Digital Currency Group (DCG), Genesis Global’s parent business, has chosen to shut down its wealth section hours after word of the layoffs spread. Genesis has been experiencing significant liquidity difficulty since the FTX crash, and this is the latest hint of concern. A spokesman for Digital Currency Group (DCG) stated
A representative for Genesis Global Trading has confirmed that layoffs occurred on Thursday. Genesis Interim CEO Derar Islim made a public statement before the layoffs were announced. Islim recently said that the company needs more time to find an appropriate solution to the current problems. According to the source with
The demise of FTX is still making headlines, even in 2023. The collapse of one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges has resulted in a significant fall in the global crypto industry. Since then, a series of court hearings have been ongoing against FTX’s CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, and affiliated personnel of
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s partner Paxos burned 61,634908 Binance USD, which is worth over $61665725.45. Binance USD, also known as BUSD. The Paxos Trust Company, a financial technology company with headquarters in New York, issues BUSD under the Binance brand. It is anchored to the $1 price principally by
François Villeroy de Galhau, the Governor of the Bank of France, wants to strengthen the regulatory standards for cryptocurrency businesses. According to a recent report from Bloomberg, the head of France’s central bank has called for tighter licensing requirements for crypto-based firms in the country. His latest decision is a
The founder of the cryptocurrency-focused firm Celsius Network, Alex Mashinsky, was named in a civil lawsuit. Brought by the state of New York’s attorney general on Thursday. The lawsuit accuses Mashinsky of planning to swindle hundreds of investors. By persuading them to deposit billions of dollars’ worth of digital assets
Officially announcing the acquisition of Diem Group, a Facebook-affiliated firm, and its intellectual property and other technology assets essential to run the blockchain-based payment system, Silvergate made the deal public in February of last year. In 2021, Facebook stopped working on its digital currency project because of intense scrutiny from
Financial services company Cowen’s analysts lowered their rating on cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on Thursday. Following FTX’s demise and the general fall in trading volumes in the cryptocurrency market. Crypto firms are under closer scrutiny than ever. The price of COIN dropped by 8.89% at the time of writing, and it
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Latin America NFT Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics Databook – 50+ KPIs on NFT Investments by Key Assets, Currency, Sales Channels – Q2 2022” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. NFT industry in Latin America is expected to grow by 48.4% on an annual basis to
The National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) Crypto Cell is a new unit of the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) tasked with proactively investigating cryptocurrency-related crime. The NCA has announced that the inaugural squad would consist of five officers working out of the NCCU. While the NCA’s interest in combating crypto
