Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 6 of 298

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...

Paraguayan MP To Test BTC Bill This Week, JPMorgan Questions Bukele’s Move

July 12, 2021

Traditional financial analysts are pouring uninformed scorn on El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele’s bitcoin (BTC) adoption plans – while a Paraguayan MP says he has backing from a senator in his bid to laun...

Fidelity In Hiring Spree As Investors Eye Cryptoassets Beyond Bitcoin

July 12, 2021

Fidelity Digital Assets (FDA), a crypto-focused arm of US-based mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments, aims to add about 100 workers, increasing its headcount by around 70%, as institutional investors are in...

Man Looking for Lost BTC 7,500 in a Rubbish Dump Plans Hi-Tech Search

July 9, 2021

A British man who has been trying to convince his local council to let him search a rubbish dump for a hard disk drive containing a bumper bitcoin (BTC) haul since 2014 now wants to use high-tech wizardry to ...

Crypto Scammers Now Stalking Dating Apps Like Tinder for Prey

July 9, 2021

Crypto scammers may have found a new hunting ground for bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin-holding victims: dating apps. Per a case study published by the US-based crypto self-custody solutions provider Casa, scammer...

Santander UK Suspends Retail Payments to Binance

July 9, 2021

Santander UK, a British bank owned by the Spanish Santander Group, has decided to block all retail payments to Binance, a major cryptocurrency exchange, joining Barclays in the campaign to prevent customers f...