Financial Times: UK CMA Chair Marcus Bokkerink plans to leave the antitrust agency, after pressure from UK ministers; the CMA appoints ex-Amazon exec Doug Gurr as interim chair  —  Marcus Bokkerink replaced at CMA with government saying it wants pro-business decisions to drive prosperity and growth Lees verder op Tech Meme

Danny Park / The Block: A Texas District Court rules against Tornado Cash sanctions, ordering a previous decision to be reversed; the US sanctioned Tornado Cash in August 2022  —  – A U.S. District Court has ordered the sanctions on Tornado Cash to be reversed.  — The price of TORN jumped over 140% following the news. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk: Crypto exchange Deribit reports total trading volume, including options, futures, and more, rose 95% YoY to $1.19T in 2024; options volume rose 99% YoY to $743B  —  Need evidence of the crypto market’s maturation?  Look no further than Deribit, the crypto exchange that registered record trading volumes in 2024. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Quant trading firm XTX, managing $250B+ in daily trades, plans to invest €1B+ on five data centers in Finland to support its growing use of machine learning  —  – Billionaire’s quant firm plans five data centers in Finland  — The move bucks trend of relying on third-party infrastructure Lees verder op Tech Meme