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Economist Slams ECB Chief Lagarde’s Bitcoin Remarks as Dangerous for Cryptocurrency Regulation
20.1.2021
Responding to European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde’s recent remarks about bitcoin, the chief economist at investment firm Tressis said what Lagarde implied was “outrageous” and “dangerous” for cryptocurrency regulation. Economist Says Governments...
Cybersecurity firm uses encrypted hard drive with Bitcoin to test applicants
18.1.2021
Successful applicants can use the funds to buy a ticket to the company's headquarters
Travel Firm Backed for USD 50m in Bid to Develop ‘Killer DeFi App’
18.1.2021
Travel industry player Maps.me has taken the DeFi plunge with a USD 50m fundraising effort it has described as “an investment into the embedded DeFi ecosystem.”
In a press release shared with Cryptonews.com, the firm revealed that its backers in the USD 50m drive include the Berkeley and Hong...
A Russian Operation Is Mining Bitcoin in the Arctic Circle for Cheap Electricity
16.1.2021
A Russian company is leveraging the Siberian city of Norilsk located above the Arctic Circle in order to mine bitcoins. Bitcluster, the owner of the crypto mining operation, plans to expand the firm’s activities after launching the facility in late 2020. According to the company’s...
Russian Metals Firm Norilsk Nickel Backs IBM’s Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Pact
16.1.2021
The technology is aimed at tracing commodity flows in near real-time and cut paperwork
Mt Gox Creditors Asked to Approve a Settlement Proposal Drafted by Coinlab
16.1.2021
On January 15, the public was made aware of a deal between the firm Coinlab Inc., the Mt Gox bankruptcy trustee, Nobuaki Kobayashi, alongside MGIFLP, a subsidiary of Fortress Investment Group. According to the proposal, Mt Gox creditors will be able to claim as much as 90% of the bitcoin held...
Coinbase invests in US-based mining firm amid industry diversification efforts
14.1.2021
Titan secured funding from Coinbase to offer a U.S.-developed software suite for miners
Survey: The Number of US Financial Advisors Allocating to Crypto in Client Portfolios Jumped 49% in 2020
14.1.2021
A survey reveals that the number of U.S. financial advisors allocating to crypto in their clients’ portfolios surged significantly from 2019. The figures show that it rose 49% in 2020, from 6.3% to 9.4%. A Vast Majority of the Advisors Also Have Personal Crypto Investments According to...
Grayscale Investments Terminates XRP Trust Citing Impact of SEC Lawsuit Against Ripple
14.1.2021
Grayscale Investments is shutting down its Grayscale XRP Trust and liquidating its XRP holdings in order to distribute cash proceeds to the trust’s shareholders. The firm cited difficulty in converting XRP into U.S. dollars following the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Publicly-Listed Lottery Company to Buy $14.4M Worth of Bitcoin Mining Machines
13.1.2021
A U.S. listed Chinese sports lottery firm announced that it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire bitcoin (BTC) mining machines. The deal involves the issuing of $14.4 million worth of 500.com Class A ordinary shares. Models Include S17, T17, M20s and S9 According to the announcement...
World's Biggest Publicly Traded Hedge Fund Firm Defends Bitcoin + More News
13.1.2021
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Bitcoin (BTC)'s volatility is simply part of the price discovery in a new asset class, and these are not bubbles, analysts at...
Fidelity International Invests $6M in Firm Behind Hong Kong’s OSL Crypto Exchange
12.1.2021
BC's OSL exchange is the first crypto brokerage to receive Hong Kong regulators' blessing
NYDIG Taps Fintech Firm Moven to Bring Bitcoin to Your Bank
12.1.2021
“If PayPal and Square can do it, then community banks should be able to do it too,” said Moven founder Brett King
Binance, Blockchain Firm Orbs to Sponsor New Accelerator for DeFi Innovation
11.1.2021
The two firms have become core sponsors of the DeFi.org accelerator, which will provide grants for innovative startups working in decentralized finance
US-Listed Chinese Lottery Firm Plans $14.4M Move Into Bitcoin Mining
11.1.2021
Shares of the company traded up 11% on the news of the deal to purchase miners later this year
Crypto custody firm graduates Singapore Monetary Authority’s regulatory sandbox
11.1.2021
The Singapore-based Propine emerged from the MAS regulatory sandbox with a Capital Markets Services License, and authorization to begin offering digital asset services to institutions
Crypto Custody Firm Leaves Singapore’s Regulatory Sandbox With License, ISO Rating
11.1.2021
The firm exits the sandbox with what it claims is the first ISO 27001 certification for a crypto custody provider
MTI Bitcoins Sent to Privacy Mixers as New Data Breach Exposes the Ponzi Scheme’s Top Earners
10.1.2021
In another twist to the Mirror Trading International (MTI) bitcoin Ponzi scam, the blockchain intelligence firm Whitestream says bitcoins from wallets associated with the company are being sent to Wasabi privacy mixers. According to Whitestream’s update, this pivot to mixers suggests that...
Russian Oil Giant Provides Excess Gas to Operations Powering Bitcoin Mining Devices
10.1.2021
The firm Gazpromneft, an oil subsidiary of the Russian natural gas and global energy company Gazprom, is giving bitcoin mining operations the chance to power operations by using excess gas for electricity. The Russian firm has allowed a small mining operation to benefit from the excess gas...
Morgan Stanley Massively Increases Bitcoin Exposure Through Microstrategy
9.1.2021
Global investment bank Morgan Stanley has increased its bitcoin exposure manyfold by investing in Microstrategy, the Nasdaq-listed company which currently holds about 70,470 bitcoins. Morgan Stanley now has a 10.9% stake in Microstrategy. ‘Even Banks Want Bitcoin’ Global financial...