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US Federal Trade Commission Investigates Marketing Schemes of Crypto Firm Voyager
22.2.2023
According to a court document filed recently in the Voyager Digital bankruptcy case, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the marketing of the crypto firm. Like the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the FTC has objected to Binance US purchasing Voyager’s...
Rally Crypto Firm Pulls the Plug on Its Sidechain as Crypto Industry Struggles – Here's What Happened
1.2.2023
Social token platform Rally has announced the closure of its sidechain operations due to a lack of funding. The project warned users that their crypto assets will become stranded as tokens on the Rally sidechain are not transferable to mainnet....
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Grayscale Crypto Firm in Hot Water Again as New GBTC Lawsuit Filed by Osprey – Here's What You Need to Know
31.1.2023
Grayscale, the digital asset management firm that is part of Barry Silbert’s crypto conglomerate Digital Currency Group (DCG), is in hot water after being sued by industry rival Osprey Funds over how it promotes the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) fund.
In the lawsuit, filed on January 30 with...
South Korean Regulators Set to Carry out ‘Regular’ Crypto Firm Probes
31.1.2023
South Korean financial regulators will start conducting “regular” on-site inspections at domestic crypto firms this year. And they say they will investigate not only exchanges, but also wallet operators and crypto custody-related firms.
The announcement was made by the top financial regulator,...
Matrixport Joins Growing List of Crypto and Blockchain Companies Letting Employees Go
28.1.2023
The crypto firm Matrixport, led by former Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu, is laying off 10% of the company’s staff, according to reports published on Friday. Matrixport’s COO, Cynthia Wu, cited a “shift in the regulatory climate” and “industry-wide capitulations”...
Unredacted Financial Documents Show Blockfi’s $1.2 Billion Connection With FTX, Alameda Research
25.1.2023
Unredacted documents mistakenly sent to the bankruptcy court indicate that the now-defunct crypto lender Blockfi had more than $1.2 billion tied up with FTX and Alameda Research. The accidentally revealed documentation shows that Blockfi’s exposure to the bankrupt crypto firm FTX was more than what...
Armed Gang Bungles Attack on Spanish Crypto Firm
25.1.2023
Police in Barcelona, Spain, have arrested five men after a gang tried to storm a crypto company “armed with taser guns and zip ties.”
Per El Caso, officers belonging to the Mossos d’Esquadra – the Catalonian police force – swooped after the alleged would-be thieves were intercepted by...
Quicknode Raises $60 Million in Series B to ‘Fuel Blockchain Adoption’ and Expand Globally
24.1.2023
Web3 infrastructure firm Quicknode raised $60 million in a Series B funding round, according to an announcement the company made on Tuesday. The capital injection brings the company’s post-valuation to $800 million, and Quicknode says the funds will be used to “further fuel blockchain...
NYDFS Releases Guidance on Importance of Segregation and Separate Accounting for Customer Funds in Crypto Industry
23.1.2023
On Monday, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published guidance on custodial structures to help protect customers’ money if a crypto firm goes bankrupt. New York’s top financial regulator stressed that businesses should not commingle customer funds and that customer...
Crypto Firm Nexo Pays Out $45 Million in Settlement with SEC, Shutters Lending Product
20.1.2023
Crypto lending company Nexo has agreed to pay a total of $45 million to US regulators to settle claims that it failed to register the sale of its Earn Interest Product (EIP).
According to two separate statements by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the North American Securities...
Scaramucci to invest in crypto firm founded by former FTX US boss
16.1.2023
It is understood the crypto software company will enable crypto traders to create algorithmic-based strategies to access different markets
Today in Crypto: Traders at an Institutional Crypto Firm Targeted by Hackers Since July 2022, Huobi Korea to Reportedly Cut Ties with Huobi Global
9.1.2023
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Crypto Firm Wyre Reportedly Shuts Down After Canceled Bolt Acquisition, CEO Claims Firm Is Just ‘Scaling Back’ Operations
5.1.2023
According to several reports, Wyre, a cryptocurrency payments firm, is allegedly sunsetting its business. Wyre’s purported wind down follows Bolt, another payments company, canceling its plan to acquire Wyre in September. Wyre CEO Ioannis Giannaros, however, told Axios that the company is “still...
Crypto firm Juno urges users to withdraw after 'uncertainty' with custody partner
5.1.2023
Juno recommended users pull their funds from the platform amid "uncertainty" over the fate of its crypto custody provider Wyre
Crypto Winter Will Last 'At Least Another Year' Says Founder of Crypto Firm Which Just Laid Off 40% of Its Workforce
28.12.2022
Octopus Network, a multichain cryptonetwork built on NEAR Protocol, has laid off some 40% of the core team and lowered pay for the rest due to the ongoing crypto winter - a cold wave that will not be ending for at least another year, argued the project's founder Louis Liu.
The string of companies...
Crypto Firm Orthogonal Trading Said to Be in Provisional Liquidation After Maple Defaults
22.12.2022
Orthogonal defaulted on $36 million of loans on decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Maple Finance earlier this month after it misrepresented its losses from the FTX implosion
Embattled Crypto Firm FTX Wants to Sell Its Functioning Units, Including LedgerX
16.12.2022
Crypto exchange FTX petitioned a federal court for permission to sell several subsidiaries on Thursday, including U.S.-based derivatives wing LedgerX
Coinbase Entices Users to Switch From USDT to USDC, Crypto Firm Says Recent Events ‘Put Some Stablecoins to the Test’
9.12.2022
Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency firms in the industry, has published a blog post that tells users to “switch to the trusted and reputable digital dollar,” referring to the stablecoin asset usd coin. The company’s blog post specifically mentions switching...
Exclusive: Employees of Crypto Firm Koinly Reveal Shocking Details About Surprise Company Layoffs – Executives Kept in the Dark?
9.12.2022
Koinly, a crypto tax reporting platform, has laid off 14% of its team, citing "the intensifying bear market" – but several employees have claimed that the cuts affected more people and were carried out unprofessionally with poor communication.
“In a bid to combat the challenging conditions facing...
Crypto Firm Orthogonal, Victim of FTX Contagion, Now Faces Internal Dissent
6.12.2022
Shortly after Orthogonal got served with default notices on $36 million of crypto loans from Maple Finance, the firm’s credit team published a statement saying it was “speechless” and unaware of the extent of the trading team’s exposures