Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 3 of 298

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...

IMF Says Making Bitcoin a National Currency is an ‘Inadvisable Shortcut’

July 27, 2021

As El Salvador is preparing to make bitcoin (BTC) legal tender this September, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued another warning, stressing that this move "is an inadvisable shortcut." While gover...

‘Facts’ That We ‘Know’ About Crypto are ‘Wrong’ – Senate Hearing Witness

July 27, 2021

The US Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (aka the Senate Banking Committee) today holds an important hearing called 'Cryptocurrencies: What are they good for?' - and while some list world-chang...

World’s Biggest Listed Hedge Fund Firm Chief Makes Bitcoin Noob Mistakes Too

July 26, 2021

The Cryptoverse is seeing yet another traditional financial boss making the very same greenhorn Bitcoin (BTC) mistakes that had been debated and debunked numerous times before, continuing the cycle of misinfo...

Bitcoin Accelerates Despite Alleged Tether Criminal Probe Report

July 26, 2021

Bitcoin (BTC) trimmed its gains today, before rebounding again despite claims that executives behind the most popular stablecoin, tether (USDT), might face a criminal probe. At 16:53 UTC, BTC trades at USD 3...