Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Atomic Wallet suffered a security breach, resulting in the theft of $35 million in various cryptocurrencies. The siphoning of funds started on June 2, and according to Atomic Wallet developers, less than one percent of its monthly active users were a...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Mercado Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Brazil, received a payment institution license from the country's central bank late last week, local media Valor Economico reported. It will enable the crypto exchange to operate as a payment in...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Coinbase Derivatives Exchange, a derivatives platform linked to its namesake cryptocurrency exchange, will introduce Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts for institutional clients on June 5. Coinbase Bitcoin (BTI) and Coinbase Ether (ETI) futures cont...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The Twitter account of Mira Murati, the Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, was recently hacked, promoting a 'scam' cryptocurrency airdrop. The ‘scam’ tweet was live for an hour and has now been taken down.
Scammers Becoming Sophisticated
Murati’s Tw...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
A group of
investors in a class action suit have accused Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX's CEO, of
adopting several manipulative techniques to influence the price of Dogecoin in order to trade at a profit at their expense, Reuters reported on Thursday. T...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Binance has halted all trading of the Australian Dollar today
(June 1) for its users in Australia, two weeks after announcing the intention to
suspend the service. The crypto exchange said on Twitter that it was still
trying to find an alternative pa...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Hong Kong
rolled out new rules on Thursday to guide the cryptocurrency industry in the
Chinese special administrative region. Crypto exchanges operating in the jurisdiction
are now required to get licensed to offer their services to retail traders.Ho...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The topic of regulating and overseeing cryptocurrency has
gained momentum in American politics for multiple reasons. There is a rising
apprehension about the use of cryptocurrency for unlawful activities, such as
money laundering, terrorism financing...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Cryptocurrency exchanges are running after licenses as Crypto.com became the latest to receive a license in Singapore, while Winklevoss twins’ Gemini is seeking to apply for one in the United Arab Emirates.
Crypto.com Cements Singapore PresenceCrypto...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
American investment bank TD Cowen has closed down its cryptocurrency unit, Cowen Digital, today (Thursday), just over a year after its launch, without providing any proper explanation.
Another Institutional Crypto Platform Is Closed
"Today will be th...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading
volume, is evaluating its headcount, the company said on Wednesday, dispelling
rumours that it was laying off employees to cut costs."Binance is not
cutting 20% of employees as a cost-cutting me...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
US
prosecutors in court documents, which were filed on Monday, opposed pre-trial motions
filed by FTX's Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers to dismiss a number of the
13 charges against him. In one of the filings, the prosecutors said the motions...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The total assets under management (AUM) for crypto investment products declined for
the first time this year during this month (May), shedding 8.92% to reach $30.6 billion. On the contrary,
investment surged by over 55.5% on a year-to-date (YTD) basi...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The team behind CNHC Group, the issuer of CNHC, a stablecoin pegged to
the offshore yuan, and HKDC, one tied to the Hong Kong dollar, was arrested in
Shanghai, according to a local news outlet, PANews. CNHC Group has been renamed to Trust Reserve.The...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The UAE Central Bank has issued new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing guidance covering the dealings with virtual assets, including cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
UAE’s New Virtual Assets Guidance
The new guideli...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Nansen, a
blockchain analytics platform, has announced a significant restructuring plan,
which includes reducing its staff by 30%. The company's Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), Alex Svanevik, revealed the news in a memo shared via social media,
expres...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Bybit has become the latest cryptocurrency exchange to announce its exit from the Canadian market due to the country's recent regulatory requirements for the industry. The exchange's exit will be made in phases, starting today (Wednesday).
"It has al...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Bybit has become the latest cryptocurrency exchange to announce its exit from the Canadian market due to the country's recent regulatory requirements for the industry. The exchange's exit will be in phases, starting today (Wednesday).
"It has always...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
A former
Product Manager at Coinbase, Ishan Wahi and his brother Nikhil Wahi, have settled
charges of insider dealing brought against them by the US securities regulator.
They both agreed to give up illegal profit gained from their scheme and pay pr...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Tether is investing in renewable energy production in
Uruguay for the mining of Bitcoin in the South American country, the company
announced on Tuesday. In addition, the issuer of USDT stablecoin is recruiting experts
in the energy sector in the regi...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Ahead of
Japan's strict crypto monitoring regime starting in June, the cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer has
adopted tougher anti-money laundering (AML) rules for digital asset
transactions. The measures are in line with the global financial watchdog...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Australian
investors' concerns about the future of their positions have led to Bitcoin
(BTC) on Binance Australia being sold at a significant discount compared to
competing platforms operating in the country. According to data released on Tuesday, a...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The Russian government has abandoned its plan to establish a national cryptocurrency exchange. Instead, the country now wants to set up rules to regulate cryptocurrency exchanges, according to the local news agency Izvestia, which cited State Duma me...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
Cryptocurrency
exchange BKEX has frozen customer withdrawal on its platform to cooperate with
police investigation into alleged money laundering by some of its
users. The exchange on Monday said it decided to halt withdrawal in order to
aid authorit...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 2 years ago
The cryptocurrency
exchange BKEX has frozen customer withdrawals on its platform to cooperate with a police investigation into alleged money laundering involving its users' funds. On Monday, the exchange said it decided to halt withdrawals in order...