Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
U.S. Congressman Patrick McHenry has slammed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for asking for jurisdiction over all crypto exchanges, including non-securities ones. He called it “a blatant power grab that will hurt American inno...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
The Nasdaq-listed auto insurance company Metromile has purchased $1 million in bitcoin. The company plans to “become the first insurance company to allow policyholders the option to pay for insurance and receive payment for eligible claims in e...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
The private investment management firm with $402 billion in assets under management (AUM), Neuberger Berman Group LLC, has revealed the company now has active exposure to cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. The multi-billion-dollar asset manager disclosed...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. The last two weeks saw decentralized finance cryptocurrency startup LOFI-DEFI gain intense social adoption for what is positioned to be the biggest fair launch in DeFi history. Tens of thousands of investors have gathered in its combin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Following a number of statements this week from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Gary Gensler, wealth management firm Vaneck has filed for a bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF).
Vaneck Files for a Bitcoin Futures-Focus...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
In a strange twist of fate, two companies named Polygon are the source of a storm of confusion on Twitter as a video game community gets a unique introduction to Polygon’s blockchain technology.
Crypto Scammers Hit Game-Related Feed
Polygon, th...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bitmex has settled charges with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The exchange has agreed to pay as much as $100 million to end inves...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has written a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren about crypto regulation. After outlining his concerns and priorities in the crypto sector, he said, “additional au...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
On Tuesday, the decentralized finance (defi) project Poly Network was hacked for over $600 million in digital assets. The attack was the largest defi hack to date eclipsing all of 2021’s defi hacks combined. The very next day, however, the hack...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. The Estonian based company SWAG celebrates the first 2 years of international activity by signing an important agreement with Coincover, a platform providing industry-leading technical protection and insurance-backed guarantees for cry...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Coinbase published the company’s shareholder letter on Tuesday which detailed it made over $2 billion in net revenue during the second quarter. The firm said “Q2 was a strong quarter” for Coinbase as it saw both “growth and di...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Personal finance guru Suze Orman says she recommends dollar-cost averaging into bitcoin. She sees upsides to the cryptocurrency, noting that it could “turn into a payment structure.”
Personal Finance Guru Bullish About Bitcoin, Advises Do...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
According to a report, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is planning to have its proposed digital currency designated “critical national infrastructure” in order to protect it from operational and cyber-security risks. In addition, the CB...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Circle, a cryptocurrency fintech services company, announced it intends to become a full-reserve national commercial bank. This would bring a set of responsibilities and duties to the company equal to those of other mainstream banks: having to report...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Chainalysis, one of the leading blockchain intelligence companies in the world, has announced it will now cover the Dogecoin network in its reports. The company argues that dogecoin became one of the most known cryptocurrencies in the world after bei...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
PRESS RELEASE. BENQI, an algorithmic liquidity market protocol, and the Avalanche Foundation are collaborating on a joint liquidity mining program to celebrate the launch of the BENQI protocol on the 19th of August and the next phase of growth within...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago
Afek Zard, a resident of Israel, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzling a large sum of cryptocurrency that belonged to a friend of his. The man, who refused to cooperate with the investigation, will have to pay a hefty fine as wel...