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OpenAI Scrambles to Prevent Staff from Leaving, Having “Intense Discussions” – Report
21.11.2023
Source: Unsplash Top management of artificial intelligence company, OpenAI, are scrambling to “reunify” the organization following the dramatic ousting of co-founder, Sam Altman. According to a report by Bloomberg News, OpenAI’s Vice President for Global Affairs, Anna Makanju, assured...
IMF Is Working Hard on a Global CBDC Concept, Director Georgieva Said: Bloomberg News
20.6.2023
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that the agency is “working hard on a concept of global infrastructure” to make sure there is interoperability of settlements between digital currencies that are issued by national central banks, according to Bloomberg...
Tether Counted Securities Issued by Chinese Firms Among Its Reserves: Bloomberg News
16.6.2023
Tether Holdings Ltd. at one point counted securities issued by Chinese companies among the reserves backing its USDT stablecoin, according to Bloomberg News.
Tether at a point in time held securities issued by state-owned Chinese companies including Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd....
Binance Is Being Investigated by French Authorities: Bloomberg News
16.6.2023
Binance is under investigation by French authorities for “acts of aggravated money laundering,” an official for the Paris public prosecutor’s office told Bloomberg.
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is also being investigated for the “alleged illegal provision of digital asset services...
Binance.US Adds to Its Legal Defense in Wake of SEC Lawsuit: Bloomberg News
12.6.2023
Binance.US has bulked up its legal expertise and added four lawyers to fight recent charges from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
One of those lawyers includes former co-director of the SEC’s enforcement division, George Canellos, according to Bloomberg News.
Canellos was also...
DCG’s Subsidiary TradeBlock Is Shutting Its Doors: Bloomberg News
26.5.2023
TradeBlock, an institutional investor focused subsidiary of Barry Silbert’s crypto conglomerate Digital Currency Group, is closing down, according to Bloomberg News.
“Due to the state of the broader economy and prolonged crypto winter, along with the challenging regulatory environment for digital...
Blockchain.com Shutters Asset Management Subsidiary Amid Crypto Winter and Industry Turmoil
11.3.2023
According to reports and a filing that shows its name struck off the U.K. companies’ register list, Blockchain.com is sunsetting its Blockchain.com Asset Management subsidiary. A company spokesperson cited deteriorating “macroeconomic conditions” and the “crypto winter”...
BIS General Manager Casts Doubt on Stablecoins, Claiming Tokens Do Not Benefit From Regulations or Central Planning
22.2.2023
According to Agustin Carstens, the head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), cryptocurrencies have lost the “battle” against fiat currencies issued by the world’s central banks. While speaking at the Monetary Authority of Singapore on Wednesday, Carstens stressed that...
Mike Bloomberg’s 2020 Finance Policy Proposes Strict Bitcoin Regulations
19.2.2020
The 2020 U.S. Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg addressed the subject of cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICO) in his recently published Financial Reform Policy. Bloomberg wants more “regulatory oversight” when it comes to this promising technology, claiming he sees...