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U.S. Federal Reserve’s Real-Time Payments System Coming In July
15.3.2023
The U.S. Federal Reserve is activating its long-awaited real-time payments system in July, the central bank said in a Wednesday statement, marking a transition that some have seen as a government challenge of the crypto sector’s instant-transaction advantages
Bitfury CEO: U.S. Government Using Crisis to Choke Off Crypto Access to Banks
15.3.2023
Brian Brooks, former head of the OCC and now board member of blockchain technology company Bitfury, says the recent crackdown by regulators on three crypto-friendly banks appears to be a coordinated effort and what some are dubbing "Operation Choke Point 2.0"
U.S. Lawmakers Digging Through Crypto Legislation for Bipartisan Winners: Senator
15.3.2023
Ideas have been gathered from the Senate and House, and lawmakers are trying to figure out what can get bipartisan support, said Senate Banking Committee member Thom Tillis
Germany and U.S. Seize Over $46M Crypto Tied to ChipMixer Investigation: Europol
15.3.2023
National authorities took down the platform's infrastructure, seizing four servers and 7 terabytes of data
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Hits 9-Month High, as ETH Moves Above $1,700
15.3.2023
Bitcoin briefly surged to a nine-month high late on Tuesday, as prices moved above the $26,000 mark. Although prices have since declined, overall sentiment remains bullish following the latest U.S. inflation report. Consumer prices fell to 6% last month, with ethereum climbing above $1,700 as...
Study Finds El Salvador Remains One of the Countries Most Interested in Bitcoin
15.3.2023
A recent study that examined the interest of several countries in bitcoin and crypto ranked El Salvador as second for having the most interest in the issue. While the U.S. was still ranked first, El Salvador’s high rank comes amidst criticism President Nayib Bukele has drawn from Salvadorans...
U.S. Government Demands Halt to Voyager-Binance.US' $1 Billion Deal – Here's Why
15.3.2023
The US government has demanded to put Binance.US’s proposed deal to purchase the assets from the collapsed cryptocurrency brokerage Voyager Digital on hold.
In a set of court filings submitted on Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and New York’s financial regulator expressed...
Voyager-Binance.US' $1B Deal Should Be Halted, U.S. Government Says
15.3.2023
The Department of Justice doesn’t like provisions that would render the company immune from prosecution for former wrongdoing
Meta Winding Down Support for NFTs on Facebook, Instagram
15.3.2023
U.S. tech giant Meta is giving up on operations with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) amid ongoing turbulence in the crypto space. The company allowed creators to share digital collectibles on its leading social media platforms last year. Meta Platforms Cutting Off Support for Non-Fungible Tokens...
U.S. DOJ Was Investigating Signature Bank's Work With Crypto Clients: Bloomberg
15.3.2023
Prosecutors were looking at the crypto-friendly bank before regulators seized it, people familiar told Bloomberg
Moody’s Downgrades US Banking Sector to Negative After Collapse of Three Major Banks
14.3.2023
After the failure of three major U.S. banks last week, with two of them being the second and third largest banking failures in the country, Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the rating of the U.S. banking system from “stable” to “negative.” As one of...
U.S. Treasury Poised to Release View on How DeFi Used in Illicit Finance
14.3.2023
The U.S. Treasury Department is close to releasing a risk assessment analyzing criminal use of decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg
Federal Investigators Probe Silicon Valley Bank Collapse; SVB and Top Execs Sued by Shareholders
14.3.2023
The parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, SVB Financial Group, and two senior executives have been sued by shareholders after SVB’s collapse last Friday. The proposed class action accuses SVB of hiding the fact that interest rate hikes would leave the bank in jeopardy. Additionally...
US Inflation Data Eases Concerns; Crypto Economy Jumps 11% Higher While Market Analysts Anticipate Fed’s Next Decision
14.3.2023
The U.S. Labor Department released the consumer price index (CPI) report on Tuesday. Although inflation increased in February year-over-year, the rise was expected, and the annual inflation rate for all items was 6%. The cooling inflation has eased some concerns, but fears of financial contagion...
Gibraltar's Xapo Bank Enables GBP Payments, Prepares USDC Option Amid U.S. Crypto Banking Crisis
14.3.2023
The retail-focused bank will be allowing users to make payments directly to and from ther U.K. accounts or wallets
Banking Crisis in U.S. Likely to Push Crypto Firms Offshore
14.3.2023
Report: DOJ and FBI Investigating Terraform Labs in Connection to Algorithmic Stablecoin Collapse
14.3.2023
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are reportedly investigating the collapse of the algorithmic stablecoin terra usd (UST) and the firm Terraform Labs. Unnamed sources say that former staff members from Terraform Labs, the company behind the Terra...
U.S. Inflation Slowed to 6% in February; Bitcoin Breaks $26K
14.3.2023
The bitcoin price (BTC) rose to a nine-month high of $25,484 in the minutes following the report and then extended those gains
Goldman Sachs Now Expects No Rate Hike in March Due to Stress in US Banking System
14.3.2023
Goldman Sachs has revised its U.S. interest rate forecast due to “stress in the banking system.” The global investment bank no longer expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in March after the central bank announced...
Bank Board Member and Dodd-Frank Co-Sponsor Barney Frank Suspects ‘Anti-Crypto’ Message Behind Signature Bank Failure
13.3.2023
Barney Frank, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts and leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, discussed his opinion on the recent failure of Signature Bank. In an interview, Frank stated that he believes regulators aimed to “send a very strong...