Crypto.com had added Russia to the list of nations it would not provide service. Bitmex, another marketplace, will also implement new limits. A number of service providers in the sector have made efforts to comply with the new restrictions imposed around a week after the European Union approved another set
Wintermute borrowed $92.5 million for a duration of 180 days. Now Wintermute owes $75M to Maple Finance and Clearpool. Concerns about paying back $189.4 million in debt arose when crypto market maker Wintermute lost $160 million in a hack. Excitingly, on Oct. 15, Wintermute repaid a $92 million Tether (USDT)
John Mack, a former CEO of Morgan Stanley, discussed cryptocurrencies in an interview. From June 2005 to January 2010, Mack served as the global investment bank’s chief executive. The former Morgan Stanley executive also talked about whether Wall Street will eventually be all digital. “You’ve got to make sure it’s
The parent company of the popular cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask, ConsenSys, has announced an integration with the fintech business Sardine that would make it simpler for customers to convert cash into cryptocurrency. Instead of waiting for their funds to clear, MetaMask users may now quickly fund their cryptocurrency wallets with bank
The first NFT art collection by Academy Award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins, named “The Eternal Collection,” sold out on NFT marketplace OpenSea in under seven minutes. The collection is a series of over a thousand original artworks commemorating the actor’s decades-long Hollywood career, with visual references to his roles in films
High inflation has affected people in both nations as a result of the war’s economic toll. Ukrainian hryvnia-denominated trade volume increased by 121% to $307 million in March. There was a spike in crypto transactions between Russia and Ukraine shortly after hostilities broke out in late February. While Russian transactions
A number of big crypto firms have already announced layoffs this year. New leadership at NYDIG includes Tejas Shah as CEO. NYDIG announced in January that it had secured $1 billion at a valuation of over $7 billion. With the intention of expanding its institutional-grade Bitcoin platform to include Lightning
13% of Canadians have Bitcoin, up significantly from 5% in 2018-2020. Additional research on Bitcoin has been conducted by the Bank of Canada since 2016. Key figures reflecting Canadians’ preference for crypto assets have been released by the Bank of Canada. As part of its Financial System Review. New statistics
Metaplanet’s investment is not Tallinn’s first step into cryptocurrencies. Tallinn acknowledged owning majority of his fortune in Bitcoin. Fabric Systems, a cryptography hardware technology firm, has completed a seed round raising $13 million from investors. In order to develop low-power Bitcoin mining gear. The funding came from 8090 Partners, a
In a recent advisory opinion paper, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) addresses the topic of crypto-based securities. In it, a lack of regulation is acknowledged, and cryptocurrencies are defined as digitally represented assets. Safeguarded by cryptographic technology, and transacted and stored by Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT). Tokens that
