Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly planning to set up a crypto trading platform outside the United States, where it is currently headquartered. According to a March 17 Bloomberg report, Coinbase discussed setting up the non-U.S. platform with some of its institutional clients. The reported move came amid many U.S. lawmakers and regulators taking aim at crypto firms for their perceived role in the failure of Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank. U.S. regulators including the Securities and Exchange Commission have been cracking down on certain crypto companies in…
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Moscow City Crypto Exchanges Ready to Send Cash to London, Report – Exchanges Bitcoin News
An investigation into digital asset exchanges in the Russian capital has established that some of them are ready to buy digital coins and deliver paper money in the U.K. The transfer of funds does not usually involve the identification of the clients, Transparency International Russia reveals in a report. Russia-based Cryptocurrency Exchanges Swap Stablecoins for British Cash Russian crypto exchanges that can transfer money abroad without following know-your-customer (KYC) procedures and anti-money laundering (AML) are in the focus of a study conducted by the Russian Chapter of Transparency International. The…
FDIC Denies Report Signature Bank Purchaser Must Divest Crypto
The acquirer will tell the FDIC “what assets and liabilities from the failed bank it is willing to take,” the spokesperson said, citing the agency’s resolution handbook. The spokesperson also referred CoinDesk to two joint statements published by the FDIC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve, which state that banks are “neither prohibited nor discouraged” from providing services to any sector. Source
SVB Collapse Tanked NFT Trading Volumes, DappRadar Report Suggests
According to Dappradar, there were only 12,000 active NFT traders on Saturday, March 11 – the day after the bank was shut down – a number not seen since November 2021. Saturday also saw the lowest number of single NFT trades in 2023 thus far, totaling 33,112. Source
Cointelegraph Markets Pro VORTECS Report summary — 179% gains from 4 alerts
In Cointelegraph Markets Pro’s latest VORTECS™ Report, the institutional-grade crypto alerts platform displayed how its members could have captured a cumulative 179% gain by following four trades based on four different Markets Pro indicators. The report depicts trading alerts generated between Feb. 26 and March 4, 2023. The potential gains available to Cointelegraph Markets Pro subscribers significantly outperform a simple buy-and-hold strategy during the same period, which would’ve suffered a loss of 5% holding Bitcoin (BTC) and a loss of 4% holding Ether (ETH). Cointelegraph Markets Pro used a variety…
FDIC asked Signature buyers to stop all crypto business: Report
The United States’ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has reportedly asked potential rescuers of some failed U.S. banks to not support any crypto services. The FDIC regulators have asked banks interested in acquiring failed U.S. lenders like Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank to submit their bids by March 17, Reuters reported. The authority will only accept bids from banks with an existing bank charter, prioritizing traditional lenders over private equity firms, the report notes, citing two sources familiar with the matter. The FDIC aims to sell entire businesses of…
Signature Bank’s Prospective Buyers Must Agree to Give Up All Crypto Business: Report
A class action lawsuit was filed against Signature Bank in February, alleging that the bank knew about – and facilitated – the “now infamous FTX fraud.” Specifically, the suit accuses Signature Bank of having knowledge of and permitting “the commingling of FTX customer funds within its proprietary, blockchain-based payments network, Signet.” Source
SEC Chairman Gensler Suggests Again That Proof-of-Stake Tokens Are Securities: Report
“Whatever they’re promoting and putting into a protocol, and locking up their tokens in a protocol, a protocol that’s often a small group of entrepreneurs and developers are developing, I would just suggest that each of these token operators … seek to come into compliance, and the same with the intermediaries,” Gensler said. Source
Bitcoin hash rate continues to rise, but DeFi is under threat: Report
The beginning of 2023 raised hopes that the blockchain industry was on the path toward recovery, but weaker-than-hoped financial performance and a bout of negative news in February have cast doubts on this outlook. However, these headwinds do not affect all sectors of the industry uniformly. Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and security tokens have managed to decouple from the broader environment and showed positive signs in February, but the rest of the market remains cautious. For those serious about understanding the crypto space’s various sectors, Cointelegraph Research publishes a monthly Investors…
Australia’s Treasury and Reserve Bank Held Consultations With Coinbase, Others: Report
“From a central bank perspective, they’re interested in financial stability and the links between a fiat traditional financial system and the crypto system,” Gordon told The Australian. “The Treasury in Australia is more interested and involved in setting the framework and we believe the RBA will increasingly get more involved as we move forward.” Source