Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency
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The crypto broker Genesis told clients that it could take weeks, not days, for it to find a path forward for its troubled lending unit, which was hobbled by the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX.
December 7 -
Galaxy Digital is paying $44.1 million to buy Celsius Network's GK8 business — more than 60% lower than what the bankrupt crypto lender paid to acquire the self-custody platform just last year.
December 7 -
A former Federal Reserve official argues that current rules allow banks to begin trading in crypto assets with virtually no oversight.
December 7 -
The crypto bank Silvergate Capital was asked by three U.S. senators to release all records about transfers of funds for the collapsed FTX empire of Sam Bankman-Fried.
December 6 -
The bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network won court approval to give out bonuses totaling as much as $2.8 million to workers in a bid to keep them from quitting.
December 6 -
A federal judge will soon decide whether depositors at Celsius Network gave up ownership of their cryptocurrencies in exchange for interest payments, a key legal issue that could echo through other crypto bankruptcies.
December 5 -
The crypto lender Nexo Inc. is phasing out its products and services in the U.S. market after facing cease-and-desist orders from multiple states over its interest-earning products.
December 5 -
Circle Internet Financial, the issuer of the world's second-largest crypto stablecoin, said its planned merger with the special-purpose acquisition company Concord Acquisition that was once valued at $9 billion has been called off.
December 5 -
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors said it only needs to disclose records about its decision making process, but Custodia says the central bank is playing by its own rules.
December 5 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating whether the cryptocurrency lender Nexo Financial is abiding by consumer protection laws, according to documents released this week. The CFPB rejected the company's argument that the agency has no authority to conduct the probe.
December 2 -
There's an opening for Congress to pass a narrow digital-asset regulation bill before the year's end after the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX, Sen. Pat Toomey said.
December 2 -
U.S. authorities are asking crypto investors and trading firms that worked closely with FTX to hand over information on the company and its key figures, including founder Sam Bankman-Fried and the former head of his Alameda Research investment arm, Caroline Ellison.
December 2 -
Protecting depositors' stablecoin holdings could be the difference between providing the economy with a new boost and creating unnecessary drag.
December 2 -
Lawmakers appeared to support strengthening a bill to give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission authority over crypto derivatives.
December 1 -
The New York financial regulator said the move would help the agency ensure customer protections are in place in the volatile crypto market.
December 1 -
FTX's previously unknown ties to the banking system have raised questions about crypto's reach in traditional finance.
December 1 -
Dianne Dobbeck, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's supervision group, said the banking system is sound, but potentially destabilizing risks must be monitored and addressed.
December 1 -
Mystery continues to shroud the missing billions at the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX after its disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried denied trying to perpetrate a fraud while admitting to grievous managerial errors.
December 1 -
Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook said recent events show that existing regulation and supervision tools are already well suited for safeguarding banks from the risks of digital assets.
November 30 -
Some respected financial industry participants had connections with the cryptocurrency exchange and are coping with the fallout alongside thousands of investors and backers.
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