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Sports gambling has seen rapid expansion in the US since the 2018 Supreme Court ruling allowing states to regulate sports betting within their respective borders. Among the states best known for casinos in the US is Nevada, home to the famous Las Vegas city. Outside of the US, Macau is another destination witnessing a surge in sports betting activities. Nevada and Macau, two global gaming powerhouses, have recently released their gaming revenue reports, showcasing notable trends in the industry. Nevada witnessed record-breaking figures for both December 2023 and the full fiscal year, while Macau experienced a significant surge in January. From a groundbreaking Supreme Court ruling legalizing online casinos to the popularity of slots for real money, Nevada has emerged as a powerhouse in the realm of traditional casinos and online casinos including crypto casinos. Nevada’s record gaming revenue In December 2023, Nevada achieved a historic milestone with...

US prosecutors deem the second trial unlikely for FTX’s ex-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Lack of new evidence cited; the initial trial covered major aspects of the case. The guilty verdict stands; sentencing is set for March 28, 2024, as scheduled. United States prosecutors have signalled that there may not be a second trial for Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), former CEO of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX . This development comes as stakeholders seek swift resolution, emphasizing the public interest and the anticipation of compensation details for FTX account victims. With the first trial concluding with Bankman-Fried found guilty on seven fraud charges, the focus is now on the sentencing set for March 28, 2024. No second trial for Sam Bankman-Fried Recent reports indicate that United States prosecutors are unlikely to pursue a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX. The prosecutors emphasize that there is insufficient new evidenc...

The 2018 MIT professor Gary Gensler didn’t think most ICOs triggered U.S. securities laws. The crypto community is calling out the hypocrisy of Gary Gensler, the head of the United States securities regulator, after a 2018 video emerged of him stating that cryptocurrencies are on par with commodities or cash and are not securities. The video came from a “Blockchain and Money” class in the Fall Semester of 2018 taught by Gensler, a former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) before he became chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On the topic of initial coin offerings (ICOs), Gensler said that "three-quarters of the market are not ICOs or not what would be called securities" and named the U.S., Canadian and Taiwanese markets as the "three jurisdictions that follow something similar to the Howey Test." "Three-quarters of the market is non-securities, it's just a commodity, cash,crypto,” Gensler then said. The below cli...