Crypto giant Binance’s US affiliate halts direct dollar withdrawals

Crypto giant Binance’s US affiliate halts direct dollar withdrawals

Smartphone with displayed Binance logo and representation of cryptocurrencies are placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken, June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. unit of cryptocurrency exchange Binance has halted withdrawal of dollars by its clients from the platform, its updated terms showed on Monday. … Read more

Fed’s Barr says central bank ‘a long way’ from any decision on issuing digital currency

Fed’s Barr says central bank ‘a long way’ from any decision on issuing digital currency

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision, Michael Barr, testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in the wake of recent bank failures, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official said on … Read more

Gemini tries to line up other creditors in new Genesis bankruptcy plan -The Information

Gemini tries to line up other creditors in new Genesis bankruptcy plan -The Information

A man walks past the logo of Gemini Trust, a digital currency exchange and custodian, during the Bitcoin Conference 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 1 (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini is trying to rally other creditors behind a plan to wring more money out of … Read more

Genesis, DCG reach in-principle deal with creditors – court filing

Genesis, DCG reach in-principle deal with creditors – court filing

Aug 29 (Reuters) – Genesis Global and its parent company Digital Currency Group have reached an in-principle agreement with Genesis’ creditors to resolve claims brought during the crypto lender’s bankruptcy, a court filing showed on Tuesday. The plan could lead to a recovery of about 70%-90% in U.S. dollar equivalent for unsecured creditors and about … Read more

PayPal launches dollar-backed stablecoin, boosting shares

PayPal launches dollar-backed stablecoin, boosting shares

The PayPal logo is seen at an office building in Berlin, Germany, March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo Aug 7 (Reuters) – Payments giant PayPal (PYPL.O) said on Monday it has launched a U.S. dollar stablecoin, becoming the first major financial technology firm to embrace digital currencies for payments and transfers. PayPal’s announcement, which lifted … Read more

Terraform Labs must face US SEC fraud allegations, judge rules

Terraform Labs must face US SEC fraud allegations, judge rules

NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) – Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon must face fraud allegations brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on Monday. Kwon and Terraform Labs were behind two cryptocurrencies whose implosion roiled crypto markets around the world last year. U.S. District Judge Jed … Read more