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The US government is apparently considering a pardon for Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, according to US media reports citing people close to the US president. According to New York Post columnist Charles Gasparino, the White House is currently “intensively discussing…
“Buy when the cannons thunder” – Warren Buffett has been following this old stock market wisdom for many decades, and now the infamous (Micro-)Strategy founder and Bitcoin permabull Michael Saylor is also using it. In a new X-post, the US entrepreneur…
DekaBank, together with Boerse Stuttgart Digital, is developing a crypto offering for retail customers of the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe (Sparkassen Financial Group). This is according to a press release obtained by BTC-ECHO. The two companies have been successfully collaborating on crypto offerings for…
The cloudy sky today, October 10th, can't dampen the spirits of the Bitcoiners in Ingolstadt. They've gathered at the largest Bitcoin-only conference in Germany – BTC-ECHO is also there live. And with them: a who's who of the scene. Bitcoin influencers…
US investment bank Morgan Stanley is lifting its previous restrictions on crypto investments. Starting October 15, 2025, financial advisors will be allowed to offer all clients access to crypto funds – including in retirement and pension accounts. Previously, this was only…
Institutional investors are on the verge of a paradigm shift: According to State Street's new “Digital Assets Outlook 2025,” the majority of surveyed institutions plan to double their exposure to digital assets within the next three years. Nearly 60 percent plan…
Deutsche Bank has announced a strategic partnership with Bullish Exchange. The goal of the collaboration is to deepen the integration of traditional financial services into the digital asset industry. Deutsche Bank will handle deposits and withdrawals in fiat currencies for Bullish…
The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY), the world's largest depository bank, is working on tokenized deposits to provide its customers with instant, 24/7 money transfers and overcome the limitations of its legacy payment systems. According to Carl Slabicki, Executive Platform…
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) is a success story. With $244 million in annual revenue, the ETF brings in the most money of any index fund to the asset manager's coffers. On X, Bloomberg ETF expert Eric Balchunas writes: “IBIT is…
The German crypto division of the neobank Revolut will be temporarily almost completely shut down. As the company announced in an email to customers on Monday, there will be no more cryptocurrency staking for the time being. Crypto transfers between app…
In this article you will learn: How Huione Guarantee became a global hub for crypto crime – and stablecoins like USDT via TRON played a key role What role Binance played in the transfer of criminal funds How crypto payments protect…
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), founder and former CEO of the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, admitted in an interview with Mother Jones magazine that handing over the company to his successor John J. Ray III was a mistake. “The biggest mistake I made…