Twenty One Capital, a new company formed by Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether Holdings SA, and SoftBank Group, is about to become one of the largest public holders of bitcoin. A Reuters report said the entity will launch with over 42,000 bitcoin (valued at about $3.6 billion),...
Apple reportedly removed Binance and seven other cryptocurrency platforms from its Indian App Store. The move, requested by the Indian government, marks an escalation in that country’s crackdown on digital asset companies, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Jan. 10). The exchanges — which also include Bitfinex, HTX...
A married couple from New York City have pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy charges stemming from the hack and theft of 120,000 bitcoin from the global cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. The hack took place in 2016, and customers’ money was lost or stolen in...
Crypto will return because it never left. As proof, we offer PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Apps each month to track the action in digital assets. You’ll notice several slight but meaningful moves this month as the crypto sector sorts itself out and the hottest...
September 01, 2016
Member Banks of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) seem to be in the cybercriminal’s crosshairs these days. The global interbank messaging system reportedly sent private letters to its clients this week alerting them to newer hacking attacks since earlier this year when a string of attacks were discovered shortly after the massive […]
September 25, 2026
The Justice Department seized bank accounts of Montana-based payments business Capstone, alleging that the company was unlicensed, misrepresented its business to U.S. banks and may have made payments on behalf of two unnamed cryptocurrency firms, the Financial Times reported Friday (Sept. 25). The FT reported, citing unnamed sources, that the two firms are stablecoin issuer […]
April 23, 2025
Twenty One Capital, a new company formed by Cantor Fitzgerald, Tether Holdings SA, and SoftBank Group, is about to become one of the largest public holders of bitcoin. A Reuters...
January 10, 2024
Apple reportedly removed Binance and seven other cryptocurrency platforms from its Indian App Store. The move, requested by the Indian government, marks an escalation in that country’s crackdown on digital...
August 03, 2023
A married couple from New York City have pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy charges stemming from the hack and theft of 120,000 bitcoin from the global cryptocurrency exchange...