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Celsius ‘Deeply Insolvent’, US State Regulator Believes

Vermont regulator warns crypto lending firm Celsius “lacks the assets and liquidity to honour its obligations to account holders and…

2 years ago

Amazon Faces UK Investigation For Suspected Anti-competitive Practices

Another probe. Busy week for the UK's CMA after it confirms investigation of Amazon over “suspected anti-competitive practices”

2 years ago

Central African Republic Pushes Crypto For Economic Inclusion

Central African Republic's cryptocurrency-based Sango plan aims to boost crypto adoption, tokenisation – and even includes metaverse platform

2 years ago

FBI Adds ‘Cryptoqueen’ To List Of Ten Most Wanted

FBI adds Ruja Ignatova, former leader of OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme, to list of ten most wanted over running 'one of…

2 years ago

Bitcoin Falls Below $19,000, But Recovers Slightly Friday

Ominous sign for crypto markets? The value of Bitcoin dropped over 6 percent to below the $19,000 mark on Thursday,…

2 years ago

Taiwan Developing Own Digital Currency – Report

Central bank of Taiwan confirms it is still working on its digital currency, but has not revealed any timeframes as…

2 years ago

Bitcoin Recovers After Sinking Below $20,000

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies held on to Sunday gains after the biggest cryptocurrency dipped below $20,000 on Saturday, amidst industry…

2 years ago

Cryptocurrencies Plunge After Celsius Pauses Withdrawals

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fall after $12bn crypto lender Celsius pauses withdrawals and transfers, citing 'extreme' market conditions

2 years ago

New York Signs Bill To Ban Certain Crypto Mining Operations

Lawmakers in New York have passed a bill to ban certain cryptocurrency mining operations that run on carbon-based power sources

2 years ago

Amazon Hits Out At US Congress Antitrust Bill

Online retail giant Amazon slams US antitrust bill for unfairly singling it out, while not targetting rival retailers such as…

2 years ago

Bitcoin Price Spikes After Weeks Of Declines

Bitcoin rises more than 7 percent to over $31,000 after eight weeks of declines, but crypto transaction volumes still low…

2 years ago

Binance Registers In Italy Amidst Europe Push

Binance registers in Italy following France approval, almost a year after it was forced to scale back operations in Europe…

2 years ago

BNP Paribas Joins JP Morgan Blockchain Trading Network

French bank BNP Paribas becomes first European bank to join JP Morgan's blockchain-based Onyx Digital Assets platform for repurchase trading

3 years ago

Crypto Investor Arrested After Visiting Home Of TerraUSD Founder

South Korean crypto investor under police investigation after visiting home of Do Kwon, creator of failed TerraUSD cryptocurrency, to ask…

3 years ago

Davos Forum Sees Major Influx Of Crypto Firms

Cryptocurrency and blockchain firms are major presence at this year's physical Davos economic summit, in spite of recent drop in…

3 years ago

Crypto Executive Says Bitcoin Has ‘No Future’ As Payments Network

Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the digital asset exchange FTX, says Bitcoin tech cannot scale to meet demands of true…

3 years ago

TerraUSD Organisers ‘Spent $2bn’ In Bitcoin To Maintain Value

Organisers behind failed TerraUSD stablecoin say they spent more than $2bn in Bitcoin last week in vain attempt to keep…

3 years ago

Bitcoin Slide Continues As Regulators Weigh In

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to slide after spectacular collapse last week of 'stablecoin' TerraUSD and broader market jitters

3 years ago

Cryptocurrency Crash Continues As Ethereum, Luna Plummet

After Bitcoin suffers major crash this week, Ethereum, Luna, terraUSD and other cryptocurrencies plunge, wiping $200 billion off entire market

3 years ago

Funding Round Values Cryptocurrency Exchange KuCoin At $10bn

New $150m funding round values Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin at $10bn amidst soaring investment in 'web3' ventures

3 years ago

Bitcoin Falls 50 Percent From November High

Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies slump amidst broader stock market sell-off amidst central bank interest rate hike and economic uncertainty

3 years ago

Nvidia Charged By SEC For ‘Inadequate Disclosures’ About Crypto Mining

US financial regulator charges GPU giant Nvidia for “inadequate disclosures” concerning the impact of crypto mining on the company’s gaming…

3 years ago

SEC Nearly Doubles Staff Of Crypto Enforcement Group

US financial regulator adds 20 full-time staff to cryptocurrency enforcement unit, also targets fraud in decentralised finance, NFTs, stablecoins

3 years ago

Bored Ape Start-Up Raises Millions In Virtual Land Sale

'Bored Ape Yacht Club' NFT creator, start-up Yuga Labs, raises more than $260m in sale of tokens representing land in…

3 years ago

Apple Profits Surge, As Firm Warns Of Trouble Ahead

No interruption for the Apple gravy train, as it shrugged off supply chain troubles. However it forecasted bigger problems ahead

3 years ago

US Says North Korean Lazarus Group Carried Out Huge Crypto Theft

US Treasury Department says notorious North Korean hackers, the Lazarus Group, was behind largest ever cryptocurrency heist last month

3 years ago

Amazon Adds Fuel, Inflation Surcharge To Sellers

US online shoppers could soon face high prices, after Amazon added a 5 percent “fuel and inflation surcharge” to the…

3 years ago

WhatsApp Gains Approval To Double Indian Payment Service – Report

Regulatory approval for Meta's WhatsApp, to more than double the number of users of its payments service in India to…

3 years ago

Block, Blockstream, Tesla Build ‘Green’ Bitcoin Mine

Fintech giant Block (formerly Square) works with Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream on Bitcoin mining facility powered by Tesla solar products

3 years ago

EU Bans Crypto Services To Russia

New package of sanctions extends asset freeze to crypto-wallets amidst fears virtual assets could be used to get around existing…

3 years ago