Tag: banking

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) miners performance metrics improve in March as the network difficulty, a measure of how hard it is to mine a new block on the blockchain, ... ( read original story ...)

The European Union (E.U.) has banned the provision of high-value cryptocurrency services to Russia as part of the latest sanctions salvo in response to the invasion of ... ( read original story ...)

Industry figures have welcomed government plans to regulate some stable forms of cryptocurrency, but cite concerns that the push could increase ... ( read original story ...)

A former Merrill Lynch derivatives trader with a passion for Star Wars is preparing to take his flying motorbike start-up public in Japan. Tokyo-based ALI Technologies was founded by Shuhei Komatsu as ... ( read original story ...)

Cathie Wood backed her view that bitcoin will go to $1 million, and Michael Saylor said President Biden has given the "green light" to bitcoin. ( read original story ...)

In an exclusive interview with Insider, O'Leary explained how he makes his crypto and Web3 investment decisions and what his portfolio looks like now. ( read original story ...)

Welcome to Nonfungible Tidbits, a weekly roundup of news in crypto, NFTs and their related realms. Our lead story this week is the UK's push to become a center for crypto asset investment and ... ( read original story ...)

After nearly 300 years of doing business in old-fashioned ways, the venerable auction house rewrote its playbook during the pandemic—and kept going, ... ( read original story ...)

Digital stock trading platform Robinhood just released its crypto wallet to 2 million waitlisted users this week in a much-anticipated play that could have major implications for the emerging crypto ... ( read original story ...)

"Residents of countries where the traditional financial sector is well developed may be less likely to feel the need for crypto," reads a new IMF report. ( read original story ...)

A former Merrill Lynch derivatives trader with a passion for Star Wars is preparing to take his flying motorbike startup public in Japan. “The need for these bikes will be higher in places with desert ... ( read original story ...)

However, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen--addressing lawmakers on Capitol Hill--expressed skepticism in regards to sanctioned Russian entities and individuals using crypto as a workaround of ... ( read original story ...)

A party vibe reigned at a conference where attendees mocked fiat currency and Peter Thiel slammed Wall Street ‘enemies’ of bitcoin ... ( read original story ...)

The regulator wants to evaluate the safety and soundness, consumer protection, and financial stability implications of crypto activities at banks. ( read original story ...)

Cryptocurrency was initially created to sidestep old institutions – and banks may finally be feeling themselves get disrupted, according to Cathie Wood. ( read original story ...)

Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, Silicon Valley tech titans known for their controversial yet influential comments, are aiming for maximum impact this month. Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and libertarian ... ( read original story ...)