2025-12-28 01:04 |
Giving crypto companies and fintech startups access to accounts at the Federal Reserve is a hedge against debanking by commercial banks. origin »
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The U.S. central bank has been mulling the idea of a "skinny" version of master accounts for firms that want payments access without the deeper Fed demands.
2025-12-20 19:31 | |
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Fairshake backs crypto-friendly candidates in special elections as several firms apply for Federal Reserve master accounts and national bank charters.
2025-7-1 20:20 | |
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The US Federal Reserve is broadly expected to leave its key rate unchanged as it announces its policy decision on Wednesday, January 29th. Rate cuts tend to be meaningfully positive for Bitcoin as they make bonds and saving accounts less attractive, making investors look for better returns in the risk-on assets like cryptocurrencies. Still, a […]
2025-1-30 22:05 | |
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) interim Chair Travis Hill acknowledged the agency’s role in “debanking” crypto firms during a speech in St. Louis on Jan. 10. Hill pointed to accounts of crypto-related businesses losing access to banking services without explanation, placing them alongside historically debanked groups such as politically disfavored industries and individuals associated with […] The post FDIC interim chair calls crypto debanking ‘unacceptable’ amid concerns over Operation Chokepoint 2.0 appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2025-1-11 23:30 | |
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Week 2 of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial in New York continued after premiere witness accounts from SBF’s inner circle as federal prosecutors pointed the jury to alleged fraudulent schemes masterminded by the FTX founder himself.
2023-10-11 01:53 | |
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The agency searched the Los Angeles home of Jesse Powell as it probes whether he had interfered with computer accounts of the non-profit. A lawyer for Powell said he's done "nothing wrong" and that the matter does not touch on his crypto interests.
2023-7-7 03:54 | |
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Crypto exchange Kraken has been asked by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) through a federal court order to provide account and transactional information. According to the June 30 court filing, the IRS needs the information on Kraken accounts that traded…
2023-7-2 14:16 | |
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OKCoin must scrub misleading statements that suggest its customers’ accounts are protected by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), the U.S. banking regulator ordered late Thursday, complaining the company is making false claims.
2023-6-16 05:58 | |
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Crypto clients of collapsed lender Signature Bank have until April 5 to withdraw their money and close their accounts or risk losing it, the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) has said. According to the regulator, the deposits in question were not part of the rescue deal arranged with Flagstar bank, a subsidiary of New […]
2023-3-31 14:14 | |
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Signature Bank’s crypto clients have been given a deadline to close down their accounts and move their deposits following the recent takeover of the bank. According to Bloomberg, the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) informed customers of the failed…
2023-3-29 14:39 | |
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A federal judge authorized a settlement in the bankruptcy case of the defunct crypto lender Celsius. Holders of custodial accounts can now collect 72.5% of the crypto in such arrangements. During a hearing on March 21 in the US Bankruptcy…
2023-3-22 22:53 | |
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Registered crypto users in Brazil are increasing at a consistently steady pace, despite the bear market rearing its ugly head. Based on latest data, the South American country has tallied more than 1 million registered crypto accounts for the month of July alone, adding to its nearly 35 million users, Brazilian tax authority Receita Federal […]
2022-10-4 10:59 | |
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India’s financial watchdog has unfrozen the bank accounts of one of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges after it cooperated with investigations. The federal Enforcement Directorate (ED) had been investigating WazirX for violating foreign exchange regulations, during which it froze the exchange’s assets worth 646.
2022-9-12 16:00 | |
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The new guidelines from the Federal Reserve hold a prospect of “the most stringent review” for non-federally insured institutions.
2022-8-23 23:00 | |
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The United States Federal Reserve said on August 15 that it plans to publish guidelines for crypto firms to access Fed master accounts and payment services. The post Federal Reserve to finalize guidelines on crypto access to master account appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-8-16 13:20 | |
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The United States Federal Reserve issued final guidelines that will be used to evaluate crypto company requests for master accounts. The post Federal Reserve Issues Final Guidelines for Crypto Companies Looking to Open Master Accounts appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-8-16 08:23 | |
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According to a press release, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) might provide crypto banks and other entities with access to Federal Reserve accounts and payment services. Following two proposals from the Federal Reserve Board in May 2021 and March 2022, the institution has arrived at final guidelines for these purposes. Related Reading: MakerDAO Set To […]
2022-8-16 00:46 | |
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The Federal Reserve announced it was publishing its final guidance for novel financial institutions, such as Wyoming trust entities, to access its "master accounts," something these firms need to participate in the global payment system.
2022-8-15 21:50 | |
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Leading crypto exchange platform Coinbase has been sued in a proposed class action accusing the company of locking six users out of their accounts. Coinbase Users File Complaint, Seek $5Million According to a complaint filed in San Francisco federal court complaint, the Coinbase users allege that the company prevented them from accessing their accounts.
2021-6-9 17:29 | |
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Raw data from the Federal Revenue of Brazil (RFB) shows that crypto traded volumes in the country exceeded $6 billion between January and September this year. According to the data, bitcoin dominates as it accounts for over 80% of traded volumes.
2020-12-15 13:00 | |
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On Friday a 17-year-old Tampa teenager was arrested in Florida for allegedly being the “mastermind” behind the July 15 Twitter hack that saw a great number of high profile accounts compromised.
2020-8-1 05:00 | |
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is now leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter scam after hackers seized control of “approximately 130 accounts” including those belonging to Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Warren Buffett, Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian, and others in a bitcoin-related scam, reported Reuters citing unnamed two sources familiar with […]
2020-7-17 16:45 | |
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has just issued an appeal for US savers to leave their money in their bank accounts. The message follows hints of a bank run as coronavirus-induced panic continues to spread.
2020-3-25 08:15 | |
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Coinspeaker Google Partners with Citi Bank Offering Checking Accounts to Rival Big Techs in Banking DominanceGoogle to enhance Google Pay by offering checking accounts through a partnership with Citigroup banking giant and Stanford Federal Credit Union in a project dubbed Cache.
2019-11-14 17:34 | |
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All US Dollar deposits on Binance. US’s platform are now eligible for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC] insurance coverage. According to a blog post published on its official website, the United States-dedicated wing of Binance stated that all the US Dollar deposits are held in “pooled custodial accounts” at numerous banks that are FDIC insured.
2019-10-19 12:30 | |
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The Swiss government shares info on 3. 1 million foreign Swiss bank accounts with 75 partner states. Handelszeitung, a German-language Swiss weekly newspaper, reported Monday that the financial surveillance comprises some 7,500 financial institutions in the country, including banks, trusts and insurance companies.
2019-10-8 20:00 | |
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Cryptoasset prime dealer and trading platform SFOX revealed that they have partnered with the New York-based M. Y. Safra Bank to offer its trader with deposit accounts insured by Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
2019-5-15 15:20 | |
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By CCN: Crypto mass adoption hopefuls rejoice. FDIC protection is here. Cryptocurrency prime dealer SFOX is partnering with M. Y. Safra Bank of New York to offer traders and investors deposit accounts backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
2019-5-15 01:15 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Wall Street Market, the second-largest darknet market in the world in recent months, has been shut down by international law enforcement agencies, including Europol as well as U.
2019-5-4 22:03 | |
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Federal prosecutors indicted Reginald Fowler, 60, of Arizona and Ravid Yosef, 36, of Tel Aviv on grounds of hiding the true nature of hundreds of millions of dollars transferred in and out of their several bank accounts around the world, reported Bloomberg May 1, 2019.
2019-5-2 12:00 | |
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By CCN. com: U. S. taxpayers can receive all or part of their federal and state tax refunds in bitcoin. This is being made possible through a collaboration between blockchain payments processor BitPay and Refundo, a provider of tax-related financial products.
2019-5-1 19:03 | |
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The Winklevoss twins reached a settlement with Charlie Shrem on April 16, 2019, declaring that their case against him has been dismissed with prejudice and will not be reopened.
2019-4-18 23:23 | |
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Yesterday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the results of its latest dark web investigation which saw over $4 million worth of cryptocurrency seized from criminals. Led by members of the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team, Operation SaboTor resulted in 61 arrests and the shutdown of 50 dark web accounts associated with online criminal activity.
2019-3-27 12:57 | |
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Index funds are squashing hedge fund managers in the US stock market. No matter which way you look at it, the decade-long bull markets in the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 have smoked the “smartest guys in the room.
2019-3-17 22:00 | |
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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has apparently been specifically targeting bitcoin and crypto investors as part of its broader tax strategy to keep tabs on their cryptocurrency investments, including how they purchase these assets.
2019-3-9 23:53 | |
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Activist group Blockchain Advocacy Coalition (BAC) has sponsored a bill in California’s 19th State Assembly District, set to allow legal cannabis businesses in the district to pay their state taxes using cryptocurrency.
2019-3-1 20:16 | |
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According to an official statement published on February 25, 2019, Bitfinex has revealed that the United States government returned 27. 7 BTC (worth about $105,000 USD) to the exchange, as part of restitution for a hack that was effected on the exchange back in 2016.
2019-2-26 02:39 | |
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President Donald Trump reopened the US government last Friday after his 35-day-long attempt to compel members of Congress to fund a wall along the southern border ended in abject failure. By all accounts, except perhaps the President’s own, the longest shutdown in modern US politics was a complete catastrophe.
2019-1-30 23:12 | |
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Technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff launched his new, Toronto-based, all-crypto legal firm on January 3, 2019, Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary, as a statement of his commitment to working for and promoting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-based businesses.
2019-1-11 21:17 | |
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October 31, 2008, and January 3, 2009. The two dates have cemented themselves with Promethean significance into Bitcoin’s lore. On the October 31, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper, a constitution of sorts for his revolutionary monetary system and its intrinsic currency.
2019-1-3 07:14 | |
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German blockchain startup Bitwala has launched crypto banking in Germany. After securing €4 million (roughly $4. 5 million) from VC firms Earlybird and Coparion in September of 2018 to develop a crypto banking solution, the company has allegedly amassed a waiting list of 30,000 potential users.
2018-12-13 22:32 | |
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South Korea will test out a new blockchain voting system this month, sources close to the developments have confirmed to Bitcoin Magazine. Developed by the country’s National Election Commission (NEC) and its Ministry of Science and ICT, the distributed ledger system is based on IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric and will be used to authenticate voters and save voting results in real time.
2018-12-4 21:41 | |
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Jared Rice Sr. , CEO of the Dallas-based bank AriseBank, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday, November 28, 2018, and charged with six counts of securities fraud and wire fraud.
2018-11-30 23:03 | |
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The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network hosts several podcasts for regular discussion topics in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency, including the popular weekly show What Bitcoin Did.
2018-11-20 22:58 | |
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In a short-term win for bitcoin advocate Charlie Shrem, a federal judge has lifted the freeze on Shrem’s financial accounts in an ongoing legal battle against the Winklevoss twins.
2018-11-10 00:48 | |
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In the latter half of 2018, few developments have occupied crypto investors’ headspaces like the industry’s indefatigable pursuit of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
2018-11-9 20:03 | |
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In two separate lawsuits, Federal Courts in Brazil have ordered Banco do Brasil and Banco Santander to reopen the bank accounts of Bitcoin Max cryptocurrency exchange. The banks had initially closed down the accounts of the exchange in September.
2018-11-1 18:24 | |
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