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Blackrock CEO Warns More Bank Seizures and Shutdowns Could Result From Regulatory Changes
18.3.2023
The CEO of Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has warned about additional bank seizures and shutdowns that could result from regulatory changes in response to the failures of several major banks in the U.S. “It does seem inevitable that some banks will now need to pull back...
Elon Musk Criticizes Federal Reserve’s Data Latency and Calls for Immediate Rate Drop Amidst Banking Chaos
18.3.2023
Amidst the chaos in the U.S. banking sector, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and owner of Twitter, has been critical of the country’s central bank. Musk insists that the U.S. Federal Reserve is operating with “way too much latency in their data,” and he insists that the central bank...
Africa-Focused Fintech Chipper Cash Weighs Possible Sale of Business
18.3.2023
One of Africa’s fintech giants, Chipper Cash, is said to be weighing the possibility of selling the business or bringing in new investors. According to the CEO of the FTX and Silicon Valley Bank-backed fintech startup, Chipper Cash had insignificant exposure to both SVB and Signature Bank....
SVB Financial Group Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection to ‘Preserve’ Firm’s Value
17.3.2023
On March 17, 2023, SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of New York. The company stated that it is no longer associated with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...
Fetch.ai CEO Shares Insights on 2023 Roadmap and Micro Agent Launch – Future of AI and Crypto?
17.3.2023
The rise of ChatGPT and Google Bard has fuelled an explosion of interest in artificial intelligence (AI) technology this year, and crypto markets haven't missed a beat.
February's 'AI narrative' saw blockchain-based AI projects skyrocket in value. As the paramount AI ecosystem in the space...
Euler Finance hacked despite 10 audits in 2 years, says CEO
17.3.2023
Euler Labs CEO Michael Bentley stated he will “never forgive” the hacker as the exploit caused him to lose time with his newborn son
US Senator: Signature Bank Collapsed Because It Embraced Crypto Customers Without Sufficient Safeguards
17.3.2023
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren alleges that Signature Bank failed because it “bought into its get-rich-quick narrative” and “embraced crypto customers with insufficient safeguards.” Emphasizing that the bank took “excessive risk,” the senator demanded answers from...
LinksDAO wins bid to buy its first golf course, says CEO
17.3.2023
The successful bid comes a month after 88.6% of LinksDAO token holders voted in favor of putting in a “compelling offer” for the golf course in its governance vote
Twitch CEO Steps Down After 16 Years
16.3.2023
Emmett Shear is no longer the boss of Twitch. After 16 long, controversy-filled years, the co-founder and only CEO the Amazon-owned streaming platform has ever known announced he’s stepping down to spend more time with his family. Read more
Developed markets lagging behind in digital payments: BlackRock CEO
16.3.2023
In a letter to investors, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink highlighted the benefits of digital assets and said developing nations like the U.S. are lagging behind in innovation
Meta Announces 10,000 Layoffs in ‘Year of Efficiency’ Move; Singles Out AI Over Metaverse as ‘Largest Investment’
16.3.2023
Meta, the social media company, will continue to shed part of its workforce, recently announcing 10,000 new layoffs to be executed during 2023 as part of its new efficiency policy. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the company, stated that artificial intelligence (AI) was currently the company’s most...
Bitfury CEO: U.S. Government Using Crisis to Choke Off Crypto Access to Banks
15.3.2023
Brian Brooks, former head of the OCC and now board member of blockchain technology company Bitfury, says the recent crackdown by regulators on three crypto-friendly banks appears to be a coordinated effort and what some are dubbing "Operation Choke Point 2.0"
Circle CEO 'able to access' $3.3B of USDC's reserves at Silicon Valley Bank
15.3.2023
Circle’s earlier disclosure that $3.3 billion worth of USDC reserves were held with Silicon Valley Bank resulted in it losing market share to its competitor USDT
Billionaire ‘Bond King’ Jeffrey Gundlach Expects Fed to Raise Rates Next Week — ‘That Would Be the Last Increase’
15.3.2023
Billionaire Jeffrey Gundlach, aka the “Bond King,” expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at its March meeting next week, which “would be the last increase,” he said. In addition, Gundlach cautioned: “The inflationary policy is back in play with...
Federal Investigators Probe Silicon Valley Bank Collapse; SVB and Top Execs Sued by Shareholders
14.3.2023
The parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, SVB Financial Group, and two senior executives have been sued by shareholders after SVB’s collapse last Friday. The proposed class action accuses SVB of hiding the fact that interest rate hikes would leave the bank in jeopardy. Additionally...
FNCT (Financie Token) Exceeds JPY 20 billion (USD 150 million) in IEO Applications
14.3.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Trading available on Coincheck (exchange) from March 16 〜 FNCT (Financie Token) main page: https://fnct.xyz Financie, Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Hironao Kunimitsu, hereinafter referred to as “Financie”) announces the results of its crypto asset FNCT...
Rashid Ajami, CEO of Metropolis World, on Building a Metaverse and the Synergy Between E-commerce & Crypto | Ep. 212
14.3.2023
In an exclusive interview with cryptonews.com, Rashid Ajami, Co-Founder & CEO of Metropolis World, talks about building an immersive world without AR/VR, blending e-commerce & blockchain, and creating web3 apps that look & feel like web2 apps.
Rashid Ajami is the Co-Founder & CEO of Metropolis...
Former CEO of Troubled Crypto Firm Creates New Stablecoin – How Does it Work?
14.3.2023
Flex Yang, the former CEO and founder of Babel Finance, has introduced a new decentralized stablecoin backed by crypto-native reserves and an entire DeFi ecosystem built around it.
Yang claimed the Hope stablecoin blends centralized finance (CeFi), decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional...
Circle Partners With Cross River Bank, Handful of US ‘Crypto-Friendly’ Banks Remain; Okcoin Suspends USD Deposits
13.3.2023
Circle Financial, the issuer of the stablecoin USDC, is partnering with Cross River Bank after its former settlement partner, Signature Bank, was closed by New York regulators, according to a statement from CEO Jeremy Allaire. “The 1:1 redeemability of all USDC in circulation is of paramount...
Binance Converts $1 Billion BUSD Into Bitcoin, BNB, and Ethereum
13.3.2023
On Monday, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, announced that the company had decided to convert $1 billion worth of BUSD from the Industry Recovery Initiative fund into three different cryptocurrencies. Zhao noted that significant onchain movements would be noticeable following...