The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Thursday (Aug. 28) that American companies that left the country to enable crypto asset trading now have a way to participate in American markets. That’s according to CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham, who announced a new foreign board of trade (FBOT) advisory from...
Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish has reportedly resurrected its plans to go public. The company has confidentiality filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a Wednesday (June 11) Financial Times (FT) report citing two sources familiar with the...
Crypto exchanges are rapidly evolving into digital-age banks, amassing vast troves of customer data and assets — but without the regulatory muscle or hardened security infrastructure of traditional finance. A recent breach at Coinbase, exposing sensitive user information through a social engineering attack, underscores the...
Coinbase says it is now the largest registered digital assets company in the U.K. That milestone, announced by the cryptocurrency exchange Monday (Feb. 3), follows Coinbase’s receipt of virtual asset service provider (VASP) registration from the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This will allow Coinbase to offer both...
September 01, 2022
Despite the huge appetite for digital assets in emerging markets, promoting their adoption and mainstream accessibility have been far from smooth sailing. Last year, for example, Nigeria’s central bank banned banks and other financial institutions from facilitating cryptocurrency transactions and processing payments for crypto exchanges — a move that forced Binance and other crypto exchanges […]
June 14, 2022
The NFL’s 2000 championship game was named the “Dot-Com Super Bowl” when some 20 of its hugely expensive ads were bought up by tech companies — several of which were...
August 28, 2025
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Thursday (Aug. 28) that American companies that left the country to enable crypto asset trading now have a way to participate in American markets. That’s according to CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham, who announced a new foreign board of trade (FBOT) advisory from the agency that is meant to provide regulatory clarity for […]
June 11, 2025
Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish has reportedly resurrected its plans to go public. The company has confidentiality filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according...
February 03, 2025
Coinbase says it is now the largest registered digital assets company in the U.K. That milestone, announced by the cryptocurrency exchange Monday (Feb. 3), follows Coinbase’s receipt of virtual asset service provider (VASP)...
January 31, 2025
Last year’s cryptocurrency boom was very good news for the Kraken exchange. The company’s revenue more than doubled in 2024 from $671 million to $1.5 billion, Bloomberg News reported Friday (Jan. 31). “This is...