The major British bank is “rewiring the DNA in banking” with crypto. Standard Chartered, one of the biggest banks in the United Kingdom, has officially announced plans to provide institutional custody for major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). According to a Dec. 9 announcement, Standard Chartered’s innovation arm SC Ventures has partnered with United States-based investment […]
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Institutions still fear Bitcoin’s criminal persona, its volatility, and other factors. Although a number of big players have picked up bags of Bitcoin (BTC) in 2020, multiple aspects still avert institutions from investing on a wide scale, according to Robert Li, an analyst for Draper Dragon, a Draper Venture Network fund. “I think there are […]
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The SEC subpoenas the former owner’s bank accounts to find out what happened to investments into Crypto Traders Management. Dissolved limited liability company Crypto Traders Management is seeing its legal troubles multiply. Per a Dec. 4 legal filing in Utah, CTM and former manager Shawn Cutting are trying to fight off a subpoena from the […]
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The new platform aims to establish an institutional corridor between Europe and Asia. Switzerland’s principal stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, and Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings have announced a joint cryptocurrency-related venture. According to a Dec. 8 announcement, the firms’ digital asset-related subsidiaries, SIX Digital Exchange and SBI Digital Asset Holdings, are launching a new […]
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Leading business intelligence firm MicroStrategy is doubling-down on Bitcoin, announcing a securities offering to raise $400 million to invest in BTC. The world’s largest publicly traded business intelligence firm, MicroStrategy has announced plans to invest the proceeds from a $400 million securities offering into Bitcoin. On Dec. 7, the firm revealed plans to issue $400 […]
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Blockstack may have successfully transformed its STX token from securities registration to commodity status. Blockstack may be about to go where no token has gone before, by metamorphizing from a security to a non-security, as far as U.S. regulators are concerned. In a Monday blog post, Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali published a legal memorandum in […]
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The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link! Coming every Saturday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much […]
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Ripple’s partnership with MoneyGram may not be as warm as it once was, but it’s paying off. Ripple Labs has sold a huge chunk of its 2019 investment in MoneyGram. Per a Friday night filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday night, from Nov. 27 through Dec. 4, Ripple Labs managed to sell […]
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Tentative clampdowns coming from both the Treasury and the House in the United States lead this week’s Law Decoded. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note For several weeks, rumors have circulated in the U.S. that the Treasury under Steven Mnuchin […]
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United States SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce wants to focus on new guidance for DeFi and future Ethereum projects. Hester Peirce, commissioner for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, explained during an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph that decentralized finance, also known as DeFi, has created new challenges for the SEC. Peirce, nicknamed “Crypto Mom” for […]
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