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Vaneck CEO Predicts Bull Cycle for Bitcoin and Gold — Expects Fed Tightening to End Soon
28.3.2023
The CEO of investment management firm Vaneck has predicted a bull cycle for gold and bitcoin. “We are at the very beginnings of what could be a several-year cycle in gold, and I also put bitcoin in that category as well,” the executive said, adding that the Federal Reserve...
Binance CEO Zhao Calls CFTC Suit an ‘Incomplete Recitation of Facts’
28.3.2023
In a blog post, Changpeng Zhao wrote that the company did not agree with “the characterization of many of the issues, and touted the exchange’s compliance technology. He also wrote that he had only two Binance accounts
Breaking: Binance CEO CZ rejects allegations of market manipulation
28.3.2023
The response comes in relation to a series of claims made by the CFTC in its March 27 complaint against Binance
First Citizens Bank Acquires Silicon Valley Bank, Costing FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund an Estimated $20B
27.3.2023
According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the troubled bank Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was acquired by First Citizens Bank & Trust Company, which is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. First Citizens acquired all deposits and loans from SVB, as well as the 17 branches that...
Experts Predict More Bank Failures in the US Following Interest Rate Hike and Unsettled Banking Crisis
27.3.2023
After the recent bank collapses in the U.S., a number of people believe that more failures are coming following the Federal Reserve’s increase of the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (bps). American journalist Charles Gasparino insists that Wall Street’s “low-rate”...
Binance Sued by CFTC for Alleged Violations of Trading and Derivatives Rules
27.3.2023
The world’s largest crypto exchange by trade volume, Binance Holdings Ltd., has been sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has been named in the lawsuit and the charges claim the crypto exchange broke several trading and derivatives rules....
‘The Only Way to Truly Scale Blockchains Is to Parallelize Processing’ Says Piers Ridyard
27.3.2023
Despite being touted as the possible panacea, decentralized finance (defi) still faces obstacles which greatly diminish the prospects of mainstream adoption, asserts serial entrepreneur and CEO of Radix DLT, Piers Ridyard. Ridyard added that while defi is seen as “a fantastic proof...
Nvidia CTO Claims Cryptocurrencies are Useless: AI Chatbots a Better Use of Processing Power
27.3.2023
It is not unusual for tech giants to have strong opinions on emerging technologies, and Nvidia CTo Michael Kagan is no exception.
In a recent interview with The Guardian, Kagan dismissed cryptocurrencies as providing no real value to society, suggesting AI chatbots like ChatGPT are a better use...
Titanium Blockchain CEO behind BARs ICO fraud, put behind bars for 4 years
27.3.2023
The Titanium Blockchain executive has been finally sentenced after pleading guilty in July last year
Billionaire Barry Sternlicht Warns of Hard Landing — Says ‘Economy Is Going to Implode’
26.3.2023
Billionaire Barry Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, has warned that the U.S. economy is going to implode, emphasizing that interest rates have to fall. He further stressed that the economy “will have a hard landing.” Barry Sternlicht on Hard Landing, Economic...
Billionaire ‘Bond King’ Jeffrey Gundlach Predicts the Fed Will Cut Rates Substantially Soon
25.3.2023
Billionaire Jeffrey Gundlach, aka the “Bond King,” has predicted that the Federal Reserve will be cutting interest rates substantially soon. “Red alert recession signals,” he added, noting that all U.S. Treasury yields two years and out are “well below the fed funds...
Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon Faces Extradition to South Korea
24.3.2023
According to a report published by AFP, Do Kwon, CEO of Terraform Labs, has been charged with document forgery in Montenegro. Kwon was arrested at the Podgorica airport while traveling with fake documentation. South Korean prosecutors have said the Terra co-founder faces extradition to South Korea....
DeFi Protocol ROOK ‘Gagged’ From Sharing Roadmap by Clients, CEO Says
23.3.2023
“We’re bound by the will of the order flow providers,” the pseudonymous CEO Hazard said on a community governance call
Coinbase CEO calls for action in electing pro-crypto lawmakers following SEC Wells Notice
23.3.2023
Brian Armstrong urged crypto proponents to "contact their congressman, donate to pro-crypto candidates, show up at town halls" in an effort to achieve clear rules for crypto
Ledger CEO: The collapse of banks is a ‘crash course to Bitcoin’ | PBW 2023
23.3.2023
Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier said that anyone trying to centralize crypto will fail, saying that centralization and crypto are "two magnets that’s just not going to stick together."
Banking turmoil pushes crypto to ‘no oversight’, says Circle CEO
23.3.2023
Crypto firms who have had the strongest position with U.S. regulation are now considered “unsafe,” Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire stated
Coinbase CEO on its Wells Notice: SEC is like soccer referees in a game of pickleball
23.3.2023
Brian Armstrong made the interesting analogy when asked to explain the firm's recent "Wells Notice" in "NFL terms."
SEC Informs Crypto Exchange Coinbase of Potential Securities Law Violations
23.3.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent Coinbase a “Wells notice” about potential violations of securities law. The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange noted that, unlike what SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said, the securities regulator “will not let crypto...
'No shortage of passion in the Parisian people' for PBW amid protests — Animoca Brands CEO
22.3.2023
As it hosts Paris Blockchain Week, France's capital city has seen protests following the government pushing through a bill raising the national retirement age from 62 to 64
Breaking: Circle CEO Confirms Hack on Employee Account Promising USDC Airdrop – What's Going On?
22.3.2023
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire has revealed that the Twitter account of one of the company's top executives that promised a USDC airdrop has been hacked.
Dante Disparte, who joined Circle as its chief strategy officer and head of global policy in April 2021, said in a suspicious Twitter thread that...