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Robinhood's Q2 Earnings Show 18% Decline in Crypto Trading Revenue
4.8.2023
In its Q2 2023 earnings report, Robinhood (HOOD), the online trading platform known for its crypto-friendly approach, revealed crypto trading revenue of $31 million, representing an 18% decrease from the previous quarter's $38 million.
Despite this decline, Robinhood achieved profitability...
Lithuanian Financial Intelligence Arm Lists Several Crypto Firms as New AML Violators
4.8.2023
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FNTT) of Lithuania has released a new list of anti-money laundering (AML) violators, featuring several crypto service providers in the country.
Lithuania is fast becoming a significant player in the European digital asset market, with its progressive approach...
Binance Appoints New Deputy Chief Compliance Officer and Global Money Laundering Reporting Officer
4.8.2023
On Thursday, Binance announced Kristen Hecht as the new Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Global Money Laundering Reporting Officer (GMLRO), a new role amid potential fraud charges from U.S. regulators.
Amid ongoing investigations into its practices, Binance has witnessed the departure...
Bernstein Report: Top Crypto Miners Set to Benefit Most as Capacity Surges
4.8.2023
Wealth management company, Berstein has said that digital asset mining firms with high capacity and a low production cost will become the biggest gainers in the wake of recent trends.
According to the report released on Aug 3, the top 4 largest miners who have invested heavily in equipment...
Digital Bank Revolut to Suspend Crypto Services For US Customers Citing Regulatory Uncertainty
4.8.2023
Crypto-friendly British neobank Revolut has announced plans to halt its crypto services for US customers.
The digital bank cited the market uncertainty and changes to the local regulatory landscape in the country for suspending crypto services.
The England-based fintech firm will suspend...
opBNB associates with COMBO unlocks Layer2 potential
4.8.2023
opBNB, which is a Layer 2 solution, has formed an exclusive association with COMBO, a top gaming-oriented Layer 2 technology. Together, they will be setting off a cross-chain activity, the focus remaining on uninterrupted interactions in terms of on-chain assets. They will be leading in matters...
Jack Dorsey's Block Q2 Revenue Soars to $5.5 Billion, Led by Strong Bitcoin Sales
4.8.2023
Block, the payments firm led by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, saw its revenue soar to $5.5 billion in the second quarter, partly thanks to strong growth in Bitcoin (BTC) sales on the platforms.
Out of the total $5.5 billion in revenue, a whopping $2.4 billion came from sales of Bitcoin,...
US SEC Chair Gary Gensler Sidelines Cryptos and Says AI “Warrants The Hype”
4.8.2023
The head of the US securities and exchange commission (SEC) Gary Gensler thinks that the “transformative” power of artificial intelligence (AI) makes it a regulatory priority than cryptocurrencies.
Shifting his focus from cryptocurrencies, Gensler says AI “warrants the hype” as he regards...
Offchain Labs introduces BOLD
4.8.2023
Offchain Labs introduces BOLD (Bounded Liquidity Delay), a dispute protocol that allows permissionless authentication for Arbitrum chains, along with providing a guarantee of longevity of the chain and minimum latency, and obstructs doubtful entities from increasing costs for entities with...
Ukraine's Game4Ukraine Soccer Match Utilizes Metaverse for Fundraising
4.8.2023
Besides the real-world event, Game4Ukraine, a charity soccer match announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will also be played at a virtual stadium for the metaverse visitors - featuring exclusive perks.
The celebrity match will take place on August 5 at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge...
Tech Entrepreneur Ilya Lichtenstein Admits to Masterminding $4.5 Billion Bitcoin Heist
4.8.2023
Tech entrepreneur Ilya Lichtensteind, a Russian-American citizen, has admitted to committing the original 2016 Bitfinex hack, CNBC reported.
Earlier, Lichtensteind and his wife Heather Morgan had confessed to attempting to launder $4.5 billion worth of Bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex.
Until...
Blackberry Cybersecurity Division Identifies Top Crypto Malware Amid Soaring Digital Asset Attacks
3.8.2023
The cybersecurity division of Blackberry, a former smartphone giant, has highlighted the most notorious malware families targeting cryptocurrencies.
In a ‘Global Threat Intelligence Report’ published Thursday, between March and May, Blackberry stopped over 1.5 million cyberattacks, that hit...
China Emerges as Binance's Key Market Despite Cryptocurrency Trading Ban
3.8.2023
China has emerged as the biggest market for major crypto exchange Binance, despite a ban on crypto trading in the country.
According to a Wall Street Journal report from Wednesday, Binance users located in China traded crypto worth as much as $90 billion in a single month this year, accounting...
Google Cloud Partners with Celo Network as Validator, Facilitating Ethereum Layer 2 Migration
3.8.2023
Google Cloud has partnered with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible blockchain network Celo (CELO), and is already running a Celo network validator, according to an announcement.
The initiative builds on a collaboration between the two sides that was originally announced in April, when...
Coinbase Analysts Remain Positive Ahead of Q2 Earnings Despite Regulatory Uncertainties
3.8.2023
Crypto trading platform Coinbase is poised for better-than-expected, Q2 earnings despite ongoing legal pressure against the firm and other industry giants, analysts say.
Consensus estimates from the financial data company FactSet call for revenues to decline to $629 million, down from $773 million...
Coinbase Layer 2 Base Mainnet Launch Date Announced - Here's What You Need to Know
3.8.2023
Coinbase, the largest publicly traded crypto exchange based in the US, revealed its plans to open mainnet for the public, starting August 9.
Built on the OP stack in partnership with Optimism, Base is a layer-two scaling solution for Ethereum (ETH).
“Over the next week, you’ll begin to see Dapps...
Stablecoin Bill's Failure Reflects Deepening Political Divide in Crypto
3.8.2023
The passing of a much-discussed stablecoin bill last week in the House Financial Services Committee revealed just how deep the political divide in Washington has become, a recent Fortune Crypto newsletter said.
The bill, which was close to getting bipartisan support after negotiations between...
Celo and Google Cloud extend their partnership
3.8.2023
Celo has announced that Google Cloud and its team are extending the partnership. The highlight of the announcement is that Google Cloud is running a validator on the network. While it has become one of the validators on the list, having Google Cloud by its side enables Celo to boast that it has...
Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX Wants Dubai Entity Detangled From US Bankruptcy Filings: Here’s The Latest
3.8.2023
Bankrupt digital asset exchange FTX has filed a motion to exclude its Dubai entity from the ongoing bankruptcy proceedings in the United States.
Per the motion, the company argues that FTX Dubai was not in business before Nov 2022 when bankruptcy documents were filed and as such there is no need...
Crypto Platform HashKey Becomes First Licensed Exchange in Hong Kong to Offer Retail Services
3.8.2023
Crypto exchange HashKey has become the first digital asset entity to receive a license under Hong Kong’s new crypto licensing regime.
HashKey Exchange, a subsidiary of HashKey group, announced Thursday that it had obtained the upgrade of Type 1 and Type 7 licenses, allowing the platform to “expand...