Cryptocurrencies News
- Reuters
(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.
- Reuters
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.
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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.
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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
(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose 5.19% to $28,380 at 20:01 GMT on Sunday, adding $1,400 to its previous close.
- Bob Mason
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
(Reuters) – Bitcoin surged 9.2% to $27,359 at 2207 GMT on Friday, adding $2,309 to its previous close.
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(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh
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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
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Signature Bank and three former top executives were sued on Tuesday by shareholders who accused the New York bank of fraudulently proclaiming it was financially strong a mere three days before it was seized by a state regulator.
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LONDON (Reuters) – Top cryptocurrency bitcoin hit a nine-month high of $26,533 on Tuesday, in its fourth consecutive day of gains, as it appeared to benefit from chaos in global markets following last week’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
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By Elizabeth Howcroft and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – Binance is halting its sterling deposits and withdrawals, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday, a month after the crypto exchange ceased dollar transfers.
- Reuters
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is investigating last year’s collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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(Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc will stop supporting digital collectibles or non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on its platforms, the social media firm’s fintech head Stephane Kasriel said on Monday.
- Reuters
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – U.S.-based crypto firms are trying to open Swiss bank accounts after the collapse of two U.S. crypto-focused banks made it harder for them to use lenders in the United States, but bankers said the Swiss firms may not take them.
- Vladimir Zernov
Crypto markets rebound as U.S. administration protects depositors at troubled banks.