digital assets

Hearings on Crypto’s Regulatory Gaps Do Little to Fill Them
Hearings on Crypto’s Regulatory Gaps Do Little to Fill Them
April 27, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Congress has rebranded cryptocurrency to “digital assets,” but still can’t chart a go-ahead future. As evidenced by two hearings held in tandem Thursday (April 27)...

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EU Crypto Regulations Pass as Policymakers Claim Advantage Over US
EU Crypto Regulations Pass as Policymakers Claim Advantage Over US
April 20, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

How do you deal with a problem like crypto? While American regulators and lawmakers quibble over how to properly oversee the infamously tumultuous digital asset...

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Coinbase Buys One River Digital to Bridge Crypto-Institutional Gap
Coinbase Buys One River Digital to Bridge Crypto-Institutional Gap
March 05, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

Coinbase has acquired One River Digital Asset Management (ORDAM) to offer institutional clients investment advice. The purchase, announced Friday (March 3), is designed to further...

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Switzerland’s Taurus Raises $65M to Grow Digital Asset Platform
Switzerland’s Taurus Raises $65M to Grow Digital Asset Platform
February 14, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Taurus has raised $65 million in a Series B round to grow its digital asset platform. The provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions in...

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Unbanked and Mastercard Partner on Crypto Card Issuance in Europe
Unbanked and Mastercard Partner on Crypto Card Issuance in Europe
February 02, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Unbanked and Mastercard have partnered to accelerate decentralized finance (DeFi) card issuance in Europe. Through this partnership, the two companies will use their existing footprint...

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Sam Bankman-Fried Allegedly Planned to Restart FTX Abroad
Sam Bankman-Fried Allegedly Planned to Restart FTX Abroad
January 31, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX Co-founder Gary Wang said Sam Bankman-Fried wanted to transfer funds and restart FTX abroad. That’s according to a filing made Monday (Jan. 30) by the...

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Amazon Enters Web3 Jungle With NFT Initiative Launching This Spring
Amazon Enters Web3 Jungle With NFT Initiative Launching This Spring
January 26, 2023  |  NFTs

Amazon is making its first move into the crypto industry. And the eCommerce giant is targeting non-fungible tokens (NFTs), not cryptocurrency. That’s per a Blockworks...

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Moody’s Is Working on Scoring System for Crypto Stablecoins
Moody’s Is Working on Scoring System for Crypto Stablecoins
January 26, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Moody’s is reportedly developing a scoring system — though not a credit rating — for stablecoins. Bloomberg reported Thursday (Jan. 26) that Moody’s will analyze...

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Crypto Noise Puts Further Focus on Binance’s Operations
Crypto Noise Puts Further Focus on Binance’s Operations
January 25, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Regulatory scrutiny post-FTX’s dramatic implosion has prompted a crisis of confidence in other industry actors. Perhaps no other firm has bee affected more so than...

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