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FTX to Sell Subsidiary Acquired for $10M to Coinlist for $500K Amid Bankruptcy Proceedings
11.2.2024
FTX Trading Ltd. and its affiliates have announced a plan to sell a subsidiary it acquired for $10 million to Coinlist for $500,000, court documents filed on Feb. 9, 2024 show. The latest motion, filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, details the proposed sale...
Circle Informs Clients of IRS Inquiry Into $20K Annual Transactions
21.12.2023
Numerous advocates of digital currencies report that Circle Internet Financial has been reaching out to its clients about a summons received from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Circle has stated that it is obliged to submit records concerning U.S. taxpayers who have engaged in transactions...
Blockchain.com Raises $110 Million in Series E Round Led by Kingsway
16.11.2023
Blockchain.com, a cryptocurrency enterprise offering a digital asset exchange, a blockchain explorer, and a non-custodial wallet, has recently secured $110 million in a Series E funding round spearheaded by Kingsway. Despite this successful funding round, Blockchain.com’s post-valuation...
Bitcoin Firm Coinbits Suspends Operations Amidst Custodian Prime Trust’s Financial Woes
29.6.2023
The cryptocurrency firm and bitcoin investment app, Coinbits, has announced the suspension of its services due to complications involving the Nevada-based custodian, Prime Trust. Following accusations of insolvency and breaches of fiduciary responsibilities, Nevada’s financial regulators...
Robinhood to Delist Cardano, Solana, and Polygon Amidst SEC Regulatory Pressure
9.6.2023
Fintech and crypto firm Robinhood has announced the delisting of cardano (ADA), solana (SOL), and polygon (MATIC) on June 27, 2023. This development comes after the publicly-listed company revealed that it was “actively reviewing” its coin listings in the wake of recent U.S....
Okx Introduces New Ordinals Marketplace Amid Bitcoin Inscription and BRC20 Buzz
16.5.2023
On Tuesday, the crypto firm Okx announced the launch of a new Ordinals marketplace. The platform is accessible via the Okx Wallet and will enable users to mint and trade Ordinal inscriptions and BRC20 tokens. While the Ordinals marketplace is still in its early stages, users can take advantage...
Quicknode Raises $60 Million in Series B to ‘Fuel Blockchain Adoption’ and Expand Globally
24.1.2023
Web3 infrastructure firm Quicknode raised $60 million in a Series B funding round, according to an announcement the company made on Tuesday. The capital injection brings the company’s post-valuation to $800 million, and Quicknode says the funds will be used to “further fuel blockchain...
NYDFS Releases Guidance on Importance of Segregation and Separate Accounting for Customer Funds in Crypto Industry
23.1.2023
On Monday, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published guidance on custodial structures to help protect customers’ money if a crypto firm goes bankrupt. New York’s top financial regulator stressed that businesses should not commingle customer funds and that customer...
German crypto bank Nuri tells 500K users to withdraw funds ahead of shut down
19.10.2022
Nuri will maintain crypto trading services until the end of November, and has encouraged users to withdraw their assets before the mid-December deadline
Robinhood Begins European Expansion, Acquiring Regulated UK-Based Crypto Firm Ziglu
20.4.2022
Nasdaq-listed trading platform Robinhood is acquiring Ziglu, a London-based electronic money institution and crypto asset firm. The acquisition is part of Robinhood’s international expansion plan. Robinhood “sees a big opportunity in serving customers across the globe.”...
Digital Currency Exchange Kraken Acquires Crypto Staking Firm Staked
23.12.2021
The digital asset company Kraken announced it has acquired the non-custodial staking platform Staked for an undisclosed sum. While the sum of the purchase was not disclosed, the company claims that it was “one of the largest crypto industry acquisitions to date.” Kraken Acquires...
Crypto Firm Owners Plead Guilty to Tax Evasion, Face up to 5 Years in Prison
14.10.2021
The owners of a cryptocurrency firm that raised approximately $24 million from more than 13,000 investors have pleaded guilty to tax evasion. “These crypto-savvy defendants exploited an emerging technology, lying to their investors, pocketing the proceeds, and concealing the income from...
$3.6B in Bitcoin vanishes in 'hack' along with owners of South African crypto platform
24.6.2021
Billions worth of Bitcoin has reportedly vanished along with the operators of South African crypto firm AfriCrypt. Is it a scam or a hack?
Ripple Acquires Iceland Crypto Firm, Expanding its European Operations
1.10.2019
Ripple, a prominent name in the crypto space, seems on an acquisition spell. Yesterday, on September 30, 2019, it unveiled operations in Iceland by acquiring a cryptocurrency trading company Algrim for further expanding its Europe presence. With this move, the company will welcome a new engineer...
Bitqyck – The Texas Firm Has Been Charged by SEC For Distributing Illicit Crypto Tokens
30.8.2019
Yesterday, the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that it has charged fine against a crypto firm based out of Texas, the U.S. As a result of this, the firm- Bitqyck is now ready to pay 8,375,617 U.S. Dollar as fine. Also, the founders- Bise and Menendez of the firm...
Bitso Becomes First Regulated Crypto Firm In LATAM, Adoption To Get Boosted In The Region
19.7.2019
Cryptocurrency trading platform Bitso has become the first crypto company to be regulated in Latin America, which has opened the door for numerous possibilities. At a time when regulators in Washington and other major countries are lashing Bitcoin and other digital tokens, the move in Mexico...