Bitcoin tops $40,000 for first time since May 2022 as momentum builds

Bitcoin tops $40,000 for first time since May 2022 as momentum builds

Bitcoin and ether hit 2023 highs Rate cut and ETF optimism driving gains Signs of institutional buyers in November – market maker LONDON/SINGAPORE, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Bitcoin has broken above $40,000 for the first time since May 2022 as it rides a wave of momentum on broad enthusiasm about U.S. interest rate cuts and … Read more

Crypto firm Tether says it has frozen $225 mln linked to human trafficking

Crypto firm Tether says it has frozen $225 mln linked to human trafficking

[1/2]Tether logo is seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) – Crypto firm Tether said on Monday that it had frozen $225 million worth of its cryptocurrency which it said had been linked to a human trafficking group in Southeast Asia. The U.S. Secret … Read more

AmEx’s third-quarter profit tops estimates on robust spending

AmEx’s third-quarter profit tops estimates on robust spending

The logo of Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market index listed company American Express (AXP) is seen in Los Angeles, California, United States, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 20 (Reuters) – Credit card giant American Express (AXP.N) on Friday reported third-quarter profit that beat expectations, helped by resilient spending from … Read more

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

Robinhood to buy back Bankman-Fried’s stake from US govt for $605.7 million

Robinhood to buy back Bankman-Fried’s stake from US govt for $605.7 million

The logo of Robinhood Markets, Inc. is seen at a pop-up event on Wall Street after the company’s IPO in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Sept 1 (Reuters) – Robinhood (HOOD.O) said on Friday it had entered into a share repurchase agreement with the United States Marshal … 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 to halt UK crypto sales until 2024

PayPal to halt UK crypto sales until 2024

The PayPal logo is seen at an office building in Berlin, Germany, March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Payments giant PayPal (PYPL.O) will stop allowing UK customers to buy cryptocurrencies through its platform from October as it works to comply with new rules on crypto promotions. Britain’s … 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