Cryptocurrencies News
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies rallied on Monday after U.S. authorities announced plans to limit the fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).
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(Reuters) – U.S. cryptocurrency firm Circle said on Sunday its $3.3 billion USDC reserve deposit held at the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank will be fully available when U.S. banks open Monday.
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(Reuters) – U.S. cryptocurrency firm Circle has $3.3 billion of its $40 billion of USD Coin reserves at the collapsed lender Silicon Valley Bank, the company said in a tweet on Friday.
- Bob Mason
The crypto market is in for a tough weekend, with USD Coin de-pegging as investors assess the impact of Main Street bank collapses on cryptos.
- Reuters
(Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers met with the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Friday to discuss the collapse of SVB Financial Group, Coindesk reported on Saturday citing a source.
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By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – Greg Becker, the chief executive officer who presided over the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank, joined the company three decades ago as a loan officer.
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By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – The U.S. Department Justice has appealed a court order approving Voyager Digital’s bankruptcy plan, creating a new hurdle for the crypto lender’s plan to sell its assets and transfer its customers to Binance.US in a deal valued at $1.3 billion.
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LONDON (Reuters) – The easy-cash era is over and its impact is only just being felt by world markets yet to see the end of the sharpest interest rate hiking cycle in decades.
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(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency token Ether fell to its lowest in two months on Friday after the New York attorney general labeled it a security, bracketing it with assets such as stocks and bonds and fueling fears of a wider regulatory crackdown.
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge is expected on Friday to consider what restrictions Sam Bankman-Fried should face while free on bail, and whether the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder’s Oct. 2 fraud trial should be pushed back.
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By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Zodia Custody, a crypto custodian owned by Standard Chartered, said on Friday it has registered its Irish unit with Luxembourg’s financial regulator.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general on Thursday sued KuCoin for failing to register with the state before letting investors buy and sell cryptocurrencies on its platform, as part of her effort to rein in what she calls “shadowy” cryptocurrency companies.
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(Reuters) – Shares of crypto-focused companies fell on Thursday in premarket trading after Silvergate Capital Corp disclosed plans to wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate, as the aftermath of FTX’s implosion last year reverberates through the industry.
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(Reuters) – Silvergate Capital Corp, one of the biggest banks in the cryptocurrency industry, said on Wednesday it was planning to wind down operations and liquidate voluntarily.
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers said on Wednesday it may be necessary to delay the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder’s scheduled Oct. 2 criminal trial, arguing it may take more time than expected to review the evidence and prepare a defense.
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By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top regulatory official for the U.S. Federal Reserve said cryptocurrency technology still could have “potential transformative” effects on the financial system, but needs “guardrails” to realize them.
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(Reuters) – Crypto-focused bank Silvergate Capital Corp became the latest casualty of a meltdown in the industry after announcing plans to wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate.
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By Elizabeth Howcroft and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin steadied on Thursday near its lowest since mid-February, after U.S. crypto-focused bank Silvergate said it would voluntarily liquidate, the latest in a series of high-profile crypto collapses triggered by the collapse of the FTX exchange.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alpha Sigma Capital, a U.S.-based digital asset fund, and Transform Ventures, a venture capital firm, will raise $100 million for two new funds focused on the blockchain and so-called decentralized Web 3.0 ventures, Alpha Sigma founder and Chief Executive Officer Enzo Villani
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(Reuters) – Crypto-focused bank Silvergate Capital Corp said on Wednesday it planned to wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate.