January 07, 2022
Bitcoin Daily: Messaging App Signal Rolls Out Crypto Payments
The messaging app Signal has rolled out an option that lets users make cryptocurrency payments, something the platform said it was testing last year. As Tech Radar reported Friday (Jan....
January 04, 2022
Stablecoin Issuer Tether Freezes $1M in USDT
Top stablecoin issuer Tether froze more than $1 million worth of USDT in a private digital wallet last week, effectively making it unusable. Ethereum block explorer Etherscan revealed that the...
December 27, 2021
Kraken Crypto Exchange Targets NFT Art Lending Market
Back in March, Bridge Oracle CEO Sina Estavi bought a non-fungible token (NFT) of now-former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s first tweet for $2.9 million. How much would you loan him...
December 21, 2021
NCUA Tells FICUs Crypto Trading is OK — If Big...
When it comes to reading between the lines of financial regulators’ advisory letters, tone matters. Take last week’s letter from the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) which gave the federally...
December 20, 2021
FTX.US Sponsorship Deal With NBA’s Washington Wizards Puts It Front...
Pouring yet another bucketload of cash at a sports team, FXT.US cryptocurrency exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s latest deal with the NBA’s Washington Wizards has given him a high-profile perch as the...
December 15, 2021
VCs Are Pouring Billions Into Crypto … Where Should it...
As of Dec. 1, venture capital has poured more than $27 billion into cryptocurrency and blockchain start-ups — and that’s before institutional bloker NYDIG announced it had raised a unicorn...
December 09, 2021
Scenes From the Five-Hour Congressional Hearing on Crypto
When the House Financial Services Committee asked six top crypto executives to discuss the risks and benefits that cryptocurrencies bring, they likely didn’t expect the five-hour marathon session that transpired....
December 09, 2021
Crypto Debit Card or Aspiring Neobank? With Secured Line of...
Crypto companies issuing Mastercard and Visa-branded debit cards that let users spend their bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at retailers is no longer new. But leading hardware wallet maker Ledger on Thursday...
December 08, 2021
Six Crypto Execs Warn Congress Not to Overregulate Crypto
Call it crypto on the Hill. Wednesday (Dec. 8) promises to shine a spotlight on the opportunities and challenges confronting cryptocurrency firms, including stablecoin issuers and exchanges. The hearing before...