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...
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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...
Crypto exchange Kraken to shut down betting service, pay fine in US SEC settlement
Feb 9 (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has agreed to shut down its cryptocurrency betting service and pay $30 million in fines to settle with the...
Sorry crypto world, but the SEC isn’t backing down on ‘regulation by enforcement’
Feb 8 (Reuters) – For as long as I’ve covered US Securities and Exchange Commission litigation against crypto targets, the industry has harshly criticized the commission...
How Ant fell into fintech’s middle-income trap
HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters Breakingviews) – It has been almost a decade since the company now known as Ant turned China’s clumsy financial system on...
Tough road ahead for US fintech lenders as default risk rises
Jan 13 (Reuters) – U.S. fintech companies that lend to consumers with impaired credit scores face a tough year as rising defaults and interest rates limit...
Revolut nears completion of 2021 accounts as fintech seeks UK license – sources
LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Fintech firm Revolut Ltd. is close to completing its extended financial statements for 2021, a move that could pave the way...
China’s regulator tells Futu and UP Fintech to stop seeking mainland clients
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Dec 30 (Reuters) – China’s securities regulator said on Friday that online brokers Futu Holding and UP Fintech Holding have been operating illegal securities...
The Australian stock exchange’s blockchain failure burns confidence in the market
SYDNEY, Dec 20 (Reuters) – In a Sydney hotel conference room in May, Tim Hogben, the head of securities and payments for ASX Ltd, which runs...