A United States Treasury official has clarified that cryptocurrencies play a minimal role in financing the operations of militant groups

US Treasury reports minimal crypto use in financing Hamas activities

Brian Nelson, the Treasury’s Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, addressed misconceptions during a testimony before the House Financial Services Committee on...

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Genesis’ Grayscale Shares Valued at $1.6B

Court Frees Genesis to Sell GBTC Shares Worth $1.3B to Compensate Clients

Genesis Global obtained bankruptcy court approval on Wednesday to sell its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) shares. The bankrupt crypto lender can now sell its 35m GBTC shares ...

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The South Korean NFT and game development platform apparently suffered a private key leak that hackers used on Feb. 9.

PlayDapp exploit continues into 4th day, with losses reaching $290M

PlayDapp announced just before 11:00 am UTC on Feb. 13 that it had halted its smart contract to take a screenshot for migration as the hack against the South Korean Web3 game development platfor...

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Some Bitcoin ETF issuers will pull their funds as the tussle for market share and low fees heats up, while investors reap the rewards in the meantime, say analysts.

Bitcoin ETF war could see many issuers never ‘break even’

The cutthroat battle to become the top United States spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer could see many of the listed ETFs today eventually shut down due to lack of profits. ...

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Ripple bought Swiss custody provider Metaco last year, but Standard has a New York BitLicense.

Ripple acquires Standard Custody & Trust, its second custody provider

Ripple has acquired Standard Custody & Trust Company, a United States digital asset custody provider. The company already had ties to Ripple through its executives. Standard Custod...

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Direct Bitcoin trading is still more popular than ETFs for Robinhood users, says its chief financial officer Jason Warnick amid better-than-expected Q4 2023 results.

Bitcoin ETFs haven’t cannibalized spot Bitcoin trading — Robinhood CFO

Robinhood traders haven’t taken to spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with the bulk of crypto trading on the platform remaining in spot Bitcoin, says the company’s chief...

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Nelson Highlights Treasury’s Focus on Illicit Finance

US Treasury to Discuss Crypto Finance Concerns at Congressional Hearing

The United States Treasury is gearing up to address Congress on the emerging challenges posed by cryptocurrencies to existing financial regulatory frameworks. In his prepared test...

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Between Feb. 13 and Feb. 14, 2024, the volume of liquidations in the cryptocurrency market approached $140 million.

Crypto liquidations daily volume approaches $140m

According to CoinGlass, 45,965 traders have had their positions liquidated in the last 24 hours. Approximately $91 million in losses came from long positions and almost $49 million from sho...

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Digitex CEO Charged for Illegally Operating Crypto Futures

Digitex crypto futures exchange CEO Adam Colin Todd willfully failed to include adequate anti-money-laundering (AML) program, Florida federal court alleged. The US Attorney’s Off...

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Indian eSports startup STAN has partnered with Aptos Labs to launch an eSports fandom platform.

Aptos to launch eSports blockchain platform in India

According to a post on the X Aptos account, together with STAN, the companies will bring the scalability and performance of Aptos to the eSports community. Additionally, the partnership will ope...

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