Crypto.com has received conditional approval from federal regulators to establish a national trust bank focused on digital asset custody and services.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is allowing the crypto exchange to charter Foris Dax National Trust Bank, doing business as Crypto.com National Trust Bank.
The approval marks a major step toward offering custody, staking of...
Morgan Stanley’s chief investment officer (CIO) says the S...
The slew of recent crypto kidnapping attempts in France has been linked to overseas organizers, according to French law enforcement authorities.
The French news outlet Franceinfo viewed a confidential report from the Organized Crime Information, Intelligence and Strategic Analysis Service of the Judicial Police (SIRASCO), which indicated that there were more than 40 crypto-linked kidnappings in...
Traders betting on a Bitcoin and crypto bounce are getting wrecked to start the week.
Bitcoin dropped from a 24-hour high of $67,695 to as low as $63,962, triggering a total of $616.41 million in liquidations, according to CoinGlass.
The vast majority of the liquidations hit traders going long, coming in at $524.28 million.
BTC has recorded five consecutive red monthly candles, marking one of the...
A Houston resident directed a major bank fraud scheme that laundered at least $40 million, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The agency says 44-year-old Bun Khath and his co-conspirators submitted loan applications that contained fraudulent information and documents, including fake equipment sales invoices, income tax returns and bank statements.
Khath, who admitted to being involved...
USD1, a stablecoin affiliated with President Donald Trump, just briefly dipped below its $1.00 price peg.
The asset slipped to $0.9942 on Monday morning, before regaining its peg within a couple of hours.
The decentralized finance (DeFi) project World Liberty Financial (WLFI), which issues USD1, attributed the volatility to a “coordinated attack” from hackers.
“Attackers hacked several WLFI...
Institutional investors just sold an overall total of $288 million in Bitcoin and crypto assets in one week, according to a new update from Coinshares.
The outflows mark the fifth consecutive week of selling, bringing cumulative year-to-date outflows to $4 billion.
Bitcoin drove the bulk of the selling with $215 million in outflows. Short-bitcoin products attracted $5.5 million in inflows, the...
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Funding will accelerate global expansion, deepen on-chain financial infrastructure and position Based to become the gateway to Hyperliquid and the default financial app for on-chain users worldwide.
Based, a Web 3.0 consumer ‘super-app’ for trading and spending crypto globally, today announced it has raised a $11.5 million Series A financing round led...
Goldman Sachs believes that macro conditions look favorable for three sectors of the stock market.
In a new episode of the bank’s Exchanges podcast, Goldman managing director Ryan Hammond says market broadening has so far been the dominant theme in the markets this year as investors rotate out of their tech-heavy portfolios.
According to Hammond, Goldman economists are predicting stronger US...
A widely followed analyst says Bitcoin may repeat an historical capitulation event if BTC fails to hold one key level.
The analyst pseudonymously known as Rekt Capital tells his 563,100 followers on X that if Bitcoin loses support at the 200-week exponential moving average (EMA) it may plummet in value similar to what occurred in 2018 and 2022.
“What would confirm additional downside for Bitcoin...