The Block

Quick Take Lawyers for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried asked more time to prepare for his sentencing, but a judge denied the request.

Quick Take Crypto is relevant to Americans, as voters have concerns about financial stability and especially inflation, Grayscale said on Wednesday in a blog post.

Quick Take The crypto hardware manufacturer Trezor added support for Solana and Solana Program Library (SPL) tokens. The move comes amid a price rally for Solana and renewed interest in the token.

Quick Take Avail is collaborating with StarkWare to bring data availability to Starknet appchains. Developers can begin experimenting with the data availability solution on the testnet.

Bitcoin increased by over 4% to break through the $44,000 mark for the first time in over a week.But the risk of a price correction is increasing, according to Coinglass analysts.

Quick Take Crypto hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger will make changes to its signing processes after a $600,000 exploit last week. Ledger also promised that affected users will be made whole by the end of February 2024.

Quick Take Tres Finance, a firm that offers tax and other financial services for web3 firms, raised $11 million in Series A funding. The round brings Tres’ total funding to $18.6 million, with support from Faction, New Form, Cyber Fund and others.

Quick Take Baxus CEO Tzvi Wiesel explains how Baxus is innovating on luxury wine and spirit trading through blockchain technology.

Quick Take Ripple is now a registered Virtual Asset Service Provider in Ireland, expanding its crypto footprint in Europe. The registration paves the way for Ripple to offer digital asset services across the European Economic Area under upcoming MiCA regulations.

Quick Take China’s industrial ministry said it plans to formulate strategy documents to boost NFT and decentralized app development.