeze, while relatively minor compared to other such actions by Tether, adds to the company’s growing record of intervention. Tether says it has frozen over $2.5 billion in USDt linked to illicit activity and has blocked more than 2,090 wallets in cooperation with global authorities. Related: Embedding human rights into crypto isn’t optional, it’s foundational Read more