Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 7 of 298

Canadian Regulator Warns KuCoin for Securities Law Violation

July 9, 2021

After Poloniex, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) went after KuCoin, alleging that the cryptocurrency exchange had violated the Canadian state’s securities law. In a press release published earlier thi...

Square To Enter Crypto Hardware Market With Bitcoin First Wallet

July 9, 2021

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey-led payments company Square confirmed it aims to build a bitcoin (BTC) first hardware wallet "to make bitcoin custody more mainstream." "We have a lot of questions and issues to recon...

Chinese Crypto Ban Could Be Long-Term Good For Bitcoin – BitGo CEO

July 8, 2021

Mike Belshe, CEO and Co-Founder of digital asset financial services company BitGo, claims that a recent clampdown on crypto in China could be a good thing for Bitcoin (BTC) in the long-term. “Over the last t...

USDC Issuer Circle To Debut On NYSE

July 8, 2021

US-based Circle, the issuer of the second-most popular stablecoin, USD Coin (USDC), said it will go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “CRCL”. The company said it will go public th...

Chinese Central Bank Opts For Usual CBDC Rhetoric In Bashing Bitcoin, Stablecoins

July 8, 2021

Similarly to other central banks, China’s central bank has taken another swipe at bitcoin (BTC), stablecoins and “private digital currencies” – claiming that they have inherent potential “risks that threaten ...

Some Central Bankers Show Interest in Bitcoin; Inflation Fears Mount

July 7, 2021

A survey of 30 central banks brought somewhat surprising results as some bankers showed signs of openness to cryptoassets such as bitcoin (BTC). Also, central bankers are becoming more concerned about inflati...

Poland’s UKNF Reminds Crypto Market Is Not Regulated, Mentions Binance

July 7, 2021

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (UKNF) issued a warning on Wednesday about Binance, a major cryptocurrency exchange, in the wake of the recent strain of announcements made by other regulators globa...

BNB Rallies While Binance CEO Bows To Regulators Amid Another Setback

July 7, 2021

Binance coin (BNB) is rallying despite a fresh blow for the Binance crypto exchange after it was forced to “temporarily suspend” payments from the EU-operated Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) network. Also, t...

Visa Crypto Card Users Spent Over USD 1B Globally This Year

July 7, 2021

Payments giant Visa announced that crypto-linked card usage surpassed USD 1bn in the first half of 2021. Their consumers globally spent more than USD 1bn worth of cryptocurrency on goods and services through...

Ethereum Going to London in August, but Some Changes Will Need To Wait

July 7, 2021

In its gradual process of transitioning to Ethereum 2.0 and a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, Ethereum (ETH) might get its London upgrade on or around August 4, at which point a number of changes wi...