FinCEN Links More Than $5 Billion in Bitcoin Transactions to Ransomware
FinCEN, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, linked more than $5 billion in bitcoin transactions to the most common ransomware...
Year: 2021
Microstrategy CEO Advises Nigeria and Zimbabwe to Adopt Bitcoin Standard, Says BTC Is ‘Kingmaker’
Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor has suggested Nigeria and Zimbabwe issue currencies that are backed by bitcoin if they want to...
French central bank pilots blockchain-based CBDC for debt market
Led by Belgian financial services firm Euroclear, the latest French CBDC trial involved a system by tech giant IBM. The...
Crypto lender Nexo confirms NYAG order, calls it a ‘mix up’
Nexo Financial confirms to be one of the two crypto lending firms to receive the cease and desist order from...
‘All bears will die’ — Bitcoin metric prepares to flip green for the first time in 6 months
The complex-sounding but insightful Long-Term & Short-Term Holder Realized Price Ratio is tipped to repeat its historical bull signal. A...
Bakkt sheds more than 6% on first day of public trading
The price of BKKT contracted by more than 6% during its first day of public trade. Bakkt ($BKKT), an institutional...
Bounce and Arpa Chain surge 25% on Coinbase Pro listings
The “Coinbase effect” has just been observed for two of three tokens freshly listed on the exchange’s Pro platform. Leading...
Bakkt sheds more than 6% on first of public trading
The price of BKKT contracted by more than 6% during its first day of public trade. Bakkt ($BKKT), an institutional...
Polkadot unveils $770M development fund ahead of parachain auctions
Polkadot’s Gavin Wood has announced a more than $770 million development fund just weeks before the network’s parachain auctions are...
Bounce and Apra Chain surge 25% on Coinbase Pro listings
The “Coinbase effect” has just been observed for two of three tokens freshly listed on the exchange’s Pro platform. Leading...
El Salvador removes BTC price feed from Chivo app to crack down on arbitrage scalpers
Users of the Salvadoran government’s Chivo wallet will not be able to see frozen price quotes until the feature has...
Arbitrum extends lead over Optimism as Uniswap posts record volume on L2
DeFi users appear to be choosing Arbitrum over Optimism for scaling as Uniswap’s layer-two volume presses into record highs. The...
Financial Advisors Managing $110 Trillion Can Now Offer Crypto Trading to Clients via Interactive Brokers
Registered investment advisors (RIAs) with about $110 trillion under management can now offer their clients cryptocurrency trading through Interactive Brokers....
NY Attorney General Targets 5 Crypto Companies: 2 Lending Platforms Ordered to Shut Down
New York Attorney General Letitia James has ordered two cryptocurrency lending platforms to shut down and requested three other platforms...
Grayscale Confirms Plan to Convert GBTC Into Bitcoin ETF
Grayscale Investments has confirmed its plan to file for its bitcoin trust (GBTC) to be converted into a bitcoin exchange-traded...
