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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Crypto: “If I was the government, I’d close it down”
6.12.2023
  JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon delivered scathing remarks about the crypto industry during testimony at a Senate Banking Hearing Wednesday. Dimon “deeply opposed” to crypto “I’ve always been deeply opposed to crypto, Bitcoin, etc.,” Dimon said while fielding questions from Senator Elizabeth...
New Binance CEO Richard Teng Addresses Compliance Issues in First Interview
6.12.2023
Image Source: Binance Richard Teng, the newly appointed CEO of Binance, has faced a challenging debut during his first public interview. In an interview at the Financial Times’ Crypto and Digital Assets Summit in London, the crypto boss acknowledged that Binance’s compliance systems...
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong: ‘Bitcoin May Be the Key to Extending Western Civilization’
6.12.2023
Brian Armstrong, CEO of U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase, stated that Bitcoin could play a role in extending Western civilization. For Armstrong, Bitcoin represents an alternative to fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar, which people can use as an alternative to inflation. Coinbase CEO Brian...
New Binance CEO Evasive in First Marquee Interview Since Getting One of the Biggest Jobs in Crypto
5.12.2023
In his first public interview since getting the job last month after founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao was formed to step down amid a $4.3 billion legal settlement with the U.S. government, Teng said Binance’s compliance systems were inadequate in the past and that mistakes were made. But Teng, who...
Richard Teng Says Binance Has Changed Following Record-Breaking Compliance Settlement
5.12.2023
Binance CEO Richard Teng says the company has fundamentally changed following a massive $4.3 billion settlement over compliance issues. Image by Koukichi Takahashi, Adobe Stock. On Tuesday, new Binance CEO Richard Teng stated in an interview with Cointelegraph that Binance is now “totally...
South Korea’s Biggest Exchanges Help Regulators Hunt ‘Undeclared Crypto Operators’
5.12.2023
Source: Vladimir Polikarpov/Adobe South Korea’s five biggest crypto exchanges will team up with financial regulators to search for “undeclared crypto operators.” According to News1, the announcement was made by the Digital Asset Exchange Association (DAXA), which comprises the exchanges Upbit...
Trillion-Dollar Asset Manager Franklin Templeton: There’s Obviously Demand for Bitcoin
5.12.2023
The CEO of Franklin Templeton, a $1.33 trillion asset manager, says there’s “obviously” a demand for bitcoin, noting that a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is “a better way” to access the cryptocurrency. The executive added: “It’s going to unlock nontraditional, noncorrelated...
Blockstream CEO Adam Back Predicts $700k Bitcoin Within 2 Years – Here’s How
5.12.2023
Source: Pexels Bitcoin (BTC)’s market cap could flip that of gold within two years, thus bringing its price up to $700,000 per coin. That’s according to Blockstream CEO Adam Back – a “Bitcoin OG” and one of the internet’s popular suspects for being Bitcoin’s anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto....
Former Paxful CEO Ray Youssef Named CEO of Noones, a Financial Communication App – Here’s What You Need To Know
4.12.2023
Source: Adobe / Rizu Designs Former Paxful CEO Ray Youssef has been appointed as CEO of Noones, a financial communication app aimed at integrating the Global South into the world’s financial systems. Noones has announced the appointment of Ray Youssef as its CEO following its official launch...
Coinbase CEO Alleges Bitcoin May Be the “Key to Extending Western Civilization”
4.12.2023
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong claims Bitcoin “may be the key to extending Western Civilization,” according to a series of posts made from his X account Sunday night. “An antidote to inflation” “The natural trend of whichever country has the reserve currency is to inflate the money supply...
Investment Giant Franklin Templeton’s CEO Holds Bitcoin, Ether and Other Tokens in Her Portfolio: Report
4.12.2023
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Warns of Higher Interest Rates and Recession — ‘I’m Not Trying to Scare People’
3.12.2023
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has warned that something bad may happen in the U.S. economy. “I’m not trying to scare people. I’m more in the category that something could go wrong,” he stressed. “A lot of things out there are dangerous and inflationary. Be prepared …...
Crypto Firms’ Compliance With Regulation Should Not Be at the Expense of Innovation — Zak Taher
2.12.2023
Zak Taher, the CEO of Multibank.io, said he believes the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the most attractive investment destination for overseas digital asset companies due to its effective governance and the leadership of its individuals. The UAE’s status within the global financial landscape...
Vitalik Buterin’s Plans, Changpeng Zhao’s Hooks, Michael Saylor’s Shoppings and 20 Crypto Jokes
2.12.2023
This week in crypto: Vitalik Buterin said he plans to redesign Ethereum staking and praised the UTXO payment model, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor bought an additional $593 million worth of BTC, Reddit renounced Moons’ contract completing the decentralization of the token, and Bitfinex’s...
Novogratz Expects Bitcoin Price to Be ‘Significantly Higher’ After SEC Approves Spot Bitcoin ETFs
2.12.2023
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz expects the price of bitcoin to be significantly higher when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approves spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). “We will see a pretty successful shift of psychology … when the government says ‘you...
Jack Dorsey Backed Bitcoin Mining Pool Ocean Acknowledges Filtering Ordinal Inscriptions
2.12.2023
Ocean, a Bitcoin mining pool that recently raised $6.2 million in a seed funding round led by former Twitter (now known as X) CEO Jack Dorsey, is currently filtering ordinal inscription transactions. Giacomo Zucco, a bitcoiner, confirmed that Ocean was using Knots as a node, a software developed...
Blockchain Experts Meet With Colombian President to Discuss Technology’s Use Cases
1.12.2023
Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3, and other blockchain experts, met with Colombian President Gustavo Petro to discuss the possible uses blockchain and bitcoin tech could have to help modernize the management of certain institutions of the Colombian state. Colombian President Gustavo Petro Discusses...
Arthur Hayes: CZ and Binance Were Punished for Challenging the Pax Americana Establishment
1.12.2023
Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of Bitmex, has explained what he thinks led to the billionaire settlement between Binance, its former CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). He detailed that the growth of Binance, a structure that was outside the control of...
SpaceX’s Doge-1 Lunar Mission Receives Final Approval from US FCC, DOGE Price Up 4%
1.12.2023
The CEO of Geometric Energy Corporation, Samuel Reid, confirmed on X that SpaceX’s “Doge-1” lunar mission has received license from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As reported earlier, the mission had gained approval from the U.S. National Telecommunications...
Jack Dorsey Leads $6.2 Million Seed Funding for OCEAN Bitcoin Mining Pool
30.11.2023
Mummolin launches decentralized bitcoin mining pool Ocean with backing from Jack Dorsey. Image by yuromanovich, Adobe Stock. Mummolin, a Bitcoin startup, has raised $6.2 million in seed funding to support the launch of Ocean, a new decentralized bitcoin mining pool. The funding round was led...