Month: February 2023

Cointelegraph launches major update to its institutional-grade crypto intelligence dashboard

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Cointelegraph Markets Pro is an all-in-one institutional-grade crypto market intelligence platform offering traders of all backgrounds real-time alerts for potential price movements before they occur.  The Cointelegraph Markets Pro platform was created with the aim to narrow the divide between institutional and retail investors. Its proprietary tools — like the Newsquakes™ indicator, the VORTECS™ Score and the Tweet Sentiment indicator — are the platform’s primary methods of achieving this goal. Looking back at Cointelegraph Markets Pro alerts performance shows that the institutional-grade platform has been a resounding success. Since 2021,…

New York Attorney General Sues Crypto Exchange Coinex — Claims Trading Platform Offers Unregistered Securities – Regulation Bitcoin News

New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued cryptocurrency exchange Coinex “for failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and for falsely representing itself as a crypto exchange.” The NY attorney general also stressed that Coinex is not registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) even though the platform lets users trade crypto tokens that are allegedly securities. Coinex Violates New York Law, Says NYAG Letitia James The office of New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James announced Wednesday that the attorney general has sued cryptocurrency…

Regulation stole the show at Barcelona’s European Blockchain Convention

Some 2,500 crypto-curious blockchain believers descended on Barcelona’s Hyatt Tower conference suites last week in a networking bonanza. The 8th edition of the European Blockchain Convention, and the fourth occurrence in Barcelona, also coincided with Bitcoin (BTC) sitting tight below $25,000. Despite an over 60% crypto drawdown, the conference was packed, and reportedly 2,500 attendees from banks, blockchain companies and crypto drank in the sights and sounds of the cosmopolitan capital of Spain’s Catalonia region. Nonetheless, the crypto scars of 2022 are still tender and raw; many attendees raised real concerns…

USDC Issuer Circle to Increase Workforce by 25%

Circle is presently focused on expanding its staff. However, it also confirms that its plan to go public is not entirely off the table. USD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle has revealed plans to increase its workforce by up to 25% in the current year. The report, which was shared by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), follows its December decision to cancel its initial plans of going public, albeit, via a special purpose acquisition company SPAC merger. It is worth noting that Circle’s hiring decision is surprising, to say the least.…

SEC and NYDFS Oppose Binance.US and Voyager Deal

The SEC said Binance.US purchasing Voyager Digital’s assets could prove unlawful or discriminatory. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opposed the $1.02 billion deal between the US arm of popular crypto exchange Binance and crypto brokerage Voyager Digital. The financial watchdog has recently intensified its watch over crypto and crypto companies. Crypto exchange Kraken was recently forced to shutter its crypto staking operations to settle SEC charges. The company agreed to shut the cryptocurrency staking operation and pay a $30 million fine. The settlement followed a close-door commissioner…