Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 3 of 298

Uruguay Senator Sartori Unveils Crypto Adoption and Regulation Bill

August 5, 2021

A powerful young Uruguayan entrepreneur and senator has launched a bid that might ensure that businesses in the country can legally accept crypto as payments. Juan Sartori, 40, is the founder of the Union Gr...

DACH Funds May Inject USD 657B In Digital Assets Within 3 Years – Report

August 4, 2021

Within three years, between USD 100bn and USD 657bn could be injected into the digital asset market from the DACH region which comprises the German-speaking countries of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, acc...

Smaller South Korean Crypto Exchanges Begin to Shutdown, Suspend Services

August 3, 2021

A number of smaller South Korean crypto exchanges have announced their imminent closure – throwing in the towel in their struggle to meet a fast-approaching regulatory deadline that is threatening to derail t...

Updated Infrastructure Bill Still ‘Unacceptable’ for US Crypto Industry

August 2, 2021

Heavyweight critics are gunning for a controversial new bill that they claim will see the United States “essentially abandon” the “fintech revolution” if passed into law. The bipartisan measure, which addres...

Binance Winds Down Derivatives In Europe While Malaysia Takes Action

July 30, 2021

The crypto exchange giant Binance has run into yet more regulatory trouble in Asia while it's making new preventive moves in Europe. The platform issued a notice on its Binance.com website explaining that it...

PayPal Talks up ‘Crypto Capabilities’ of New App, Calls DeFi Applications ‘Interesting’

July 29, 2021

The payments giant PayPal, which ended the second quarter with 403m active accounts, has teased a new “super app” that it says will feature “additional crypto capabilities,” claiming that the app is “code com...

Financial Giants State Street & Bank of America Double Down On Crypto

July 29, 2021

US-based major players in the world of traditional finance continue incorporating crypto in their offerings to existing clients, and/or investing in crypto-related companies. Financial services provider Stat...

People ‘Should Have Exposure’ to Bitcoin – Manager of Billions

July 28, 2021

Horizon Kinetics, a major independently owned and operated investment adviser, is betting on cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin (BTC) as a protection against rising inflation for their investors. Morningstar d...

Bankers Rush To Fix Cross-border Payments as Crypto Competition Hots up

July 28, 2021

The banking industry looks set to go to war with crypto – and is attempting to beat coins and their proponents at their own game, with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) following on the heels of th...

Third Bank Invests in Fireblocks Making It a Double Unicorn

July 27, 2021

Digital asset security and asset transfer platform Fireblocks said it has "solidified" its unicorn status after raising USD 310m in Series D funding, boosting its valuation to USD 2bn. The round was co-led b...