Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the United States, has just resolved with the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for alleged breaches of sanctions against Iran. The settlement is for $362,158.70. The agency stated: “Due to Kraken’s failure to timely implement appropriate geolocation tools,
Fidelity Investments has reportedly launched crypto trading accounts for consumers, after the introduction of a waiting list earlier this month. Even if the FTX fall has coincided with widespread uncertainty, the Fidelity development may be an indication of stability. An email sent out to users today began with the phrase
FTX, the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange to pay its employees and contractors after several weeks of uncertainty. According to the recent announcement from the bankrupt trading platform, the majority of FTX subsidiaries around the world have been resuming ordinary course payment of salary and benefits to its employees worldwide and certain
JPMorgan predicted that centralized exchanges would continue to dominate the bulk of global digital-asset trading volumes despite predictions from certain crypto analysts that a move toward decentralized platforms would follow after FTX’s demise. The bank’s strategists, led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, warned clients on Thursday that the DEXs’ slower transaction speeds,
In order to devote more resources to its other blockchain endeavors, Japanese company Line has decided to close its U.S. exchange Bitfront around the upcoming New Year. The messaging platform announced in an email to users that it would no longer be accepting new signups as of today and would
The ultimate responsibility is now on SBF’s political contributions, despite predictions from experts that he would likely face prison time for misusing crypto cash. Sam Bankman-Fried’s contributions to the U.S. Midterm Election 2022 made news in the first week of November, just days before the FTX collapsed. SBF was reportedly
The Bahamian government has criticized new FTX CEO John J. Ray III for his role in imposing restrictions on the corporation. The battle to decide what to do with FTX’s broken enterprise has recently intensified. The Attorney General of the Bahamas, Ryan Pinder, said on November 27 that FTX CEO
Citing the difficult economic conditions and the absence of a clear recovery horizon in the venture capital sector, cryptocurrency exchange Lemon Cash said on Thursday that it will be laying off 38% of its workers, or over 100 people. CEO Marcelo Cavazzoli said in an interview that both the Argentine
Bitget, a cryptocurrency and derivatives exchange, stated on November 25 that it has registered in Seychelles, Africa, to accelerate its worldwide development. Bitget hopes to double its current workforce size of 800 employees by the end of the first quarter of 2023, reaching 1200 employees in total. The company is
CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao (CZ) recently posted a tweet that seemed to take place in Albania, where he met with Prime Minister Edi Rama and the team from RNS.ID, which bills itself as the first sovereignty-backed digital ID platform. It is unclear why CZ is in the southern European
