Despite the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, Web3 businesses need banking partners. But on Thursday (Aug. 8), news broke that Pennsylvania-based Customers Bank, one of the only crypto-friendly banks in the U.S., was served with a 13-page regulatory enforcement action by the...
One of the longest running legal cases impacting crypto’s regulatory future is potentially nearing resolution. The case, between cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), centers around whether Ripple’s XRP token is a security and has gone through several iterations since its 2020...
Robinhood Markets reportedly submitted a response to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wells Notice that it received in May, which warned the company of impending enforcement action related to its cryptocurrency business. Vlad Tenev, CEO of Robinhood, told Bloomberg Television about this move in...
Blockchain solutions provider Ripple Labs was ordered by a federal judge to pay a civil penalty of $125 million in a case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and centered on the company’s sale of its XRP token to institutional investors. The SEC...
The cryptocurrency market experienced a significant downturn Sunday and Monday (Aug. 4-5), resulting in a loss of approximately $367 billion in value over a 24-hour period. This plunge was primarily driven by substantial drops in the prices of bitcoin and ether, the two largest cryptocurrencies,...
Online betting service DraftKings said is closing down its three-year-old non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. The company announced Tuesday (July 30) it was shuttering the marketplace, along with Reignmakers, a fantasy sports game based around NFTs, due to “recent legal developments.” “This decision was not made...
The price of bitcoin hit a six-week high Monday (July 29). The alleged reason? Separate comments made over the weekend by presidential candidates Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Nashville’s Bitcoin Conference that observers believe could signal, if not herald, greater legitimization of the...
It’s day two of Nashville’s Bitcoin Conference, but many attendees are waiting for day three. The reason? Saturday (July 27), at 2 p.m., is when U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will give a keynote address to the conference. The former president and current hopeful,...
Coinbase has been fined $4.5 million by a U.K. regulator for serving “high-risk” customers. The fine, announced Thursday (July 25) by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), was levied against a subsidiary of the cryptocurrency exchange, CB Payments Limited (CBPL), which the FCA says repeatedly violated a requirement preventing the company...
