Cryptocrime will reach a record $20 billion in 2022, the report says
LONDON, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Illicit use of cryptocurrencies hit a record $20.1 billion last year as transactions involving companies targeted by U.S. sanctions soared, data...
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Cryptoverse: Is Bitcoin Out of the Woods? Consider the options
Feb 7 (Reuters) – Have bitcoin and ether finally turned a corner? It seems so, if crypto options traders are anything to go by. The volume...
Cryptoverse: Bitcoin is back with a bang
Jan 17 (Reuters) – Bitcoin is on the charge in 2023, pulling the crypto market off the floor and electrifying bonk, a new meme coin. The...
Exclusive: Binance Moves $346M for Seized Crypto Exchange Bitzlato
LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Crypto giant Binance processed nearly $346 million in bitcoin for digital currency exchange Bitzlato, whose founder was arrested by U.S. authorities...
Cryptoverse: Big investors return to bitcoin
Jan 31 (Reuters) – Big investors are dipping their toes back into crypto waters after a bumper month for bitcoin. Investment products for digital assets, often...
Cryptoverse: Boom or Bust? $30k or $5k? Play bitcoin roulette
Dec 13 (Reuters) – Plucky bitcoin has held steady since seeing off the chaos of the FTX collapse, rallying its strength to rally towards the dizzying...
Co-founder of the NFT platform Blockparty charged with fraud
Dec 7 (Reuters) – The former chief technology officer of Blockparty was arrested on Wednesday after U.S. prosecutors alleged he stole more than $1 million in...
Cryptoverse: Forget crypto winter, this is a bitcoin ‘bloodbath’
Dec 6 (Reuters) – “I’m almost bankrupt,” said Jad Fawaz, a crypto trader in Abu Dhabi. “I’m laughing because there’s no point in exerting more depression...
ECB says Bitcoin is artificially backed, should not be legitimized
FRANKFURT, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Bitcoin is being artificially propped up and should not be legitimized by regulators or financial firms as it is heading towards...
US banking regulator warns against crisis risk from fintech proliferation
NEW YORK, Sept 7 (Reuters) – The rise of fintech services and digital banking could spur financial risk and potentially a crisis in the long term,...