Category: Exchanges

Banking Giant Barclays Owns $136,834,631 Worth of BlackRock’s Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund

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The multinational banking giant Barclays holds nearly $137 million worth of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The London-headquartered bank disclosed it holds 2,473,064 shares of BlackRock’s IBIT fund in a recent quarterly filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). IBIT, the largest Bitcoin (BTC) ETF in terms of assets under management (AUM), is priced at $55.33 at time of writing, meaning Barclays’ holdings are worth around $136.8 million. Barclays also recently disclosed in a 2024 annual report that the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is…

Top US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Launches Support for New Asset Tied to Intellectual Property-Focused Blockchain

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Coinbase has rolled out trading support for the brand-new native token of a layer-1 blockchain focused on intellectual property (IP). The scalable intellectual property solution Story launched its public mainnet on Thursday and aims to serve as a blockchain where rights holders can upload IP, set the terms of use and monetize it throughout the protocol’s application ecosystem. Explains Story’s launch announcement, “AI (artificial intelligence) is undermining IP as we know it. The traditional IP system can no longer keep pace with the speed and scale of generative AI. Centralized…

French Regulators Lift Ban on Bybit, Crypto Exchange Targets MiCA

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Report: Lazarus Group Exploits Github, NPM Packages in Cryptocurrency Malware Campaign   

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A state-aligned cyber collective from North Korea has compromised Github repositories and NPM modules with stealthy malicious code to pilfer digital currencies, per a Securityscorecard STRIKE Team analysis. Security Researchers Warn of Rising Open-Source Malware Attacks Linked to Lazarus Group As detailed by a Computing.co.uk report, the Lazarus Group injected harmful Javascript into Github projects […] Source

Florida Man Ordered To Pay $7,600,000 in Restitution After Promoting Supposed ‘Gold-Backed’ Cryptocurrency Scam

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A federal court has ordered a Florida resident who operated a digital asset fraud scheme years ago to pay millions of dollars in restitution, according to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC says that the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has imposed a consent order on Randall Crater, requiring him to pay more than $7.6 million to victims of his crypto asset scam. According to the CFTC, Crater fraudulently offered a virtual currency known as My Big Coin (MBC) for sale to dozens of…

President Trump Does Prisoner Swap With Russia, Freeing Crypto Exchange Owner With American Teacher: Report

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President Donald Trump has reportedly traded prisoners with Russia, freeing the former owner of a crypto exchange for American teacher Marc Fogel. According to a new report by The New York Post, anonymous White House officials say Trump has swapped Russian prisoner Alexander Vinnik – who was convicted of money laundering through the crypto exchange BTC-e, which he founded in 2011 – for Fogel. Vinnik, a computer scientist, was convicted in 2020 by a French court for laundering money and sentenced to five years in prison. He also pleaded guilty…

Binance-Backed Memecoin Rips 1,267% After Crypto Exchange Announces Trading Support

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A memecoin launched on the BNB Chain put up massive gains after top global crypto exchange Binance rolled out support for it. In a new announcement, Binance says that it is adding support for Test (TST), a test token launched by the BNB Chain team for a tutorial video on how to create memecoins using its Four.meme launchpad platform. Amid the listing news, TST soared to an all-time high of $0.5113 from its low of $0.02607. The memecoin has since retraced. TST is trading for $0.1717 at time of writing,…

Crypto Exchange Giants Face January Blues as Trading Volumes Crash

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Korea Exchange Chief Pushes for Crypto ETFs to Boost Markets

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South Korea must embrace cryptocurrency ETFs now to stay ahead, says the Korea Exchange chairman, calling them a game-changer for market growth and financial innovation. Crypto ETFs Are the Future: Korea Exchange Chairman Pushes for Approval Jung Eun-bo, chairman of the Korea Exchange, has called for the listing of cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in South […] Source