Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 8 of 298

Crypto.com Signs $175 Million Sponsorship Deal with UFC

July 7, 2021

Crypto.com has extended its sports marketing reach and inked a massive sponsorship deal with the top mixed martial arts organization, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Though officially not revealed, CNBC...

Beijing Sends Another Warning Over Crypto Trading

July 6, 2021

A Beijing office of China’s central bank ordered Beijing Qudao Cultural Development Co Ltd, a Beijing-based software maker, to suspend operations, and its website had been deactivated over its suspected invol...

USD 55B Fund Marshall Wace Prepares To Enter Crypto Industry

July 6, 2021

London-based hedge fund Marshall Wace, which manages USD 55bn in assets, is planning to start investing in areas such as digital currencies, stablecoins, blockchain, and payments, while crypto trading might c...

Barclays’ Binance Customers Looking for Alternative Apps, Banks & Countries

July 6, 2021

The crypto-supporting customers of London-headquartered multinational bank Barclays are "leaving" and searching for workarounds after the bank - previously fined for being used for money laundering - stopped ...

Hope in S Korea as Ruling Party Says ‘Let’s Institutionalize Crypto’

July 6, 2021

There may be fresh hope for the South Korean crypto sector as the ruling Democratic Party launched a crypto task force – with the new body talking in relatively upbeat terms about the industry and the need to...

South Korea’s FSC Could Join Other Regulators Stance towards Binance

July 5, 2021

The Financial Services Commission (FSC) from South Korea is planning to follow the same path as other regulators globally towards Binance, a major cryptocurrency exchange, by setting a deadline to register it...

Wyoming Legally Recognizes First DAO In The United States

July 5, 2021

The crypto-friendly state of Wyoming has approved the first legally recognized Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) in the United States. The American CryptoFed DAO received notice from the Wyoming Se...

Cryptocurrency Firm Grayscale Adds Cardano to Its Digital Large Cap Fund

July 5, 2021

Grayscale, the US-based cryptocurrency asset management firm, recently announced that the company has added Cardano, a proof-of-stake blockchain platform, to its Digital Large Cap Fund. According to the offi...

Ex-Cryptopia Staffer Admits To Stealing USD 176K In Crypto

July 5, 2021

In another round of controversies surrounding New Zealand’s collapsed crypto exchange Cryptopia, a former staffer has admitted to stealing customer data and close to NZD 250,000 (USD 176,000) worth of crypto ...

‘Only 4 Korean Exchanges to Be Left Standing’ in September, Warn Banks

July 5, 2021

South Korean commercial banks “increasingly believe” only four crypto exchanges will survive beyond a September 24 deadline – after which crypto exchanges will need to adopt anti-money laundering (AML) protoc...