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Web3 Wallet Backpack Launches Registered Crypto Business in Dubai
31.10.2023
Backpack , an all-in-one Web3 wallet, has become the latest to receive a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license in Dubai. The approval will enable Backpack to launch a regulated cryptocurrency exchange service in the city. Per the company’s press release, Backpack Exchange is set...
U.S. Treasury Targets Gaza Crypto Business in Sanctions to Squeeze Hamas
18.10.2023
The Treasury Department issued a list of sanctions that included a business providing money transfers and digital assets exchange services in Gaza
Bitboy Ben Armstrong Arrested During Live Stream Over Stolen Lambo
26.9.2023
Crypto influencer Ben ‘Bitboy’ Armstrong has been reportedly arrested while livestreaming his attempt to confront a former business partner. Excerpts from the Youtube video released on social media show him explaining to police the reasons for his deed, including the alleged theft of...
Another Executive Exits Binance Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
6.9.2023
Mayur Kamat, head of product at Binance, is leaving the crypto exchange which has seen several executive exits in recent months. His and the other departures coincide with an ongoing regulatory clampdown on crypto business that has placed the leading trading platform for digital assets under...
Today in Crypto: Standard Chartered Says BTC Could Hit $100K by 2025, Bank of Korea Allowed to Investigate Crypto Business Operators, US Judge Orders Hydrogen to Pay $2.8M in Penalties
24.4.2023
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Metropolitan Commercial Bank Is Almost Done Exiting Crypto Business
20.4.2023
Metropolitan Commercial Bank is close to done with its exit from the cryptocurrency market with only $278.5 million in crypto-related deposits left, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from April 18
New York Regulator Calls Crypto Theories Associated With Signature Bank Closure ‘Ludicrous’
7.4.2023
Adrienne A. Harris, the superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services, has branded as “ludicrous” the claims that the closure of Signature Bank was related to its crypto business. Harris insisted that the bank’s “high percentage of uninsured...
First Mover Asia: China’s State-Owned Banks Are Soliciting Hong Kong Crypto Business, but Opening an Account Is Hard
28.3.2023
Are bitcoin traders shrugging off the CFTC's action against Binance? Or is there just not enough liquidity to go around?
Flagstar Bank Acquires Signature Bank’s Assets and Branches, Excluding Cryptocurrency Operations
20.3.2023
On Monday, about a week after the collapse of Signature Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that Flagstar Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp, acquired 40 former branches of Signature and its assets. Flagstar assumed nearly all...
Dutch Financial Regulator Vows Strict Treatment of Crypto Business Under MiCA
19.3.2023
The financial regulatory body of the Netherlands intends to maintain tough attitude towards the Dutch digital assets sector despite looser European rules. The head of the agency overseeing the industry doesn’t think crypto is good news and highlights its flaws in an article. Head of Dutch Financial...
FDIC asked Signature buyers to stop all crypto business: Report
16.3.2023
The FDIC regulators have reportedly required any buyer of Signature to agree to give up all cryptocurrency business at the bank
Signature Bank’s Prospective Buyers Must Agree to Give Up All Crypto Business: Report
16.3.2023
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has reportedly asked banks interested in acquiring the shuttered New York institution to submit bids by Friday
Elizabeth Warren Blames ‘Crypto Risk’ for Silvergate Bank’s Liquidation, Critics Dismiss Senator’s Claims as ‘Terribly Misinformed’
9.3.2023
After Silvergate Bank announced its voluntary liquidation, U.S. senator Elizabeth Warren is attributing the financial institution’s downfall to “crypto risk.” According to Warren, she had previously warned about Silvergate. However, some critics are dismissing Warren’s...
The Rise and Fall of Silvergate’s Crypto Business
3.3.2023
Silvergate Bank lost more than $8 billion in deposits from its crypto customers in the final months of 2022 as its core block of business crumbled under the industry’s implosion – just as the bank’s regulators had predicted might happen for such institutions
Payments Company Affirm Is Shutting Down Its Crypto Business
8.2.2023
During the bull market of 2021, Affirm had joined a number of fintech firms in offering clientele the ability to buy and sell crypto
Alameda-Connected Bank Exits Crypto Business
19.1.2023
The sister company of collapsed crypto exchange FTX had taken an $11.5M stake in tiny Washington State-based Farmington State Bank in January 2022
Signature Bank Downgraded at Jefferies Due to Shrinking Crypto Business
9.1.2023
The cut to hold by the formerly bullish analyst team comes after the stock has suffered a 67% year-over-year decline
Robert Kiyosaki: SEC Will ‘Crush’ Most Cryptos, Burry on US Recession, Gold Bug Schiff on Inflation in 2023 — Week in Review
8.1.2023
2023 is off to a rough start, with crypto business bankruptcies, inflation, and recession impacting markets and looming darker on the horizon. Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki says that other than bitcoin, the Unites States Securities and Exchange Commission is going to “crush”...
Crypto firm Juno urges users to withdraw after 'uncertainty' with custody partner
5.1.2023
Juno recommended users pull their funds from the platform amid "uncertainty" over the fate of its crypto custody provider Wyre
Binance CEO: We Don’t See a Viable Business in India
21.11.2022
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) says India is currently not a viable business environment for his cryptocurrency exchange, citing a strict tax regime. The executive explained: “Binance goes to countries where regulations are pro-crypto and pro-business.” Binance’s CEO on Indian...