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Director of Listed Chinese Company Embezzles $8 Million, Uses Funds to Purchase Bitcoin Mining Rigs
7.6.2022
A Chinese prosecutor is reported to have given a thumbs up to the arrest of a listed big data company director accused of embezzling $8 million and using the funds to buy bitcoin mining rigs. Although Li Qunnan has denied the allegations, executives insist their evidence implicates him....
Bitcoin Funds Rake In New Money as Altcoin Funds Suffer
6.6.2022
DEXes Outpace CEXes, Binance Buys CAKE, Losing Crypto Funds, IRA vs. Gemini + More News
6.6.2022
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Read More: DEXes Outpace CEXes, Binance Buys CAKE, Losing Crypto Funds, IRA vs. Gemini + More News
Defi Educator Says $22 Billion in ETH 2.0 Funds Won’t Be Liquid Immediately After PoS Transition
4.6.2022
As Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake (PoS) gets closer and the network’s hashrate taps another all-time high, the Ethereum 2.0 contract is close to nearing 13 million ether worth $22.6 billion using today’s ether exchange rates. Moreover, according to a decentralized...
Beanstalk Stablecoin Protocol 'Barn Raise' Aims to Restore $77M in Lost Funds
2.6.2022
The protocol was hit by a $182 million flash-loan attack in April
Coinbase chief legal officer responds to SEC disclosure FUD
2.6.2022
Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer of Coinbase, highlighted that the funds of customers are protected legally and physically
Soros Fund’s CEO: Recession Is Inevitable and Crypto Is Here to Stay
2.6.2022
Soros Fund Management’s chief executive and chief investment officer, Dawn Fitzpatrick, says cryptocurrency is here to stay and it’s already gone mainstream. She also believes that a recession is inevitable Soros Fund’s CEO: Crypto Is Here to Stay Dawn Fitzpatrick, chief...
Bitcoin Funds See Weekly Inflows as Analysts Debate ‘Bounce’
30.5.2022
Investment funds backed by bitcoin (BTC) and crypto once again saw inflows last week, as BTC extended a now 9-week-long losing streak. At the same time, some analysts are turning positive on the near-term outlook for bitcoin in particular, predicting a “bounce” to the upside in June.
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Report: FTX CEO Says Crypto Exchange Is Ready to Spend Billions on Acquisition Deals
29.5.2022
Billionaire and FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried said the leading crypto asset exchange aims to make a number of acquisitions and could spend up to $2 billion on such efforts. The FTX chief executive officer highlighted in a recent interview that a fraction of the funds raised by the company were...
Police Reportedly Looking into Allegations that a Terraform Staffer ‘Embezzled’ Funds
27.5.2022
South Korean police could reportedly take over from the “Yeouido Grim Reaper” financial crimes investigation unit in the probe of Terraform Labs after “embezzlement” charges were leveled at an unnamed employee....
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JPMorgan Sees ‘Significant Upside’ to Bitcoin — Replaces Real Estate With Crypto as ‘Preferred Alternative Asset’
26.5.2022
JPMorgan sees “significant upside” to the price of bitcoin. The global investment bank’s price target for the cryptocurrency is 28% above its current price. JPMorgan has also replaced real estate with cryptocurrencies as its “preferred alternative asset class along with...
Billionaire Investor Bill Ackman Says Unless the Fed Aggressively Hikes Rates, Stock Market Could Crash, ‘Catalyzing an Economic Collapse’
25.5.2022
Billionaire hedge fund manager and founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, Bill Ackman, believes “inflation is out of control.” The investor thinks that if the Federal Reserve “doesn’t do its job” by applying “aggressive monetary tightening,”...
Crypto funds under management drop to a low not seen since July 2021
24.5.2022
Outflows from digital asset funds reached $141 million last week, a figure not seen since July 2021
South Korean police request exchanges freeze LFG related funds
24.5.2022
Police in South Korea have contacted the country’s leading exchanges to freeze any funds linked to the embattled Luna Foundation Guard
First Mover Asia: Funds Lost Billions in the Terra Collapse. Here are the Ongoing Effects; Bitcoin Sees Red
24.5.2022
When a fund suffers a major dent to its token, the impact reverberates widely throughout the venture funding eco-system; most major cryptos tumbled despite gains in U.S. equity markets
Korean Police Ask Crypto Exchanges to Freeze Luna Foundation Guard’s Assets
24.5.2022
The South Korean police have reportedly launched an investigation into possible embezzlement involving an employee of Terraform Labs. To prevent fund transfers, the police have requested crypto exchanges to freeze the Luna Foundation Guard’s accounts. Embezzlement Investigation and Asset...
Crypto Funds Shrink to Lowest Since 2021 Summer Bear Market
23.5.2022
Investors pulled out $154 million from bitcoin funds last week, a stark reversal from the $299 million of inflows reported for the prior period, according to CoinShares
FTX US Launches Zero-Commission Equities Trading Platform
19.5.2022
FTX US announced on Thursday that the firm has launched an equities trading platform called FTX Stocks which will give U.S.-based customers the ability to purchase stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The launch is currently in a private beta phase for select U.S. customers and equities can...
Biden Administration Wants Crypto Exchanges to Separate Customer and Corporate Funds
18.5.2022
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration will press Congress to demand cryptocurrency exchanges keep their customers’ money separate from their own corporate funds, according to a person familiar with the plan that could constrain the way the industry does business
Swiss ETP Issuer 21Shares Dives Into US Market With 2 Crypto Index Funds
18.5.2022
The two crypto index funds will only be available to accredited investors