2022-12-30 13:44 |
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms need to do more to protect their users and secure their systems, according to former federal prosecutor, Ari Redbord. origin »
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Ari Redbord, currently TRM Labs head of legal and government affairs, says cracking down on hacks in crypto will require hardening cyber defenses.
2022-12-29 19:58 | |
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What is Tezos? A Detailed Review When you think of smart contract platforms running on public blockchains, Solana and Ethereum would be the two big names coming to your mind. While the former is well-known for its high performance and low fees, the latter is chosen for its 100% uptime and mass users.
2022-11-23 09:30 | |
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Blockchain startup Aptos Labs, founded by former Meta Platforms employees who worked on the defunct Diem project, is receiving increased investment from Binance Labs, the venture capital arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.
2022-9-16 15:30 | |
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Aptos Labs, a web3 startup that sprang from the ashes of Meta Platforms Inc.'s failed cryptocurrency endeavors, has raised $150 million in fresh capital. The post Former Meta Employees Secure Funding for Aptos Labs Amid Web3 Startup Surge appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-7-26 10:45 | |
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Aptos Labs, a startup founded by former employees of Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META), has raised $150 million from investors in a Series A funding round, according to an announcement published on Monday.
2022-7-26 23:19 | |
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“A lot of people have losses who didn't understand the risks they were taking,” former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover,” following the freezing of account withdrawals on crypto trading platform Celsius.
2022-6-16 23:43 | |
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CEO Pat LaVecchia, a former MakerDAO compliance adviser, said Oasis Pro is in the “early stages” of integrating with DeFi platforms.
2022-5-17 21:36 | |
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Shiba Inu continues to make strides in proving that it is a worthy rival of Dogecoin. The former has rallied continuously in the past weeks while the latter has seen stagnant prices. The community has moved to list the meme coin on platforms where it could adequately compete with the OG meme coin. Support has […]
2021-10-22 02:00 | |
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Chinese "crypto dad" and ex PBoC director Yao Qian insists digital yuan is not a surveillance tool for the government.
2021-6-1 12:33 | |
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Trading at $0.56 with more than an 8% hike in price in the past seven days, XRP has been gaining steam. The price action comes amid new hope among XRP supporters who sought to urge crypto platforms toThe post How much XRP does former Ripple CTO have left after another dumping spree? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-3-29 22:30 | |
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Over the past 24 hours, former Ripple chief Chris Larsen and a couple other platforms have transferred almost 137 million XRP tokens
2021-3-11 15:27 | |
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Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes has called on all legacy traders to “opt-out” of legacy trading platforms and embrace the “Crypto Capital Markets.”
2021-2-19 06:50 | |
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A veteran of megabank UBS is launching a startup to enter the increasingly crowded field of platforms for issuing digital securities on a blockchain.
2019-11-27 17:00 | |
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U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has appointed Coinbase’s former Vice President, Dorothy D. DeWitt, to serve as the Director of the Division of Market Oversight. Previously, she had led Coinbase as the General Counsel of Business Lines and Markets.
2019-9-18 13:00 | |
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The NEO Global Development center in Seattle added Harry Pierson, a veteran Microsoft engineer with 24 years of experience in platform development, to the team. Pierson will lead the development of the NEO Toolkit and NEO Express projects.
2019-6-19 06:23 | |
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Marlin, a scalability solution for decentralized web platforms, spearheaded by industry frontrunners from BitTorrent, Zilliqa, MIT, and Stanford, joins the Binance Labs Incubation Program San Francisco cohort, securing substantial investment from the social impact fund.
2019-6-12 17:30 | |
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BitPay, known as one of the largest crypto payment processing platforms and one of the most popular solutions for companies which are focused on receiving Bitcoin payments, has decided to hire a new executive.
2019-5-8 04:23 | |
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While the Crypto Winter may be lingering with us into the spring, crypto exchanges are doing just fine. According to CoinMarketCap, there are now 255 major crypto exchanges.
2019-5-4 22:14 | |
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The ethereum price has ballooned by nearly one-third so far in April, but without bitcoin’s bullish tailwind, ETH might be stuck in a rut. According to Dapp. com, the second-largest cryptocurrency’s network suffered defections in Q1 2019 as users fled the network for rival platforms.
2019-4-10 22:24 | |
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The San Juan Mercantile Bank & Trust International (SJMBT), a new bank in Puerto Rico catering to cryptocurrency traders, is now fully operational. SJMBT announced its receipt of all appropriate licensing from Puerto Rican regulatory officials to begin offering “fiat and digital asset custody and settlement services,” which are “to be integrated with the trading platforms offered by its affiliate, the San Juan Mercantile Exchange (SJMX).
2019-4-3 00:47 | |
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The regulatory landscape in India has been uncertain lately. Despite scheduling a hearing on the regulations that will impact the still-nascent crypto industry, the meeting was instantly postponed, leaving many exchanges in the dark.
2019-4-1 14:00 | |
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Initial Money Offerings (ICOs) have developed a negative reputation and many investors seem to find themselves dissatisfied with platforms skirting securities laws. Notable actions against ICOs include Ripple Labs and Bitconnect.
2019-3-23 13:32 | |
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While many employees of crypto platforms and related companies are being forced to leave with substantial layoffs, there are other workers that are taking control of their future by leaving all on their own.
2019-2-2 14:12 | |
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Press Release Reveals Tron’s New Chief Compliance Officer – David Labhart, Former Attorney Of The SEC Many of the cryptocurrency platforms in the industry are being forced to comply with the latest regulations, despite having a difficult time deciphering them.
2019-1-10 22:05 | |
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Deutsche Bahn AG is the leading train operating company in Germany and through its years of experience has been able to put several services together for its customers. Getting tickets from Deutsche Bahn AG has been made easy since there are several online ticketing platforms available along with a mobile app.
2019-1-4 19:49 | |
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Although many are enamored with bashing the colloquial term “BUIDL,” for many Bitcoin diehards, 2018’s crypto market lull has been a time to unironically bolster this industry’s underlying infrastructure.
2018-12-18 18:00 | |
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Crypto. com, one of the leading payments and cryptocurrency platforms announced on Dec. 11th that it has hired Tyson Hackwood, a former key executive for PayPal and Braintree as the SVP, Head of Global Merchant Acquisition.
2018-12-11 17:29 | |
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Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is launching Zcash (ZEC) trading on its professional trading platform Coinbase Pro. The announcement made via Coinbase’s blog page states that inbound transfers of the currency will begin at 10 p.
2018-11-30 02:08 | |
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After a bearish year of perennial price swings that culminated in months of tightly wound sideways movement, the (former) bottom has dropped out for bitcoin and the wider crypto market.
2018-11-28 21:44 | |
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BTC Inc, the parent company of Bitcoin Magazine, is excited to announce the hiring of Andrew Fleming to be the new head of its media division. The addition of Fleming to BTC Inc’s management roster is the latest example of an emerging trend of big-name talent leaving institutions in order to join the crypto and blockchain industry.
2018-11-7 17:54 | |
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Blockchain startup Bloq has announced the appointment of former Fidelity Investments executive Hadley Stern as its first chief operating officer — the latest in a string of hires poached from a legacy financial firm by blockchain startups.
2018-10-23 19:05 | |
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Most digital exchanges are unregulated and therefore unqualified to safely process cryptocurrency transactions. They don’t employ necessary know-your-customer (KYC) tactics, and roughly $1 billion in digital asset funds have been stolen since the start of 2018.
2018-10-13 23:34 | |
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BitMEX, one of the world’s leading bitcoin trading platforms, has hired former financial markets regulator Angelina Kwan as the company’s new chief operating officer (COO). Kwan will oversee and drive the company’s growth, and will be based in Hong Kong, the company said on Tuesday.
2018-10-4 22:52 | |
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Angelina Kwan, former managing director and head of regulatory compliance for Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing, is taking on the position of COO of BitMEX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, at a time when the challenges facing these exchanges are greater than ever.
2018-10-2 15:47 | |
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In April 2018, former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent off inquiries to more than a dozen cryptocurrencyexchanges to learn more about their internal operations.
2018-9-19 02:06 | |
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Kin Ecosystem Foundation, the nonprofit governance organization for the Kin cryptocurrency, has announced the appointment of Matthew DiPietro as its chief marketing officer (CMO) today, September 18, 2018.
2018-9-18 19:38 | |
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Matt Liu, Josh Fraser and former PayPal head Yu Pan want to bring the blockchain to the sharing economy. The trio is devising a platform with an emphasis on inclusive, peer-to-peer service hubs designed to decentralize the same consumer cost-friendly business models that have made companies like Airbnb, Uber and Lyft so popular in recent years.
2018-8-16 23:25 | |
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Another day, another celebrity-endorsed ICO. This time, it’s one of Australia’s most well-known cricketers, Michael Clarke. However, cricket fans on Twitter have their own take. Many believe that celebrities lend a certain degree of credence and authenticity to the brands that they endorse.
2018-8-11 13:00 | |
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The Chamber of Digital Commerce’s Token Alliance is producing a new group of guidelines built to help the cryptocurrency and initial coin offering (ICO) markets grow responsibly.
2018-7-30 18:38 | |
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It’s no secret that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made many people quite wealthy. While some choose to simply exchange their bitcoins for fiat, others prefer to spend their wealth on luxury platforms like Dadiani Fine Arts and The White Company.
2018-7-15 21:00 | |
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A press release published today from EOS creator, block. one, announced that the company’s $1 billion EOS VC Venture Capital Division will be lead by Former Jefferies Asia CEO, Michael Alexander.
2018-7-6 01:12 | |
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Coinbase Controls Its Markets With a Former New York Stock Exchange Executive Coinbase, one of the most important crypto related platforms in the world, is building a network that wants to help it monitor its markets in a better way.
2018-7-5 20:19 | |
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Former Wall Street macro trader and vocal Bitcoin proponent Mike Novogratz has expanded his involvement in the cryptocurrency field, investing $15 million in a startup company which aims to facilitate the launch of trading platforms and tokenizes assets through blockchain-based technology.
2018-6-17 02:00 | |
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Cybercrime in the crypto sector has soared in the first half of 2024, with hackers stealing nearly $1.38 billion, nearly doubling last year’s figures. Cybercriminals have pilfered a staggering $1.38 billion from crypto investors in the first half of 2024,…
The overall proportion of total illicit crypto funds is shrinking by 9% on a year-on-year basis, although bad actors still handled over $34 billion in 2023. The total volume of illicit crypto funds decreased by nearly one-third in 2023, according…
Blockchain forensics firm TRM Labs has expanded its leadership team, appointing Boon Hui Khoo as senior advisor. In a blog announcement on April 11, blockchain forensics firm TRM Labs announced the appointment of Boon Hui Khoo as senior advisor, signalling…
TRM Labs has announced that it has acquired Bitcoinabuse.com, a popular platform for reporting crypto scams.
Affiliates of the most notorious terrorist organization use centralized exchanges, the blockchain intel firm said.
A recent report by TRM Labs shows that the number of cryptocurrency attacks dropped by 70% during Q1 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.