Cryptocurrencies News

(Reuters) – U.S. banking regulators said on Tuesday banks should be aware of key risks associated with cryptocurrency, including legal uncertainties and inaccurate or misleading disclosures by digital asset firms.

(Reuters) – The Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) rebuffed on Monday FTX’s claims about the digital assets of its Bahamas unit held by the regulator, saying the debtors of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange had “incomplete information”.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents have been getting physical threats since the collapse of their son’s now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, his lawyers said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) – Cameron Winklevoss, who founded crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co with his twin brother, on Monday accused Digital Currency Group (DCG) CEO Barry Silbert of “bad faith stall tactics” and asked him to commit to resolving $900 million worth of disputed customer assets by Jan.

(Reuters) – FTX on Friday disputed the Securities Commission of the Bahamas’ claims that the regulator was holding $3.5 billion of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange’s assets.

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Binance’s $1 billion acquisition of bankrupt crypto lender Voyager Digital could be delayed or blocked by a U.S. national security review, according to a Friday bankruptcy court filing.

By Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried is expected on Tuesday to enter an initial plea of not guilty to criminal charges that he cheated investors and looted billions of dollars at his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, according to a source familiar with the

(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors are looking into a series of crypto transactions that online analysts have tied to digital wallets associated with Sam Bankman-Fried, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

(Reuters) – The Securities Commission of the Bahamas directed the transfer of all digital assets in FTX’s Bahamas unit FTX Digital Markets that were valued at more than $3.5 billion to digital wallets controlled by the commission, it said on Thursday.

BTC had a particularly bearish 2022, marred by bankruptcies. The year ahead will be a tough one, with crypto headwinds to deliver uncertainty.

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – A group of FTX customers from outside the United States have asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge to keep their names secret during the cryptocurrency exchange’s bankruptcy case, saying that revealing their identities could expose them to identity theft and other scams.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The price of Solana, a cryptocurrency token that had been lauded by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, fell 10.36% on Wednesday, and is down 94.2% so far in 2022.

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar edged higher against its major peers on Wednesday, reaching a more than one-week top versus the yen, buoyed by higher Treasury yields as traders puzzled over the outlook for policy at the world’s biggest central banks.

(Reuters) – U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken said on Wednesday said it has decided to cease its operations in Japan.

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to enter a plea next week to criminal charges he defrauded investors and looted billions of dollars in customer funds at his failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange.

Ethereum has had a difficult year in 2022, with the crypto asset’s price down 67.1% year-to-date. Regulatory reforms, recession fears, and concerns about the Federal Reserve have all weighed on investor sentiment and contributed to the bearish outlook for ETH in 2023.

By Tom Hals and Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – FTX customers filed a class action lawsuit against the failed crypto exchange and its former top executives including Sam Bankman-Fried on Tuesday, seeking a declaration that the company’s holdings of digital assets belong to customers.

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have filed criminal charges of commodities fraud and manipulation against a man accused of trying to steal about $110 million in October by rigging the Mango Markets cryptocurrency exchange.

(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors are investigating an alleged cybercrime that drained more than $370 million from crypto exchange FTX hours after it filed for bankruptcy, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday citing a person familiar with the case.

(Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal case stemming from the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange that he founded was assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan, according to a Tuesday court filing.