Crypto wealth management and lending company BlockFi now has over $53 million in client crypto assets under management. BlockFi crypto wealth management and lending company now has over $53 million in client crypto assets under management. BlockFi announced the update in a blog post on April 23. In the announcement, BlockFi also states that it […]
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Major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase shut down its Chicago office and scaled down the development of its matching engine. Major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase shut down its Chicago office and scaled down the development of its matching engine, Fortune reports on April 23. Per the report, the exchange will consolidate the high-frequency trading […]
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Masayoshi Son reportedly lost over $130 million with his bitcoin investment, according to the Wall Street Journal. Japanese billionaire and founder of multinational conglomerate SoftBank Group, Masayoshi Son, reportedly lost over $130 million with his bitcoin (BTC) investment, the Wall Street Journal reports on April 23. Per the report, people familiar with the matter claim […]
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The University of Nevada, Reno’s Intelligent Mobility will work with blockchain firm Filament to develop an autonomous vehicle smart city project. A project at the University of Nevada, Reno is developing a new blockchain-powered autonomous vehicle project, according to a press release published on April 23. The Intelligent Mobility project, coordinated by the University of […]
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As the IMF and the bosses of central banks gather to talk digital money, concerns of stability and institutional trust dominate the discussion. The custodians of global financial order have been prominent in crypto news recently. The weekend kicked off with the announcement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joining forces with the World Bank to launch […]
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The trading platform says approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency would be a first step to launching a full-service bank. Stock and crypto trading platform Robinhood has applied for a bank charter with regulators in the United States, S&P Global Market Intelligence reported on April 19. According to a statement, Robinhood says securing approval […]
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An analyst stated that he bought one bitcoin through his TD Ameritrade account, although he later found the trade was not real. The world’s second-largest stock exchange, Nasdaq, is allegedly testing trading of a bitcoin (BTC)-based product, according to a tweet by an analyst at quantitative trading analytics service StrongMarket on April 22. Twitter personality […]
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A sophisticated hacker is siphoning money from crypto wallets with weak private keys, according to a senior security analyst. A “blockchain bandit” has managed to amass almost 45,000 ether (ETH) by successfully guessing weak private keys, according to a report released by Independent Security Evaluators on April 23. Adrian Bednarek, a senior security analyst, said he discovered […]
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Blockchain Capital co-founder Gavin Brown said that he expects that there will be one or a handful of winners when it comes to cryptocurrency. Blockchain Capital co-founder Gavin Brown said that he expects that there will be only one or a handful of winners when it comes to cryptocurrency. Brown made his remarks during an […]
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Crypto startup Moon is launching a web browser extension that allows e-commerce shoppers to use their LN BTC wallets. Crypto payments processing startup Moon is launching a web browser extension that allows e-commerce shoppers to use their Lightning Network (LN) bitcoin (BTC) wallets for purchases on sites like Amazon. The news was reported by Moon’s […]
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