According to a report released by JPMorgan on Friday, analysts have reduced their price objective for Coinbase (COIN) shares from $60 to $52. JPMorgan said that the key reasons for the change in view include the continuous regulatory concerns to the company’s digital-focused businesses such as staking, USDC stablecoin, and
The Japanese branch of the defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX apparently has withdrawals scheduled. This is expected to start for impacted customers as early as the month of February. Bloomberg reported on February 17 that FTX Japan sent out messages. Requesting customers to verify their account balances before withdrawals could be
Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange, has urged lawmakers to establish clear crypto regulations. In addition to Armstrong, many others have voiced their dissatisfaction with the ambiguity of U.S. crypto policy, claiming that it makes it impossible for businesses to operate within the law. Yet, Gary Gensler, head
The CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, called a Bloomberg report that the cryptocurrency exchange was contemplating delisting all U.S.-based cryptocurrencies “false” on Friday. Citing a source with knowledge of the situation, the report claims that Binance is contemplating severing connections with its U.S. business partners after experiencing difficulties in its
More than $3.7 billion was traded on Robinhood’s platform for cryptocurrencies in the last month, marking a 95% increase compared to December 2022. The company saw a decline in cryptocurrency sales after a strong start to the year due to the 2022 bear market. Compared to their values at the
Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, has minted roughly $50 million worth of TrueUSD in only a few days after news surfaced that US regulators were looking into Paxos and Binance USD. According to Etherscan, the transaction occurred on February 16 and came only two days after Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao “CZ”
Bitcoin trading on DBS Digital Exchange (DDEx), the cryptocurrency exchange arm of Singapore’s DBS Group Holdings, increased exponentially in 2022 despite the winter’s wipeout of billions of dollars in market value. Bloomberg claims that Bitcoin trading volume on the exchange increased by 80% year over year. Bitcoins held in DDEx’s
Binance, the world’s biggest crypto trading platform, has released a Mastercard debit card in the country of Brazil. Binance now offers its customers a debit card that can be used at any location that accepts Mastercard to make purchases using their cryptocurrency holdings. In addition to the many places where
Executives of cryptocurrency exchange CEX.IO have received a letter from the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Notifying them that they may have broken federal law by making false and misleading claims regarding the exchange’s insurance status. The regulatory body has given the exchange 15 days to make the
Crypto lender Celsius Network has been seeking all options to increase the value of its assets and restructure its business since filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy on July 2023. Today the cryptocurrency lender announced that it agreed to partner with asset management NovaWulf Digital Management to recover from bankruptcy. Celsius
