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SEC Delays VanEck's Bitcoin ETF Decision Another 45 Days

VanEck, the New York-based asset management firm, is once again forced to wait for the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to rule on its latest Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) application.

Aug 26, 2022Read more: SEC Delays VanEck's Bitcoin ETF Decision Another 45 Days

Dutch Judge Orders Tornado Cash Dev to Stay in Jail for 3 More Months

Alexey Pertsev, a Tornado Cash app developer who was recently apprehended by Dutch police over suspected money

Aug 25, 2022

Coinbase Announces cbETH Wrapped Ethereum Staking Token

As the crypto world prepares for the Ethereum merge next month

Aug 25, 2022

Australia’s Financial Watchdog Joins Government in Eyeing Fresh Crypto Regulations

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Chair Joseph Longo has made his thoughts on crypto

Aug 24, 2022

August 24, 2022

Coinstar Moves Beyond Bitcoin, Adding Dogecoin, Ethereum to ATMs

Aug 24, 2022Read more: Coinstar Moves Beyond Bitcoin, Adding Dogecoin, Ethereum to ATMs

Crypto onboarding service Coinme has announced the introduction of six new digital assets available for purchase via cash deposits at

August 23, 2022

Coinbase Hit With $5M Lawsuit Over Exchange Crashes, Alleged Securities Violations

Aug 23, 2022Read more: Coinbase Hit With $5M Lawsuit Over Exchange Crashes, Alleged Securities Violations

A Coinbase customer is suing the San Francisco-based exchange for $5 million for failing to properly secure customers’ accounts and

August 22, 2022

Samsung Securities Joins Giant Brokerages in Bitcoin, Crypto Exchange Push

Aug 22, 2022Read more: Samsung Securities Joins Giant Brokerages in Bitcoin, Crypto Exchange Push

Seven large domestic securities companies in South Korea are seeking approval to operate cryptocurrency exchanges.Two companies are listed

Australia Unveils Plans for Crypto Regulations Unlike 'Anywhere Else in the World'

Aug 22, 2022Read more: Australia Unveils Plans for Crypto Regulations Unlike 'Anywhere Else in the World'

Australia’s crypto regulators are attempting to go where no government has ever gone before. That’s according to them, at least.

August 19, 2022

HUSD Liquidity Issues Resolved, Huobi Affirms

Aug 19, 2022Read more: HUSD Liquidity Issues Resolved, Huobi Affirms

Over the last couple of months, stablecoins defied their ethos by losing their peg.

Tether Reveals 58% Decrease in Commercial Paper Holdings in Latest Attestation

Aug 19, 2022Read more: Tether Reveals 58% Decrease in Commercial Paper Holdings in Latest Attestation

Tether, the issuer of the industry’s largest stablecoin USDT, today published its latest quarterly attestation report for the token’

August 18, 2022

Huobi Bitcoin Exchange’s HUSD Stablecoin Loses Its Dollar Peg

Aug 18, 2022Read more: Huobi Bitcoin Exchange’s HUSD Stablecoin Loses Its Dollar Peg

HUSD has become the latest stablecoin to lose its parity with the U.S.

Ukraine Spent $54M in Crypto on Drones and Other Military Expenses

Aug 18, 2022Read more: Ukraine Spent $54M in Crypto on Drones and Other Military Expenses

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister, shared yesterday how $54 million of the country’s crypto donations have been spent.

August 17, 2022

Crypto.com Earns Regulatory Approval to Operate in the UK

Aug 17, 2022Read more: Crypto.com Earns Regulatory Approval to Operate in the UK

Crypto.com today announced regulatory approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to act as a crypto business.

Celsius Gets Approval to Sell Mined Bitcoin to Pay for Operations

Aug 17, 2022Read more: Celsius Gets Approval to Sell Mined Bitcoin to Pay for Operations

roubled crypto lender Celsius Network has caught a break after the judge overseeing the firm’s bankruptcy case gave it permission to sell

August 16, 2022

Federal Reserve Releases New Guidelines for Crypto Banks

Aug 16, 2022Read more: Federal Reserve Releases New Guidelines for Crypto Banks

Up until now, American financial institutions that wanted to conduct both crypto transactions and traditional banking services have had to

August 15, 2022

Acala Exploit Causes Polkadot-Based DeFi Platform’s Stablecoin to Drop 99%

Aug 15, 2022Read more: Acala Exploit Causes Polkadot-Based DeFi Platform’s Stablecoin to Drop 99%

The list of not-so-stable stablecoins has a new addition, as Polkadot-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Acala saw its aUSD

Monero Rolls Out Enhanced Privacy Features With Hard Fork

Aug 15, 2022Read more: Monero Rolls Out Enhanced Privacy Features With Hard Fork

Popular privacy coin Monero (XMR) completed a hard fork introducing new privacy and security features over the weekend.

August 12, 2022

Indian Authorities freeze Vauld assets worth ~$46m

Aug 12, 2022Read more: Indian Authorities freeze Vauld assets worth ~$46m

While Bitcoin [BTC] and other cryptocurrencies try to thrive through the bear market, projects in the industry were falling apart.

Dutch Police Arrest Alleged Tornado Cash Dev

Aug 12, 2022Read more: Dutch Police Arrest Alleged Tornado Cash Dev

The Netherlands Crime Agency (FIOD) today announced it had arrested a “suspected developer” of Tornado Cash

August 11, 2022

BlackRock Launches Spot Bitcoin Private Trust

Aug 11, 2022Read more: BlackRock Launches Spot Bitcoin Private Trust

BlackRock has launched a spot Bitcoin private trust to give its U.S.-based institutional clients direct exposure to the world’s most

August 9, 2022

Circle's USDC Will Not Support an Ethereum Proof-of-Work Fork

Stablecoin provider Circle announced its intentions to fully support Ethereum’s shift to a proof-of-stake (PoS) chain following the

August 8, 2022

Crypto.com Expands Into South Korea Via Two New Acquisitions

As many industry players look to recover from hefty losses, Crypto.com is turning to greener pastures in South Korea.

Feds Blacklist Tornado Cash, Ban Ethereum Mixing Tool in US

The U.S. Treasury Department today sanctioned Tornado Cash, an Ethereum coin mixing tool.

August 4, 2022

British Bipartisan Group Launches Inquiry Into Regulating Crypto

According to the announcement, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the UK Crypto and Digital Assets

Coinbase Turns to Supreme Court to Settle Lawsuits From Account Holders

Coinbase has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt two lawsuits launched by account holders after the firm appealed the cases in Federal

August 3, 2022

Senate Bill Would Give CFTC ‘Exclusive Oversight’ of Bitcoin and Ethereum

A bill introduced by a Senate committee would grant the Commodity Futures Trading Commission “exclusive oversight” over what it defines as

August 2, 2022

Robinhood’s Crypto Unit Fined $30 Million by New York’s Top Financial Regulator

The New York State Department of Financial Services imposed a $30 million fine on the cryptocurrency trading unit of online brokerage

August 1, 2022

Tiffany’s Reveals First NFTs—at $51,000 Each

Tiffany & Co., one of the most prominent names in luxury goods for over a century, is launching a series of NFTs.

July 29, 2022

Fed, FDIC Order Voyager to Stop 'False and Misleading' Insurance Claims

Jul 29, 2022Read more: Fed, FDIC Order Voyager to Stop 'False and Misleading' Insurance Claims

U.S. banking regulators from the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a cease and desist order to embattled

Santander to Roll Out Crypto Trading Services in Brazil

Jul 29, 2022Read more: Santander to Roll Out Crypto Trading Services in Brazil

Banco Santander S.A., the Brazilian subsidiary of the Spanish Santander Group