Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Initial Coin
Offerings (ICOs) exploded into the cryptocurrency landscape with considerable
hype and promise. By selling tokens to investors, they provided a new mechanism
for blockchain-based companies to raise cash. However, following a period of
ex...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Because of its
potential to disrupt different industries, blockchain technology has received a
lot of interest in recent years. Gaming and virtual reality (VR) are two
industries that promise to benefit substantially from blockchain. Blockchain's
dec...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The
American branch of the Bittrex crypto exchange, which declared bankruptcy over
a month ago, is prepared to pay out funds to its customers. The process is set
to begin tomorrow (Thursday), driven by a decision from the Delaware bankruptcy
court. B...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Non-Fungible
Tokens (NFTs) and Contract for Difference (CFDs) are two financial products
that have attracted a lot of attention recently in the digital arena. While
CFDs enable traders to speculate on price changes without owning the underlying
asset...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Sam Bankman-Fried, the
disgraced founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has made a move to have the charges that were slapped on him by the US prosecutors dismissed after his extradition from
the Bahamas, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The fo...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Cryptocurrencies
and Contract for Difference (CFD) trading are two fast-growing financial
trends. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have received a lot of
attention and popularity, whereas CFDs provide a versatile and easy option to
trade a...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
In recent
years, cryptocurrencies have significantly increased in popularity and
attention, with Bitcoin serving as the most notable example. But, a rising worry
about cryptocurrencies' environmental impact is what's driving their
popularity. The pro...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Cryptocurrency
frauds and security breaches are becoming more likely as cryptocurrencies
continue to acquire acceptance and public attention. Cryptocurrencies' decentralized and anonymous nature offers both advantages and disadvantages. While they ha...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The advent of
decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms in recent years has revolutionized the
way financial transactions and services are handled in the cryptocurrency
world. Blockchain technology is used by DeFi platforms to give decentralized
alterna...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The stocks and crypto assets trading platform, eToro has
halted the purchase of four cryptocurrencies, which were recently labeled as unregistered securities by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for users in the US, according to an announ...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
GCEX, a
digital prime brokerage, has expanded its partnership with Hex Trust, an
institutional custodian for cryptocurrencies. The announcement follows the companies'
initial venture into staking services in April 2023.Now, their
relationship includ...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The Singapore subsidiary of Sygnum, a digital asset bank, has become the latest to obtain in-principal approval for a Major Payment Institution Licence (MPIL) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
Sygnum Gains In-Principal Singapore License...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Nigeria's financial regulator has ordered Binance to halt
its services in the country saying the exchange was neither registered nor
regulated. In a circular issued on June 9, the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) in Nigeria termed the exchang...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
A US court permitted now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX to permanently remove individual customer names from all bankruptcy filings to avoid scams and identity theft risks.
Protecting FTX Customers from Scams
"It is the customers who are the most impor...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
US
prosecutors have fingered two Russian nationals as the masterminds behind the 2011 hack of
Mt. Gox, the largest Bitcoin (BTC) exchange in the world at the time. The
Department of Justice (DOJ) in an indictment unsealed on Friday charged Alexey
Bil...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Robinhood is
delisting three commonly traded cryptocurrencies, Cardano (ADA),
Solana (SOL), and Polygon (MATIC), which were recently identified as securities by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in lawsuits against top
cryptocurrency exch...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Earlier this week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought simultaneous lawsuits against two leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance and Coinbase. Utilising their influence, both exchanges decided to fight the legal battle.
Lawsuits...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The movement of
funds between nations, or cross-border remittances, is essential to the world
economy. Traditional remittance options can include high costs and protracted
transaction delays. However, the emergence of cryptocurrency has brought about...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Binance.US announced today (on Tuesday) the suspension of USD deposits and indirectly urged users to withdraw their fiat deposits from the platform. The banking partners of the exchange will pause fiat withdrawal services by June 13.
Binance.US Faces...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Two US lawmakers
have asked the Department of Justice to look into whether Binance made false
representations to lawmakers earlier in March about its business dealings and
ties to its local unit, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Senators Elizabeth
War...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The United
States has objected to a proposal by the cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex to return
customer cash and cryptocurrency as part of a process to wind down its operations
in the country. Bittrex’s US arm filed for bankruptcy
protection in May
we...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The European
Consumer Organization (BEUC) has filed a complaint with the European Commission
and consumer authorities against Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter, for
facilitating 'misleading' promotion of cryptocurrencies.In a report dubbed
'Hyp...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
In a
proactive move to enhance customer safety, the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) today (Thursday)
announced it has implemented new measures aimed at protecting customers from
fraudulent activities tied to cryptocurrency exchanges.In
practice, this means t...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase, hit back at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday (Wednesday) following the agency’s lawsuit against the exchange, calling its Chair, Gary Gensler an “outlier.”
Coinbase's CEO Attacks SEC's Chair...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Binance.US, the US affiliate of the largest global crypto exchange by trading volume, indefinitely suspended its over-the-counter (OTC) trading platform following the crackdown against it by the US securities regulator.
Binance Suspends OTC Trading
“...