Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 3 of 295

Ripple to Question Former SEC Official over Ongoing XRP Lawsuit

July 16, 2021

Ripple Labs has received the court’s approval to question a former high-level Securities and Exchange Official, William Hinman, as a part of its legal battle with the financial markets regulator. The depositi...

Crypto Derivatives Exchange Bybit Launches Spot Trading

July 15, 2021

Bybit, one of the largest crypto derivatives platforms in terms of trading volume, has expanded its offerings with the launch of spot crypto trading services. Announced on Thursday, the crypto platform has a...

US SEC Charges ICO Listing Website for Unlawfully Promoting Securities

July 15, 2021

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced on Wednesday that it has settled charges against Blotics Ltd, the operator behind Coinschedule.com, a website that listed offerings of digital ass...

Musk Sparks Bitcoin Community Ire with Question about Regulation: ‘NO ELON’

July 14, 2021

Crypto sector social media heavyweights have lashed out at the Tesla supremo Elon Musk after the outspoken entrepreneur piped up on Twitter with a question about regulatory permits for an open source bitcoin ...

Paraguayan MP’s ‘Leaked’ Crypto Bill Makes No Mention of Bitcoin

July 14, 2021

Details of a Paraguayan private member’s bill that its author promised would bring bitcoin (BTC) and crypto into the national economy have allegedly been leaked to the media hours before they were due to be u...

ECB Starts Digital Euro Project With Two-Year Investigation & Bitcoin Bashing

July 14, 2021

The European Central Bank (ECB) has just announced that Eurosystem has formally launched its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project to prepare "for the possible issuance of a digital euro." Once again, ...

Crypto Firm 21Shares Collaborates with German Platform Comdirect

July 14, 2021

21Shares, a Switzerland-based crypto ETP issuer, announced yesterday that it has collaborated with Comdirect, a leading German online financial portal, to bring crypto ETPs into savings accounts. According t...

UK Authorities Conduct a Record-Breaking Crypto Seizure Worth $249 Million

July 14, 2021

Detectives from the UK Metropolitan Police’s Economic Crime Command made another significant strike regarding seizing a considerable amount of cryptocurrencies, surpassing the last one made on June 24. Accord...

Tax Haven Citizenship Loophole for US Crypto Folk May Not Stay Open for Long

July 13, 2021

A Russian ex-pro sailor has been touting a tax haven investment program for American crypto traders who are looking for legal loopholes to help them escape paying capital gains tax on their profits. But the p...

UK Detectives Break Crypto Seizure Record, Brace For More

July 13, 2021

The London Metropolitan Police said it has seized almost GBP 180m (USD 249m) in an unspecified cryptocurrency during an ongoing investigation into international money laundering that "will continue for months...