Delaware bankruptcy court Judge John T. Dorsey on Monday signed an order approving the dismissal of FTX’s Turkish entities from the collapsed exchange’s U.S. bankruptcy proceedings. The order was signed in response to a request made by FTX last month, arguing that the Turkish entities should be dismissed, as including them is “not strategic” and will result in “a waste…
We’re thrilled to announce that Blur (BLUR) is now available on Kraken! Funding and trading Funding is live, and trading will begin on February 14 at approximately 18:00 UTC. Add BLUR to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Already have BLUR and a Kraken account? Click below to get started ⤵️ Both tokens…
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Interactive Brokers, a global brokerage firm with headquarters in the United States, announced the launch of its crypto trading services for institutional clients in Hong Kong on Feb. 14. The crypto trading services were launched in association with OSL Digital Securities, a Securities and Futures Commission-licensed digital asset brokerage and trading platform for professional investors. Individuals with more than 8…
Civil proceedings from the SEC and CFTC against disgraced crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried have been deferred until the former CEO’s criminal case is concluded. On February 7, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams, representing the government’s criminal prosecution, requested that both the SEC and CFTC proceedings be paused until the resolution of the United States…
According to reports, the CEO and co-founder of the Nigerian fintech Flutterwave, Olugbenga Agboola, recently visited Kenya where he sought to convince the country’s monetary authorities to grant the firm access to funds that have been blocked since July 2022. Agboola claimed that his firm had “instituted a number of changes over the past year to ensure all internal governance…
Indian authorities once again demonstrated their tough stance on cryptocurrencies with a preemptive ban on crypto advertising and sponsorships in the local women’s cricket league. As reported by Planet Sport on Feb. 14, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sent a 68-page advisory to the Women’s Premier League teams, specifying the activities which couldn’t be advertised. In…
The United Kingdom’s financial regulator, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is coming for unregistered cryptocurrency automated teller machines (ATMs). THe FCA and the cyber team at West Yorkshire Police have taken action against several sites in and around Leeds city suspected of hosting illegally operated crypto ATMs. Announcing the news on Feb. 14, the FCA emphasized that no crypto ATM operators…
Bitcoin’s average block size has hit all-time highs above 2.5MB for the first time since its inception in 2009, driven by the launch of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) protocol Ordinals in January 2023. Block size data from Blockchain.com reflects a jump in Bitcoin block size from the beginning of February 2023, increasing over 2MB in the weeks following the launch of…
Bitcoin (BTC) saw ongoing rejection below $22,000 into Feb. 14 as markets braced for macroeconomic data impact. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin vs. CPI: “Expect volatility” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD failing to expand beyond $21,800 ahead of the United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) print for January. Already called the “most important”…
