Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency
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Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of a massive fraud that led to the collapse of his FTX exchange, following a monthlong trial.
November 2 -
The subpoena asks the company to produce documents tied to its work on the dollar-linked stablecoin PayPal USD. The company says in a regulatory filing that it's cooperating with the probe.
November 2 -
The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority released data that shows buy now/pay later lending on the rise, Ripple is working with Uphold to improve crypto liquidity and more.
November 1 -
The group, which is led by Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., and includes two high-ranking Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee, says the Securities and Exchange Commission's crypto-custody proposal could encroach on banking regulators' jurisdiction.
November 1 -
In a lawsuit between a Puerto Rican bank and the New York Fed, a federal judge ruled that reserve banks are not obligated to give master accounts to banks they deem risky. The decision could have implications for other master account challenges.
October 31 -
Almost a year since FTX's implosion set a minor banking crisis in motion, neither Congress nor regulators seem to be anywhere close to issuing comprehensive rules for the crypto road. That's a missed opportunity, and states are likely to fill the void.
October 31 -
The U.K. government confirmed plans to regulate cryptoasset activities more strictly, bringing them under the same regime as traditional financial services.
October 30 -
Sam Bankman-Fried spent almost three hours trying to persuade a judge to allow him to testify about the role FTX lawyers played in the lead up to the collapse of the crypto-exchange and the alleged mismanagement of customer funds.
October 26 -
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., a senior Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, said he intends to press Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to refine the Basel III capital proposal before it is finalized.
October 25 -
Growing expectations that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will authorize exchange-traded funds that invest directly in the cryptocurrency after a decade of deliberation has fueled a more than 25% rally over the past two weeks.
October 25 -
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FTX Trading is considering proposals from three bidders to restart trading on what had been one of the world's biggest crypto exchanges before the company sank into bankruptcy amid fraud allegations.
October 24 -
Genesis and DCG were accused in the suit of trying to conceal spiraling losses. The state said it wants to ban Gemini, Genesis and DCG from the financial investment industry in New York.
October 19 -
NCR has completed the spinoff of its ATM business, Revolut doubles its number of fraud-fighters in two years, China builds a zone for digital yuan users, and more.
October 18 -
Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman said some limitations and frictions in the payments system are by design and cannot be swept away by tech innovations.
October 17 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission will not ask a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling that paves the way for Grayscale Investments to launch a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, according to a person familiar with the matter.
October 16 -
Crypto lending is still small compared with the leverage bubble that took down large swathes of the sector when it burst in 2022, and executives say they've taken pains to avoid a repeat.
October 16 -
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a lawsuit against Stephen Ehrlich in U.S. federal court in New York, claiming he and Voyager 'fraudulently solicited participation in and operated a digital asset trading and custody platform.'
October 12 -
Caroline Ellison outlined for a New York jury how she worked with Sam Bankman-Fried to deceive lenders and customers to build his multibillion dollar cryptocurrency empire — and their failed attempts to prevent a spectacular collapse.
October 12 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has been ordered by a court to explain its reasons for rejecting an application for a crypto-based exchange-traded fund. It's about time.
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