Tether’s troubles continue. According to a Friday WSJ report, companies backing the world’s biggest stablecoin used fake documents and shell companies to help its parent company get into the banking system. The Journal cites emails and documents to claim that the company behind USDT, the most-traded cryptocurrency, went to extraordinary lengths to stay connected to the traditional financial system and…
Month: March 2023
Tether Used Fake Documents to Open Bank Accounts: WSJ
Tether’s troubles continue. According to a Friday WSJ report, companies backing the world’s biggest stablecoin used fake documents and shell companies to help its parent company get into the banking system. The Journal cites emails and documents to claim that the company behind USDT, the most-traded cryptocurrency, went to extraordinary lengths to stay connected to the traditional financial system and…
Avalanche Sees Surge in BTC Bridged to Its Network With Over $44 Million in Bitcoin Ported on Thursday – Bitcoin News
According to statistics, the number of bitcoin bridged to the Avalanche blockchain saw a significant inflow on March 2, as more than 2,000 bitcoin were bridged on that day. Data further shows that as of Friday, March 3, a total of 8,504 bitcoin worth $190.9 million was bridged over to the Avalanche network. Bitcoin Bridged to Avalanche Rises Thirty-eight days…
Solana faces ‘lack of appetite’ from US regulators, says Austin Federa
Austin Federa, head of strategy at the Solana Foundation, spoke to Cointelegraph at the ETH Denver conference on the network’s outages, the impact of regulation, and the launch of its mobile device. Speaking to Cointelegraph on March 1, Federa said the New York Department of Financial Services — NYDFS, one of the state regulators responsible for licensing crypto firms —…
Bitcoin NFT Market to Hit $4.5 Billion by 2025: Galaxy
The emergent Bitcoin NFT ecosystem—practically non-existent just months ago—could balloon to $4.5 billion in market size by 2025, according to a report released Friday by Galaxy Research. Analysts anticipate that the Bitcoin Ordinal frenzy of the last two months is no blip. They project demand for the ability to store NFTs on the world’s oldest and most established blockchain will…
Bitcoin NFT Market to Hit $4.5 Billion by 2025: Galaxy
The emergent Bitcoin NFT ecosystem—practically non-existent just months ago—could balloon to $4.5 billion in market size by 2025, according to a report released Friday by Galaxy Research. Analysts anticipate that the Bitcoin Ordinal frenzy of the last two months is no blip. They project demand for the ability to store NFTs on the world’s oldest and most established blockchain will…
Price analysis 3/3: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, SOL, DOT, LTC
Concerning news from Silvergate Bank and FTX may have influenced investors’ decision to press the sell button, but the potential for further downside could be limited. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/price-analysis-3-3-btc-eth-bnb-xrp-ada-doge-matic-sol-dot-ltc
UK Crypto Crackdown: Which British Banks Allow You to Buy Bitcoin?
UK banks are getting tougher on customers using crypto. In the past week, two of the country’s biggest banks—Nationwide and HSBC—cracked down by applying daily limits for buyers or restricting credit cards from making crypto purchases. These two banks aren’t the only ones: a number of banks over the past year have got tougher. Some took a tougher stance following…
UK Crypto Crackdown: Which British Banks Allow You to Buy Bitcoin?
UK banks are getting tougher on customers using crypto. In the past week, two of the country’s biggest banks—Nationwide and HSBC—cracked down by applying daily limits for buyers or restricting credit cards from making crypto purchases. These two banks aren’t the only ones: a number of banks over the past year have got tougher. Some took a tougher stance following…
Did crypto winter scare off Visa and Mastercard?
Crypto cycles aren’t for the faint-hearted. As the industry continues to evolve from the cypherpunks into the mainstream, we can expect a lot of growing pains. The dumpster fire that was 2022 may have scared off many companies interested in exploring the sector. Case in point: Visa and Mastercard’s embrace of crypto may have hit a snag thanks to the…