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Bitcoin and Life Insurance: CEO Zac Townsend’s Unique Perspective
9.11.2023
Life Insurance. Source: Adobe / zimmytws Bitcoin (BTC) is the perfect financial asset to form the foundation of a life insurance product, according to Meanwhile CEO Zac Townsend. In a recent interview with Axios, the executive explained how and why his life insurance company uses BTC as its sole...
Today in Crypto: US Treasury Sanctions Crypto-Using Russian Money Launderer, Northern Data Expects Loss and May List Cloud Unit
6.11.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. __________ Crime news The US Department of Treasury sanctioned Ekaterina Zhdanova, an alleged Russian money launderer who reportedly helped...
Aave’s GHO Stablecoin Grapples With Dollar Peg Stability: Liquidity Fixes on the Horizon
4.11.2023
The decentralized finance (defi) protocol Aave’s stablecoin asset called GHO has been struggling to keep its peg to the U.S. dollar. While it is coasting along at $0.966 per unit at the time of writing, five days ago it tapped an all-time low at $0.917 per coin. Aave’s Liquidity Committee aims...
Ex-FTX Unit LedgerX in Gray Area Beyond CFTC Proposal on Customer Funds: Commissioner
3.11.2023
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed a rule change Friday on how customer funds should be invested by firms the agency oversees – futures commission merchants (FCMs) and derivative clearing organizations (DCOs)
PayPal UK Unit Registers as Crypto Service Provider
1.11.2023
The payments firm will now be able to offer services and approve crypto-related communications in the country
South Korea’s New Crypto Crime Investigation Unit Is Already ‘Overloaded’
31.10.2023
A South Korean prosecution unit dedicated to investigating crypto crime is already “overloaded” with cases, just over a year after launching. The unit operates as part of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office and was formerly known as the Financial and Securities Crime...
Bitcoin’s Black Swan — A Retrospective on 2020’s ‘Black Thursday’
30.10.2023
Almost four years have elapsed since the market crash of March 11, 2020, widely known as “Black Thursday.” During that turbulent period, the value of bitcoin plummeted by more than 50% in a 24-hour span, reaching $3,867 per unit. This ominous date, etched indelibly in financial...
Bitcoin’s Meteoric Rise to $35,000 Erases $232M in Short Positions in Just 24 Hours
24.10.2023
On October 24, 2023, bitcoin (BTC) experienced a robust 13% surge during the early morning trading hours, Eastern Time (ET). This rise catapulted bitcoin’s value to $35,108 per unit, propelling the entire cryptocurrency market upwards by over 10%. As the market soared, traders who had placed...
Matrixport Predicts Bitcoin Surge to $56,000 if SEC Greenlights Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF
19.10.2023
The cryptocurrency financial services platform Matrixport predicts that bitcoin prices could surge to between $42,000 and $56,000 per unit if the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approves Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund. Matrixport Links ETF Inflows to Possible...
Hong Kong Police and Securities Regulator Form Unit to Monitor Crypto Exchanges
5.10.2023
Law enforcement officials and financial regulators in Hong Kong have teamed up to better identify illegal activities on cryptocurrency exchanges. The initiative, which comes in the wake of the crackdown on the JPEX exchange, seeks to improve coordination between the government agencies in similar...
First Mover Americas: Binance Sells Russian Unit
27.9.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 27, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Binance Sells Russian Unit to Day-Old CommEX, Exits Country
27.9.2023
Binance is set to fully exit the country with the sale and will have no ongoing revenue split, it said Wednesday
SEC’s Crypto Chief Signals Ramp-Up in Enforcement: ‘We’re Going to Continue to Bring Those Charges’
20.9.2023
According to David Hirsch, head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, more enforcement actions against firms that haven’t properly registered with the regulator are expected. Hirsch discussed crypto assets and exchanges Tuesday at an...
Bidding War: Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital Competes for Silicon Valley Bank's VC Unit
18.9.2023
Anthony Scaramucci's SkyBridge Capital and Atlas Merchant Capital are competing for SVB Capital, the venture capital and credit-investment arm of SVB Financial Group, the former parent company of Silicon Valley Bank.
Aside from the two investment firms, San Francisco-based private-equity...
Binance US CEO Quits, Crypto Exchange Cuts Third of Jobs
15.9.2023
Chief Executive Officer of Binance US, Brian Shroder, has left the company amid an ongoing regulatory crackdown and more job cuts. Shroder’s departure comes two years after he joined the American subsidiary of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume. Shroder Departs...
Crypto Exchange Kraken's UK Derivatives Unit Looking to Expands Its Service: Bloomberg
7.9.2023
The firm is looking move into a void in the crypto derivatives market left when FTX collapsed last November
Israeli Cyber Crime Unit Raids Company Accused of Producing a Crypto-Stealing ‘Sting Software’
7.9.2023
Israeli law enforcement recently raided the offices of a company accused of producing software used by criminals to defraud crypto investors of millions of dollars. Some six suspects were arrested following the raid on a company that is reportedly operated by the country’s infamous crime families....
Israeli Cyber Crime Unit Ceases Crypto Scam That Wiped Out Millions From Investors
6.9.2023
Israel’s Police National Cyber Crime Unit reportedly conducted a massive investigation into a local company, uncovering a crypto scam where hackers stole millions using malicious software.
The company is set to have developed a malicious “sting software” that involved organized crime groups both...
BRICS Discussing Single Unit of Account, Alternative to Dollar, Russian Finance Minister Says
24.8.2023
The BRICS members are mulling over the possible launch of a common unit of account, Russia’s Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov unveiled. This would be an alternative to the U.S. dollar that can be used to denote the cost of some commodities, for example, but not a single currency like the euro...
Cybercriminals Use Crypto Gaming to Steal Millions — Philippines National Police
19.8.2023
The cybercrime fighting unit within the Philippines National Police has asked residents to be wary of rewards promised by play-to-earn (P2E) games because they can be used to steal crypto assets worth millions of dollars. The unit said players can reduce the chances of losing money to scammers...