Bank downplays ties to FTX sister company in latest fallout from crypto exchange failure – GeekWire
(Bigstock Impression) A financial institution in rural Washington condition sought to length alone from FTX on Tuesday next a report final week detailing its connections to the failed cryptocurrency exchange. Moonstone Bank, previously known as…
Bitcoin back above US$17,000, Ether gains along with other top 10 crypto
Bitcoin traded above US$17,000 Monday morning in Asia, with all the top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies by market cap gaining ground. Investors see inflation fears easing in the U.S., the world’s biggest economy, while China has started to relax…
MetaComp becomes the latest crypto exchange to receive Singapore license
Singapore-based mostly crypto trade MetaComp has been granted Singapore’s Big Payment Establishment license, enabling it to offer electronic asset exchange and custody companies to institutional buyers from Thursday, Dec. 1. See similar short article:…
NFT sales rise for first time in 7 months in November despite crypto price slump
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales in November rose for the initial time in seven months to top US$530 million, shrugging off the sharp declines in cryptocurrency costs subsequent the collapse of Bahamas-primarily based crypto trade FTX.com earlier in the…
Hong Kong crypto exchange AAX has lost most staff, unlikely to reopen, says former executive
Hong Kong cryptocurrency trade Atom Asset Exchange (AAX) has lost most of its staff to firings and resignations and is not likely to resume functions right after freezing property on the system on Nov. 13, previous vice president and head of study Ben…
Visa’s trademark filings hint at launch of crypto wallet
Visa Global Provider Association on Oct. 22 submitted two trademark apps that hinted at programs of launching a crypto wallet, according to a Twitter put up by trademark attorney Mike Kondoudis. See connected report: Visa to start 1st Bitcoin-connected…
Tech Stocks Roundup: Facebook Slammed for Fake Celebrity Crypto Ads
Facebook finds itself at the center of another controversy. Australia’s consumer watchdog agency (ACCC) has decided to sue Meta (MVRS) – Get Meta Report, formerly Facebook, for having allegedly “aided and abetted celebrity scam ads on…
Crypto Startup That Wants to Scan Everyone’s Eyeballs Is Having Some Trouble
(Bloomberg) — Worldcoin — the billion-dollar startup that wants to give cryptocurrency to every living human by imaging their eyes — has recently halted operations in at least seven countries due to a host of logistical hurdles that have prompted…
Today in Crypto: BlockFi Could Pay $100M to SEC
Crypto lender BlockFi will pay $100 million in a Securities and Exchange Commission settlement over a probe into selling unregistered securities, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 11). BlockFi will also stop opening new accounts for its high yield lending…
Crypto mining raises concerns and questions
(WTAJ) — Cryptocurrencies have taken the world by storm over the past decade — from bitcoin to dogecoin — crypto might be here to stay. As the popularity and demand for digital currency grows, more mining data centers have popped up across the country,…