Crypto

By Katanga Johnson and Michelle Price WASHINGTON – The top U.S. consumer watchdog plans to scrutinize the use of cryptocurrencies for real-time payments and ramp up oversight of Big Tech …

Cage The Kraken? Massive Crypto Firm Investigated For Allegedly Flouting Iran Sanctions John Hugh DeMastri on July 26, 2022 One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges is under investigation by …

Crypto Bros Host Wild Illegal Party In Paris Catacombs Max Keating on July 19, 2022 Ethereum cryptocurrency developers convened 65 feet underground in the Paris catacombs for an illegal techno …

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network said bitcoin mining is key to the company’s restructuring efforts at a U.S. bankruptcy court hearing on Monday in Manhattan. New …

By Huw Jones LONDON – Global rules are needed to regulate international crypto firms like Binance and “keep markets clean”, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Thursday. Crypto firms are …

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Liquidators for crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) obtained U.S. court permission on Tuesday to issue subpoenas and lay claim to the bankrupt Singapore-based …

By Huw Jones LONDON -The Financial Stability Board (FSB) said on Monday it would propose “robust” global rules for cryptocurrencies in October, following recent turmoil in markets that has highlighted …

(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW – Russia’s financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, said on Friday it was using …

By John McCrank and Megan Davies (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried, head of one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, FTX, said he and his company still have a “few billion” on …

(Reuters) -European Union negotiators on Wednesday reached a provisional agreement on anti-money laundering rules for cryptocurrencies that would spur crypto firms to check their customers’ identities, in the latest regulatory …

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – Bitcoin miners have been forced to tap into their cryptocurrency stashes as a plunge in prices, rising energy costs and increased …

By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – A downturn in cryptocurrency prices and crash of one stablecoin has led some investors to try to recover their losses in U.S. court. Here is …

LONDON – Britain’s worsening cost-of-living squeeze is pushing some people into gambling and cryptocurrency investments in last-ditch attempts to make ends meet, a gambling charity warned on Thursday. GamCare said …

By Elizabeth Howcroft and Tom Wilson LONDON – Major crypto firm Tether said on Wednesday it will launch next month a “stablecoin” pegged to the British pound, a move that …

By Marc Jones LONDON – Recent implosions in the cryptocurrency markets indicate that long-warned-about dangers of decentralised digital money are now materialising, the Bank for International Settlements has said. The …

(Reuters) – Hong Kong-based Babel Finance temporarily suspended the withdrawals and redemption of crypto assets on Friday, as the crypto lender scrambles to pay its clients after the recent slump …

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – Major cryptocurrency volatility has hit stablecoins, typically considered the market’s safer-havens, with investors pulling money out of the sector and several …

By Hannah Lang, Carolina Mandl and Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) – Celsius Network, the retail crypto lending platform whose liquidity problems have sent cryptocurrencies plunging, stumbled on complex investments in the …

MILAN – Swiss bank UBS is working to offer digital services that allow customers to buy real assets, but would advise them to stay away from crypto assets based purely …

By Tom Wilson, Elizabeth Howcroft and Hannah Lang LONDON – Major U.S. cryptocurrency lending company Celsius Network froze withdrawals and transfers on Monday, citing “extreme” market conditions, sparking a sell-off …

LONDON – Bitcoin’s slump on Monday after major U.S. crypto lending company Celsius Network froze withdrawals should remind investors that most crypto-assets have no intrinsic value, Bank of England Governor …

By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE – Singapore-based private securities platform ADDX said it has become the first financial firm in the city-state to recognise cryptocurrency in their assessment of assets of …

By Huw Jones LONDON – Britain will begin live testing of crypto blockchain technology for traditional market activities such as trading and settlement of stocks and bonds next year as …

(Reuters) – Better regulation of the fast-growing world of crypto assets is needed not to keep rich people from losing money but for the sake of everyone else, Federal Reserve …