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CFTC Chairman: U.S. Regulators Lack Authority to Prevent Another Major Crypto Collapse
15.11.2023
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam has stated that U.S. regulators lack the authority to preemptively prevent another major crypto collapse similar to the FTX incident. Speaking at the Financial Markets Quality Conference 2023 at Georgetown University, Behnam...
Cardano Price Prediction as Fiery Trading Forecasts an 8800% Rise to $35 – Is This the Year for ADA’s Big Leap?
15.11.2023
Source: Dall•E 3 The Cardano price has barely moved in the past 24 hours, posting a 0.2% dip to $0.363808 on a day when the cryptocurrency market has fallen by 1.5% as a whole. This price means that ADA has risen by 2% in a week and by 44% in the last 30 days, with […]
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Stablecoins See Positive Supply Growth For First Time in More Than a Year: Glassnode Data
15.11.2023
Source: Unsplash Money is flowing into the crypto market through stablecoins, marking the first positive supply growth in over a year. According to blockchain analytics firm Glassnode, the 90-day net change in the supply of the top four stablecoins, Tether ( USDT), USD Coin ( USDC), Binance...
Crypto Custodian Hex Trust Secures Full Operating License in Dubai for Institutional Services
15.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Institutional-grade crypto custodian Hex Trust has successfully obtained a full operating license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), the firm announced today. This operating license represents the conclusive approval under VARA’s regulatory...
SEC’s FY 2023 Enforcement Actions Yield $5 Billion in Fines from Wall Street and Crypto Giants
15.11.2023
Source: Adobe/Kristina Blokhin The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that its enforcement actions in fiscal year 2023 resulted in nearly $5 billion in fines and reimbursements to investors. In a Tuesday press release, the agency said it has targeted Wall Street brokerages...
JPMorgan Expects JPM Coin to Hit $10 Billion in Daily Transactions in Coming Year
15.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Alexey Novikov JPMorgan Chase & Co. is expecting its digital token, JPM Coin, to process $10 billion in daily transactions in the upcoming year. This projection comes from the insights shared by Umar Farooq, the bank’s Global Head of Financial Institution Payments...
Kevin O’Leary Warns Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Could Be 18 Months Away
15.11.2023
Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, has cautioned that it could take another year and a half for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). He emphasized that we will not see a spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S. until...
“Mutant Ape Planet” NFT Designer Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Faces 5 Years in Prison
14.11.2023
Aurelien Michel, the 25-year-old designer of “Mutant Ape Planet” NFTs, pled guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday. A $3 million fraud scheme Michel admitted to luring in NFT investors with promises of giveaways, tokens, merchandise...
Senate Banking Committee Discusses Accountability, Oversight of Financial Regulators in Tuesday Hearing
14.11.2023
The Senate Committee on Banking, Houses, and Urban Affairs met on November 14th to conduct a hearing regarding oversight of financial regulators. Holding executives accountable “We must turn the lessons of this year into action,” said Senator Sherrod Brown (D – OH), Chairman of the U.S....
October’s Inflation Report: Shelter Prices Up, Gasoline Plummets — Mixed Market Reactions Follow
14.11.2023
On Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) remained unchanged in October, following a 0.4% increase in September. Over the past year, the all-items index rose 3.2% before seasonal adjustment, marking a notable trend...
Institutional Investors Flock to Bitcoin Pushing Inflows Past $1 Billion in 2023
14.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Alex Total inflows into traditional investment funds backed by crypto have finally passed the $1 billion mark for the year, after last week saw investors flocking to Bitcoin. For the week as a whole, crypto investment funds recorded inflows of $293 million, bringing the year-to-date...
Russian Banks ‘Fighting Back’ Against Digital Ruble – Report
14.11.2023
Source: pisotckii/Adobe Russian banks are reportedly “fighting back” against the digital ruble amid claims a CBDC launch would cost them $684 million a year. Per a report from Comnews, even the Central Bank’s commercial bank partners are “looking for ways” to “avoid” dealing with the coin...
Lloyds Bank: UK Sees 23% Increase in Cryptocurrency Scam Reports
14.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / JeromeMaurice Lloyds Bank, a big four bank in the United Kingdom, reports that crypto scams have risen 23% compared to the same period last year. The firm warned that fraudsters are targeting young people over social media, with victims losing an average of £10,741 ($13,183.72)...
Binance Faces Erosion in Market Dominance with 10% Decline in Trading Volume Amidst Rising Competition: Report
13.11.2023
Source: Adobe According to the November 6 report by blockchain analytics firm 0xScope, Binance has maintained its position as the top centralized exchange, with a significant market share; however, its dominance has weakened over the past year, with a continuous decrease in trading volume...
Hong Kong Lawmaker Proposes Bitcoin in Investment Immigration Program
13.11.2023
Source: LT/Adobe A Hong Kong lawmaker has proposed to incorporate Bitcoin trading into the city’s licensed exchanges in the revived investment immigration program. The initiative signals a progressive shift in embracing cryptocurrencies within the sphere of high-stakes financial endeavors....
Number of Bitcoin millionaire wallets triples in 2023
13.11.2023
Over 81,000 wallet addresses now hold $1 million or more worth of Bitcoin
FTX Bankruptcy Team Sues Crypto Exchange Bybit for $1 Billion – What’s Going On?
12.11.2023
Source: Adobe / Ascannio FTX’s bankruptcy advisers have filed a lawsuit against crypto exchange Bybit Fintech and its two affiliated companies. The lawsuit aims to recover approximately $953 million worth of cash and digital assets that were withdrawn from Sam Bankman-Fried‘s...
Ex-FTX execs team up to build new crypto exchange 12 months after FTX collapse: Report
12.11.2023
The cryptocurrency exchanges offers a self-custody solution that integrates a multiparty computation technique to secure funds
Bitcoin Price Prediction as $20 Billion Sends BTC Toward $40,000 – Has the Bull Market Started?
11.11.2023
Bitcoin (BTC) Chart / Source: TradingView The Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are taking a breather on Saturday, with the cryptocurrency moving sideways just below the yearly highs it printed earlier this year near $38,000, with BTC last changing hands for around $37,150. The cryptocurrency remains on course...
Bank of Russia to Develop Digital Ruble Payment System With the UAE
11.11.2023
The Bank of Russia has announced it will create a joint payment system with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using the digital ruble. Bank of Russia’s First Deputy Governor Olga Skorobogatova stated that the system would serve individuals and businesses alike and estimated its development would...