Ethereum co-founder warns against voting only on ‘pro-crypto’

Ethereum co-founder warns against voting only on ‘pro-crypto’

Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin on Wednesday cautioned against voting for political candidates based solely on whether they have adopted a “pro-crypto” stance. “The game of politics is much more complicated than just ‘who wins the next election’, and there are a lot of levers that your words and actions affect,” Buterin wrote in a blog … Read more

Labour’s gains in London have private equity looking to exit country

Labour’s gains in London have private equity looking to exit country

A view of the Palace of Westminster with Big Ben a day before General Election, in London on July 3, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — With the British parliament back from recess, the UK’s Labour Party will start working to push through aggressive changes, including controversial proposals that would force the … Read more

Crypto stocks like Coinbase and Microstrategy soar as bitcoin rallies

Crypto stocks like Coinbase and Microstrategy soar as bitcoin rallies

SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 06: In this photo illustration, the Coinbase logo is displayed on a screen on June 06, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. The Securities And Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase for allegedly violating securities laws by acting as an exchange, a broker and a clearing agency … Read more

Citigroup (C) earnings Q2 2024

Citigroup (C) earnings Q2 2024

CEO of Citi, Jane Fraser during the panel on Tech and finance – tailwinds and headwinds at the Global Hong Kong Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit on November 7, 2023 in Hong Kong, China. Vernon Yuen | Nurphoto | Getty Images Citigroup on Friday posted second-quarter results that topped expectations for profit and revenue on … Read more

Banks get closer to releasing deposits of stranded customers

Banks get closer to releasing deposits of stranded customers

Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images There may be relief for the thousands of Americans whose savings have been locked in frozen fintech accounts for the past two months. Banks involved in the mess caused by the collapse of fintech intermediary Synapse have made progress piecing together account information for stranded customers that could … Read more

Germany owns $2 billion in bitcoin (BTC). It’s freaking out investors

Germany owns  billion in bitcoin (BTC). It’s freaking out investors

Bitcoin has also been under selling pressure from the German government as well as collapsed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images For weeks now, Germany’s government has been selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin — and it’s been a key factor behind the cryptocurrency’s intense selloff. Last … Read more

Mt. Gox begins repaying bitcoin to creditors a decade on from collapse

Mt. Gox begins repaying bitcoin to creditors a decade on from collapse

Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty Images The trustee for Mt. Gox, the Japanese bitcoin exchange that collapsed into bankruptcy a decade ago, on Friday said that the company has begun to make payments in bitcoin and in bitcoin cash to some of its creditors. The announcement added that repayments to other users of the hacked exchange … Read more

Bitcoin (BTC) price slides to 2-month low after Fed meeting minutes

Bitcoin (BTC) price slides to 2-month low after Fed meeting minutes

A worsening macroeconomic climate and the collapse of industry giants such as FTX and Terra have weighed on bitcoin’s price this year. STR | Nurphoto via Getty Images Bitcoin’s price slumped to around $57,000 apiece Thursday, hitting a two-month low after the U.S. Federal Reserve released minutes from its June meeting indicating the central bank … Read more

Americans caught in fintech’s false FDIC promise

Americans caught in fintech’s false FDIC promise

Natasha Craft, a 25-year-old FedEx driver from Mishawaka, Indiana. She has been locked out of her Yotta banking account since May 11. Courtesy: Natasha Craft When Natasha Craft first got a Yotta banking account in 2021, she loved using it so much she told her friends to sign up. The app made saving money fun … Read more

Crypto firm Circle gets French license for stablecoin

Crypto firm Circle gets French license for stablecoin

Launched in 2018 by crypto firm Circle, USDC is now the second-biggest stablecoin globally, with more than $30 billion worth of tokens in circulation. Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrency firm Circle said Monday it’s now registered as an electronic money institution, or EMI, in France, granting the firm a key license to become a compliant … Read more