Cryptocurrencies News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network on Wednesday said it has identified virtual currency exchange Bitzlato Ltd as a “money laundering concern” related to Russian illicit finance.

By Chris Prentice and Hannah Lang NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top official with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Wednesday plans to warn lawmakers against allowing cryptocurrency exchanges to self-certify with the agency to list products for trading.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department will “announce a major, international cryptocurrency enforcement action” on Wednesday, it said in a statement, without offering further details.

(Reuters) – FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in a blog post refuted some claims made by the company’s lawyers on Tuesday, saying that they were “extremely misleading” and that FTX U.S. was and is solvent.

(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency firm Genesis Global Capital is planning to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the situation.

(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc on Wednesday said it will halt operations in Japan due to volatile market conditions.

LONDON (Reuters) – UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher said traditional finance firms were “systemically safe” after years of increased regulation, but guardians of global financial markets had further to go to eradicate the risks posed by the non-banking sector.

(Reuters) – Semafor is planning to buy out FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s roughly $10 million investment in the news startup, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing the company’s chief executive officer.

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX said in a report to creditors on Tuesday that about $415 million in cryptocurrency had been stolen as a result of hacks.

By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – Silvergate Capital Corp reported a net loss of $1 billion in the fourth quarter, after reporting earlier this month that investors spooked by the collapse of crypto exchange FTX pulled out more than $8 billion in deposits in the last three

By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds trading crypto currencies tracked by index provider BarclayHedge ended 2022 down almost 50%, the research firm said on Tuesday, a sign that the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX continues to ripple through the industry.

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(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose 5.58% to $21,044 at 2344 GMT on Saturday, adding $1,113 to its previous close.

(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose 5.54% to $19,897 at 22:13 GMT on Friday, adding $1,044 to its previous close.

By Luc Cohen and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) – Several FTX employees have turned to law firm Covington & Burling to help them deal with questions from U.S. authorities investigating the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange and actions by its founder Sam Bankman-Fried, three people

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun is willing to spend $1 billion of his own funds on buying assets belonging to Digital Currency Group (DCG), the parent company of embattled crypto lender Genesis, Sun told Reuters.

(Reuters) – Singapore-based crypto exchange Crypto.com said on Friday it had decided to reduce global workforce by approximately 20%.

By Chris Prentice and Hannah Lang NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday said it has charged Genesis Global Capital LLC and Gemini Trust Company LLC with illegally selling securities to hundreds of thousands of investors through their crypto lending

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Illicit use of cryptocurrencies hit a record $20.1 billion last year as transactions involving companies targeted by U.S. sanctions skyrocketed, data from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis showed on Thursday.