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Binance $1 Billion Industry Recovery Fund Post-FTX Underperforms
10.10.2023
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao's plan to rescue the cryptocurrency market has fallen short of expectations eleven months after launch.
Since the launch of the Industry Recovery Initiative (IRI), the company has only spent less than $15 million out of an announced $1 billion fund, Bloomberg wrote. ...
Today in Crypto: Fines and Prison for Unregistered Crypto Firms in Cyprus, OrdinalsBot Raise $1 Million, Zimbabwe Gold is Now a Payment Method
10.10.2023
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Pro-Crypto Advocate RFK Jr. Shifts to Independent Presidential Campaign – What Does That Mean for The Industry?
10.10.2023
Bitcoin-bullish presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced that he is now chasing his country’s highest office as an independent, rather than as a member of the Democratic party.
“I’m here to declare myself an independent candidate for the President of the United States,” said...
The new Cointelegraph Research Terminal, home to critical crypto data reports
10.10.2023
Cointelegraph’s new Research Terminal offers a slick new look and more features to help retail and institutional investors navigate the crypto space
Meet the guerilla artist who staged a crypto ‘rug pull’ in front of the SEC
10.10.2023
Artist Nelson Saiers’ “Rug Pull” highlighted the victims of crypto rug pulls and perceived SEC inaction in safeguarding investors
Binance's UK Partner Can't Approve Crypto Ads, Regulator Says
10.10.2023
The Financial Conduct Authority may have derailed Binance's plans to comply with the new crypto marketing regime by imposing restrictions on the firm's recently enlisted local partner
Israeli Shekel Hits 7-Year Low Amid Conflict; Central Bank Launches $30B FX Intervention
10.10.2023
On Monday, as tensions escalated between Israel and Hamas militants from the recent weekend skirmishes, the Israeli shekel plummeted to its weakest level in seven years. Responding to the declining currency, the Bank of Israel unveiled a strategy to offload up to $30 billion in foreign exchange...
Bitstamp Crypto Exchange Seeks Collaboration with European Banks to Boost Crypto Adoption
10.10.2023
The world’s longest-running crypto exchange Bitstamp is in talks with three large European banks about offering crypto services.
The 12-year-old exchange is in talks to help the banks begin offering these services possibly in the first quarter of 2024.
Cryptonews has reached out to Bitstamp...
OK Group sunsets ‘Okcoin’ for a global transition to ‘OKX’
10.10.2023
Founded in 2013, Okcoin will have the same name as OK Group’s other crypto venture, OKX, formerly known as OKEx
Is It Too Late to Buy Tether Gold? XAUT Price Increases 1% as Crypto Casino Project Gathers Pace – How to Buy Cheap?
10.10.2023
Leading crypto gold project Tether Gold (XAUT) has seen a +1% price increase amid bullish movements in underlying 1:1 gold prices (per troy Oz) - fuelled largely by increased geopolitical risk stemming from the developing Israeli confrontation with Hamas.
Amid the violence, gold prices...
Key Points From the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial's First Week
10.10.2023
It’s been less than a week since the federal government’s trial against FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried began, but we’ve already heard from an FTX co-founder, a former developer, a customer and an investor
Cardano’s Hoskinson Likens Sam Bankman-Fried to Bernie Madoff
10.10.2023
Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson has compared the embattled co-founder of FTX to infamous ponzi scheme boss, Bernie Madoff.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Hoskinson stated that Sam Bankman-Fried’s actions can be likened to Bernie Madoff but the former is now getting a free pass by...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Consolidates Below $28,000 Ahead of Key US Economic Reports
10.10.2023
Bitcoin consolidated recent losses on Tuesday, as focus shifts to Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes. Traders will look for guidance from the report, to see the Fed’s stance on the economy, after opting to keep rates unchanged last month. Ethereum remains below...
Cybercriminals Use Dexs and Crypto Cross-Chain Services to Launder $7 Billion — Elliptic
10.10.2023
According to the findings of a research study by Elliptic, cybercriminals are believed to have used crypto cross-chain bridges and coin swap services to launder $7 billion worth of “illicit or high-risk funds.” The Lazarus Group, a cybercriminal organization said to be backed by North...
Cyprus to Impose Strict Penalties on Unlicensed Crypto Service Providers – Report
10.10.2023
Cyprus authorities would soon impose hefty penalties on crypto asset service providers (CASPs) that are found offering services without registering with the country’s regulator – the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CYSEC)....
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Cyprus to tighten crypto regulations in accordance with FATF
10.10.2023
The Ministry of Finance intends to amend the existing Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering Law
Hamas-Linked Crypto Accounts Frozen by Israeli Police, With Binance's Help: Report
10.10.2023
Israeli authorities had previously seized around 190 Binance accounts with alleged ties to terrorist groups
China Debuts Digital Yuan Interconnection With Hong Kong Payment System During 19th Asian Games
10.10.2023
The Chinese digital yuan, China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), now features an interconnection with the Hong Kong payment system, allowing tourists coming to mainland China to purchase and top up a digital yuan wallet. The system, created by the Digital Currency Research Institute...
Binance tight-lipped on projects funded by $1B crypto recovery fund
10.10.2023
Binance-initiated IRI fund has only spent some 2.7% of the total of $1.1 billion committed to saving crypto in the aftermath of the FTX collapse, and has still not explained which entities benefited
Zimbabwe turns gold-backed digital token into payment method
10.10.2023
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe first introduced its new project, in which every issued digital token would be backed by a physical amount of gold held in the bank’s reserves, in April 2023