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New York Attorney General Wants to Hear From Investors Deceived by Crypto Platforms
3.8.2022
New York Attorney General Letitia James has urged investors in her state who believe they have been deceived by a crypto platform to contact her office. “Investors were promised large returns on cryptocurrencies, but instead lost their hard-earned money,” she stressed. Letitia James...
Meta History Museum Raised Over $1,000,000, Releases New NFT Collection in Support of Ukraine
24.7.2022
The META HISTORY project team created Ukraine’s first NFT war museum one month after Russia’s full-scale invasion. Since then they have managed to raise $1,290,398 (803.28 ETH) for the Aid For Ukraine crypto fund, created by the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation together...
Twitter User Accuses Nexo of Embezzlement Through Charity, Crypto Lender Denies Allegations
28.6.2022
A Twitter account has accused the Bulgarian co-founders of the Swiss-based cryptocurrency lender Nexo of misappropriating funds from a charity platform. The company has rejected the allegations in the anonymous attack, which comes after Nexo offered a buyout deal to troubled rival Celsius....
Report: Luxury Fashion Retailer Farfetch to Accept Crypto Assets for Payments
10.6.2022
The British-Portuguese luxury fashion retailer Farfetch said it will accept crypto assets soon thanks to a partnership with the German crypto platform Lunu. Farfetch will accept seven different crypto assets including bitcoin, ethereum, and binance coin, and the feature will be rolled out to select...
Huobi Global Acquires Latin American Crypto Exchange Bitex
27.5.2022
The digital currency exchange Huobi Global has revealed it has acquired Bitex, a Latin American crypto platform that operates in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Huobi details that the company is stepping up its presence in Latin America as it believes the region will be one of the most...
Trademark Applications Suggest Meta May Launch Crypto Platform
19.5.2022
Technology giant Meta, previously Facebook, has filed five trademark applications for a digital payments platform dubbed 'Meta Pay'.
According to records submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Meta filed five new trademark applications on May 13, which echo...
US Court Fines Bitmex’s Founders $30 Million for Operating Illegal Crypto Platform
7.5.2022
The founders of Bitmex have been ordered to pay $30 million “for illegally operating a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform and anti-money laundering violations.” Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed must pay $10 million each. Bitmex’s Founders Fined $30 Million...
Robinhood Agrees to Acquire UK Crypto Platform Ziglu
19.4.2022
Online brokerage platform Robinhood has acquired London-based crypto platform Ziglu giving it a Financial Conduct Authority-regulated arm in the U.K
Belarus-born crypto platform halts operations for Russians in response to invasion of Ukraine
12.4.2022
“In these circumstances we can no longer continue to serve our clients from Russia,” said Vitalii Kedyk, CEO of Currency.com’s Ukraine arm
First Mover Asia: BC Technology Group’s Crypto Platform Made Big Gains in 2021. So Why Are Investors Unimpressed?
30.3.2022
OSL, which accounts for most of the Hong Kong company’s business, rose 63% in 2021, but the stock price has lagged bitcoin and other assets; bitcoin and ether tread water
Bloomberg Integrates Elwood Technologies' Crypto Platform Into Buy-Side Order System
24.2.2022
Crypto-focused technology firm Elwood, owned by billionaire fund manager Alan Howard, is to integrate its trading platform with Bloomberg's Asset and Investment Manager (AIM) system
Robinhood to Launch Crypto Trading Internationally — Sees ‘Immense Potential’ in Crypto Economy
30.1.2022
Robinhood has “set aggressive goals to start opening its crypto platform up to customers internationally in 2022,” the popular trading platform revealed during its Q4 earnings call. “The company believes in the immense potential of the crypto economy and sees a big opportunity...
Investors in Collapsed South African Crypto Platform Push for Jailing of Africrypt Directors
8.1.2022
A group of investors in Africrypt are reportedly pushing to have criminal charges pressed against directors of the now-defunct cryptocurrency investment platform. Opponents of the move have argued that this push is unlikely to succeed because many of the investors have already been reimbursed part...
Hong Kong Authorities Arrest Two Siblings Accused of Laundering $384 Million via Banks, Crypto Platform
30.12.2021
Authorities in Hong Kong have arrested two individuals accused of laundering about $384 million using various avenues including a cryptocurrency exchange trading platform. If convicted, the two face a maximum jail sentence of 14 years plus a fine of $5 million. An Indictable Offense Two people...
Investors in Collapsed South African Crypto Platform Reimbursed a Portion of Invested Funds
26.12.2021
Investors in Africrypt, the now-defunct South African crypto platform, were recently reimbursed a portion of their invested funds. The payments were made by Pennython Project Management LLC as part of a settlement offer that potentially ends claims against Africrypt’s runaway directors....
Ukrainians Offered New Crypto Services, Bitcoin Cards
16.12.2021
Along with the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies, Ukrainians are enjoying an expanding range of related services and products. Besides new options to buy and trade coins, crypto users in the country will be offered two cards that will allow them to spend their digital currencies in stores...
Norwegian Block Exchange to become first Nordic crypto platform to list on Euronext
3.12.2021
"The future of the financial industry is built on blockchain technology," said NBX CEO Stig Kjos-Mathisen
$100 in Free Bitcoin: NBA Team Dallas Mavericks and Voyager Kick Off Partnership With BTC Bonus
29.10.2021
The NBA team Dallas Mavericks has partnered with crypto platform Voyager and is offering its fans a $100 bonus in bitcoin to sign up and trade crypto on the partnered platform. “We’re going to come up with new ways to introduce Mavs fans to cryptocurrency and help them understand...
Matt Damon Stars in Global Crypto Ad ‘Fortune Favours the Brave’ to Air in 20 Countries
29.10.2021
Famous actor Matt Damon is starring in an ad for cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com. The ad, called “Fortune Favours the Brave,” is directed by Oscar-winner Wally Pfister and will be aired in more than 20 countries. The crypto platform “shares my commitment to empowering people...
Start-up CGU Raises $2.5 Million USD in Third Public Round
26.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. A crypto platform Crypto Gaming United (CGU), which has joined the crypto exchange TimeX on the 18th of october, made $2.5 million in a record-breaking six seconds since public token trading began. One of the co-founders of the project is a crypto-currency, DeFi and blockchain...