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Block Fined $40M Over Cash App’s Crypto Compliance Failures and 169K Ignored Alerts
11.4.2025
New York hits Block with a $40 million fine and mandates independent oversight after major compliance failures in Cash App’s bitcoin and fiat transaction monitoring. NY Regulator Unleashes Oversight Blitz on Block After Missed Red Flags and AML Gaps New York State’s Department of Financial...
Block Agrees to $40M Settlement With New York Over Faulty Money-Laundering Controls
10.4.2025
The payments and blockchain firm has agreed to an outside monitor as it resolves its compliance with New York regulations
Bitcoin's Price Stability at Risk From Potential 'Basis Trade Blowup' That Catalyzed the COVID Crash
6.4.2025
Market volatility poses risk to $1 trillion Treasury basis trades. A potential blowup could trigger a global dash for cash
Why OFAC Delisted Tornado Cash
5.4.2025
The Treasury Department may not have had any choice but to remove its designation of the crypto mixer
EY updates privacy L2 as nixed Tornado Cash sanctions ease fears
3.4.2025
Big Four accounting firm EY, formerly Ernst & Young, has changed its enterprise-focused Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Nightfall to a zero-knowledge rollup design as it says corporate clients are more comfortable with privacy solutions with easing US sanctions.EY said in an April 2 announcement...
Crypto's Fairshake Notches Latest Wins in Florida Congressional Races
2.4.2025
Two special-election winners that will help bolster Republicans' narrow lead in the U.S. House of Representatives were backed with crypto cash in their races
zkLend hacker claims losing stolen ETH to Tornado Cash phishing site
1.4.2025
The hacker behind the $9.6 million exploit of the decentralized money-lending protocol zkLend in February claims they’ve just fallen victim to a phishing website impersonating Tornado Cash, resulting in the loss of a significant portion of the stolen funds.In a message sent to zkLend through...
zkLend hacker claims losing stolen ETH to Tornado Cash phishing site
1.4.2025
The hacker behind the $9.6 million exploit of the decentralized money-lending protocol zkLend in February claims they’ve just fallen victim to a phishing website impersonating Tornado Cash, resulting in the loss of a significant portion of the stolen funds.In a message sent to zkLend through...
Crypto Daybook Americas: PumpSwap Brings in the Cash as Trump Tariffs Hang Over Bitcoin
31.3.2025
Your day-ahead look for March 31, 2025
FTX Estate to Begin Repaying Main Creditors $11.4B in Cash by May 2025
30.3.2025
The bankrupt cryptocurrency platform FTX aims to initiate repayments to primary creditors by May 30, 2025, deploying an $11.4 billion liquidity pool amassed since its 2022 downfall, Bloomberg revealed this week. Bankrupt FTX Creditors to Receive Payouts Having sought Chapter 11 protection...
A Public Company Boasting Trump's Sons on Advisory Board Is Buying BlackRock Bitcoin ETFs
28.3.2025
Dominari Holdings, a wealth management firm, announced during an earnings report on Friday that it would use a portion of its excess cash to buy shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust
Ripple Expands Africa Footprint With Chipper Cash Partnership
27.3.2025
Ripple has partnered with Nigerian fintech startup Chipper Cash to facilitate cross-border payments into Africa using Ripple Payments. Crypto Payments Key to Low Cross-Border Fees U.S.-based digital asset infrastructure provider Ripple has partnered with Nigerian fintech startup Chipper Cash...
Ripple, Chipper Cash partner for faster and cheaper African remittances
27.3.2025
Ripple has partnered with African payment infrastructure provider Chipper Cash to support crypto-enabled cross-border payments.According to a March 27 announcement, Chipper Cash will use Ripple Payments for its cross-border transactions as part of the deal. The companies said the partnership...
Ripple Partners With Chipper Cash to Boost Payments in Africa Using XRP
27.3.2025
Chipper Cash, which claims to have five million customers across nine African countries, said the move will allow consumers to speedily receive funds from around the world, around the clock
Northern Trust to Provide Custody, Cash Management Services for Stablecoin Issuer Haycen
27.3.2025
Haycen provides stablecoin-based solutions for non-bank lenders in global trade
Studio Ghibli Craze Inspires Memecoins on Ethereum, Solana After OpenAI’s 4o Release
27.3.2025
The internet is full of people converting images to AI-generated pictures in the characteristic style of some animated movies by Japan’s Studio Ghibli. Memecoin traders are looking to cash in on the trend
Robinhood offers to Uber cash to customers and have AI give trading advice
27.3.2025
Trading platform Robinhood Markets plans to offer a service that delivers cash to its customers alongside an artificial intelligence research assistant that offers trading advice.The company said in a March 27 blog post that its online banking arm, Robinhood Banking, will offer savings accounts...
Crypto urges Congress to change DOJ rule used against Tornado Cash devs
27.3.2025
A coalition of crypto firms has urged Congress to press the Department of Justice to amend an “unprecedented and overly expansive” interpretation of laws that were used to charge the developers of the crypto mixer Tornado Cash.A March 26 letter signed by 34 crypto companies and advocate...
GameStop Bitcoin Pivot Spurs Social Media Chatter as Stock Soars 16%
26.3.2025
The gaming retailer will spend some of its $4.8 billion cash holdings to buy bitcoin and stablecoins, sparking discussions around how much it will actually buy
GameStop Plans To Buy A Bunch Of Bitcoin As It Closes Even More Stores
26.3.2025
GameStop might be dying, but thanks to its unprecedented good fortunes as a meme stock, it still has a whopping $4 billion in cash reserves. The video game retail chain announced this week it now has a plan for what to do with it: plough it into Bitcoin. Read more