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Jim Cramer Thanks SEC Chairman for Standing up to ‘Crypto Bullies’ Seeking Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval
22.1.2023
The host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, has thanked Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler for standing up to the “crypto bullies” who want the regulator to approve a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Cramer has repeatedly warned about the SEC cracking down...
Former SEC Official’s Crypto Warning: Regulatory Onslaught Is Just Beginning
18.1.2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s former head of internet enforcement has warned the crypto industry that a “regulatory onslaught is just beginning.” His warning followed several recent enforcement actions the securities regulator took against major crypto firms....
Multiple South Korean Firms Reportedly ‘Preparing Security Token Offering Platforms’
17.1.2023
A number of South Korean firms are preparing to launch security token offering (STO)-related services this year. And they are hopeful that regulators will give them the green light to get started this month.
Busan Ilbo reported that a number of major domestic companies are now keenly awaiting...
DMCC Crypto Centre Surpasses 500 member companies in 2022
14.1.2023
The presence of over 500 blockchain and Web3 firms inside the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC)’s Crypto Centre shows that demand for space is still very high, a statement has said. According to CEO at DMCC Ahmed Bin Sulayem, the “record-high” number of overall new company...
Did Sam Bankman-Fried in Effect Pay VC Firms Like Paradigm to Invest in FTX in a Circular Funding Arrangement?
11.1.2023
New revelations indicate that there were some close links between Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and some of his major backers.
According to a new report by the Financial Times, Bankman-Fried invested $20 million in a fund managed by crypto...
Galaxy Digital's Head of Research Sees More Venture Funding for Web3 Firms This Year
9.1.2023
The crypto-native financial-services firm found that crypto VC funding in 2022 reached its second highest year, with Web 3 and trading based platforms leading a majority of those efforts
French Financial Regulator Supports Faster Mandatory Licensing for Crypto Firms
9.1.2023
The Financial Markets Authority joins the country’s central bank and Senate in seeking to anticipate new EU laws
Report Claims U.S. Prosecutors Investigate Hedge Funds in Connection with Binance Dealings
8.1.2023
Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating U.S.-based hedge funds that have dealt with the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to two people familiar with the matter. The hedge funds were allegedly issued subpoenas by the U.S. attorney’s office for the Western District...
Bank of France Governor Calls for Mandatory Licensing for Crypto Companies
8.1.2023
France has to adopt a licensing regime for crypto service providers, the head of the country’s central bank has suggested. According to the executive, the need to tighten regulatory oversight stems from the “disorder” in the industry throughout the past year. Licensing Should Replace Registration...
Jim Cramer Expects SEC to ‘Do a Roundup’ of Uncompliant Crypto Firms — Urges Investors to Get Out of Crypto Now
8.1.2023
The host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, says he expects the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to do a roundup of crypto firms that are not compliant with regulation. Expecting the SEC “to sweep everything,” Cramer urges investors to “get out” of crypto now....
Core Scientific to Shut Down 37,000 Bitcoin Mining Rigs Belonging to Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius
4.1.2023
Core Scientific plans to shut down 37,000 bitcoin mining rigs belonging to now-defunct crypto lender Celsius, according to an agreement between the two bankrupt firms. Celsius owes Core Scientific approximately $7.8 million for energy and hosting costs, as the crypto lender has been unable to make...
Report Shows Financial Troubles Plagued Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research as Early as 2018
2.1.2023
Before FTX collapsed it was assumed that Alameda Research was one of the top quantitative trading firms and market makers within the industry. However, much of that perception may have been a facade as a recent report details that Alameda suffered from financial troubles as early as 2018. People...
Over 1,400 Chinese firms operating in blockchain industry, national whitepaper shows
29.12.2022
Despite partial crypto bans, the Chinese Government has included blockchain technology in official state development policy
SEC Will Use All Available Tools to Crack Down on Crypto Firms That Aren’t in Compliance With Its Rules, Says Chair Gensler
24.12.2022
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has revealed that the regulator will use all available tools to bring crypto platforms into compliance with its rules. In addition, the SEC chief said: “Proof of reserves is neither a full accounting of...
Report: SEC Heightens Probe Into Auditors Servicing Crypto Exchanges
23.12.2022
According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Paul Munter, the agency’s acting chief accountant, the U.S. regulator is monitoring proof-of-reserves (POR) more closely. “We’re warning investors to be very wary of some of the claims that are being made by crypto companies,” Munter...
One of the Largest Bitcoin Mining Firms Just Filed For Bankruptcy – Here’s What it Means for the Crypto Industry
22.12.2022
Core Scientific, one of the largest Bitcoin mining companies, has filed for bankruptcy amid plunging cryptocurrency prices and skyrocketing energy prices, becoming the latest victim of the ongoing crypto winter.
On Wednesday, the firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas....
Big Short Investor Michael Burry Says Audits of Crypto Exchanges Like Binance and FTX Are ‘Meaningless’
17.12.2022
Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says the problem with auditing cryptocurrency exchanges, like Binance and FTX, is the same as when he started using a new kind of credit default swap. “Our auditors were learning on the job,”...
Accounting Firm Mazars Stops Proof-of-Reserve Audits for Crypto Firms, Binance Audit Removed From the Web
16.12.2022
The accounting firm Mazars Group has stopped doing proof-of-reserves (POR) audits for cryptocurrency exchanges and the recently published Binance POR has been removed from the web. Mazars was conducting a number of POR audits for crypto exchanges like Binance, Crypto.com, and Kucoin following...
No more proof-of-reserve checks? Auditors quietly drop crypto projects from portfolios
16.12.2022
The firms work with prominent crypto exchanges such as Binance, KuCoin, Crypto.com, Gate.io, OKX and FTX
Incoming FCA Chair Calls Crypto Firms Like FTX 'Deliberately Evasive'
15.12.2022
Ashley Alder, who is currently the CEO of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) will be starting with the Financial Conduct Authority on Feb. 20