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Payments giant Mastercard has agreed to buy CipherTrace, a firm that scans blockchains for illicit transactions. The surprise acquisition announced Thursday by the companies in a press release gives Mastercard the ability to track over 900 cryptocurrencies. Details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The deal is the latest sign of robust activity in the crypto tracing sector as governments and...
The securities regulator is threatening to sue Coinbase should the exchange launch its Lend product, Brian Armstrong claimed in a Twitter thread. U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase says the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has threatened to sue over its yet-to-be-launched “Lend” program. Coinbase said it had been in discussions with the SEC over its program for almost six months....
The regulator is seeking information about how investors use the decentralized exchange and how it is marketed. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating the developer of decentralized exchange Uniswap, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The SEC is seeking information about how investors use the exchange and how it is marketed, the report said, citing people familiar with the...
A listing would be a boon for the embattled Binance brand. Changpeng âCZâ Zhao, CEO of one of the worldâs largest exchanges, Binance, says its U.S. affiliate is eyeing an initial public offering within three years. According to a report by The Information on Wednesday, Zhao said âBinance.US is just going to do what Coinbase didâ by following in the...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has won a judgment against Steven Seagal after the famous actor failed to pay the agreed sum to settle the crypto fraud case he was involved in. Seagal, now living in Russia, has been ignoring the SECâs attempts to contact him. Steven Seagal Ignores SEC, Fails to Pay Settlement A federal judge for...
RMB internationalization is inevitable, wrote Peopleâs Daily. China aims to build an international clearing and settlement network for mobile payments using the digital yuan, the Peopleâs Daily wrote in an op-ed Monday. The network will be a âbreakthrough pointâ in the cross-border use of the digital currency, the op-ed said. China also wants to use the digital yuan to improve...
The Square and Twitter CEO first announced plans to create an âopen developer platformâ in July. Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, tweeted on Friday that TBD, payment giant Squareâs new division focused on creating an open developer platform, is planning to build a decentralized bitcoin exchange. âHelp us build an open platform to create a decentralized exchange for #Bitcoin,â...
The investments manager said it confidentially filed for a bitcoin futures ETF months ago. The race to launch a bitcoin (BTC, +1.52%) futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) for U.S. investors now has a (procedural) front-runner: Valkyrie Investments. On Tuesday, a surprise regulatory filing by Nasdaq to âlist and trade sharesâ of the Valkyrie XBTO Bitcoin Futures Fund revealed the existence of...
"The market continues to hover over the 200-day moving average with bulls still in play," Zerocap's Toby Chapple told CoinDesk. Bitcoin is once again trading above the $50,000 price tag, hitting the mark for the first time in over three months. The worldâs largest cryptocurrency by market value is up 2.5% over a 24-hour period and is currently changing hands...
Hourly spot volume across multiple exchanges clocked the highest point since Aug. 13. Bitcoin is up more than 6% on the day after breaching $47,000 on the back of strong buyer demand. The worldâs largest crypto by market cap has hit a 24-hour high of $47,359 and is now posting a 62.2% year-to-date return, CoinDesk data shows. Current prices are...
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