Lawyers for Alexander Vinnik, accused of laundering from $4 billion to $9 billion through the BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange, are preparing to appeal the verdict of the Paris court. In the summer of 2017, Vinnik was detained in Greece at the request…
Visa has released a research document describing how to use state cryptocurrencies to conduct offline payments. Visa has proposed an autonomous offline payments system for state cryptocurrencies. The document entitled “On the way to a two-level hierarchical infrastructure: an autonomous payment…
The research arm of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) – LabCFTC – presented a training document describing digital assets, as well as their risks and benefits.The authors of the document explained that they compiled it not for the development…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused the Robinhood trading platform of hiding information from users. Robinhood will pay a fine of $65 million. According to the charge, Robinhood Financial LLC did not tell traders that it charged them trading…
The venture capital division of the American Express payment system invested in the development of a cryptocurrency trading platform for institutional clients of FalconX. The press release notes that the investment in the cryptocurrency platform marks another step in the adoption…
According to Catherine Clay, head of information solutions at CBOE, the exchange will initially focus on providing data for several cryptocurrency indexes with high market capitalization – probably for ten or less leading trading couples. For example, BTC and ETH versus…
Cynthia Lummis appointed Bitcoin supporter Crypto Cowboy Tyler Lindholm as Wyoming’s policy director.Tyler Lindholm is known for the loyal relation to cryptocurrencies therefore in cryptocommunity he is called “Kriptokovboy”. He runs a BeefChain company that uses blockchain to track meat supply…
Morgan Stanley Investment Management chief global strategist Ruchir Sharma expressed optimism about Bitcoin’s ability to squeeze the US dollar in payments.According to the article “Will Bitcoin put an end to the domination of the dollar?” Ruchir Sharma in the Financial Times,…
The leaders of Circle, Diem Association, Coinbase and Soramitsu believe that for the mass introduction of cryptocurrencies it is necessary to simplify interaction with users and find a compromise with regulators and people will begin to use cryptocurrencies. They came to…
The head of the payment division of JPMorgan, Takis Georgakopoulos, said that the bank has become more loyal to Bitcoin and he bank softened its attitude to Bitcoin. Georgakopoulos noted that despite public opinion, the leadership of JPMorgan Chase has always…
US Global Advisors CEO Frank Holmes suggested that next year we can expect an increase in the exchange rate of gold, bitcoin and ether.Holmes believes that in 2021 digital assets will be even more popular along with gold. He explained that…
Chinese cryptocurrency exchange CEO Global suspended the entry and withdrawal of cryptocurrency assets for an indefinite period due to the arrest of the founder of the trading platform. The journalist Colin At (Colin Wu) reported on social network Twitter that on…