Cryptocurrencies News

By Angus Berwick and Chris Prentice (Reuters) – A former chief executive of Binance’s de-facto U.S. subsidiary has enlisted a former federal prosecutor and top cop at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to represent her in the U.S. government’s investigations into the giant cryptocurrency exchange, a

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Investors withdrew $1.6 billion of cryptocurrency from crypto exchange Binance since it was sued by the U.S. CFTC on Monday, blockchain data tracker Nansen said on Wednesday.

It has been another impressive morning for XRP and the broader crypto market that continues to show resilience in the face of intensifying scrutiny.

The Fed is about to get dragged over the hot coals. Yet, despite the collapse of two US regional banks, the White House remains focused on cryptos.

By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear a bid by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc to halt customer lawsuits, including by a user who sued after a scammer stole money from his account, as it

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX on Sunday sued the liquidators overseeing the wind-down of its Bahamian affiliate FTX Digital Markets, accusing them of wrongly claiming ownership of the exchange’s assets.

(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc said on Monday it has stopped support for Signature Bank’s digital payments platform Signet, more than a week after U.S. regulators took control of the bank.

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – Currency markets showed some cautious optimism after global authorities moved to stem contagion from a simmering banking crisis, with the safe haven dollar on the back foot and the yen tumbling amid a rebound in Treasury yields.

By Georgina Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – Bitcoin hovered near nine-month highs on Monday, and has closed out its best week in four years as turmoil in traditional banking drives some investors to turn to digital assets.

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried are nearing an agreement with U.S. prosecutors on revised bail conditions for the indicted FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder, who is trying to convince a skeptical judge he should remain free.

(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose 5.19% to $28,380 at 20:01 GMT on Sunday, adding $1,400 to its previous close.

It was a bullish end to the week for the crypto market. US banking sector troubles drove demand as lawmakers prepare to grill banking regulators.

(Reuters) – Bitcoin surged 9.2% to $27,359 at 2207 GMT on Friday, adding $2,309 to its previous close.

(Reuters) – Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX made transfers of about $2.2 billion to company founder Sam Bankman-Fried through related entities, the company’s new management said.

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge declined to delay the $1.3 billion sale of crypto lender Voyager Digital to Binance.US, saying Voyager customers should not be forced to wait out a challenge by the Department of Justice that is unlikely to succeed.

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will let customers in Singapore move funds to and from accounts via local banks, smoothing one path to investing in digital assets at a time when markets are on edge over financial stability and crypto banking.

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s NatWest has imposed new limits on the daily and monthly amount customers can send to cryptocurrency exchanges, seeking to protect consumers from “crypto-criminals”, the bank said on Tuesday.

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh

By Hannah Lang and Pete Schroeder (Reuters) – New York’s financial regulator said its decision to close Signature Bank had “nothing to do with crypto,” citing what it called “a significant crisis of confidence in the bank’s leadership” that occurred over the weekend after regulators shuttered