Japan’s Metaplanet stock soars 89% after disclosing investment in Bitcoin

Shares of Japanese listed firm Metaplanet saw over 89% gains after the firm disclosed it accumulated JPY 1 billion ($6.5 million) worth of Bitcoin (BTC). The Web 3.0 and metaverse-focused entity said the investment was a strategic pivot in embracing digital assets and aligning with the future of finance. The company added: Our transition to […]

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Crypto.com Obtains Full Dubai Operational License

Singapore-based crypto platform Crypto.com has received full operational approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for its local entity, CRO DAX Middle East FZE.

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 New Whale Bought 6 DeFi Tokens Including $UNI, $AAVE, $COMP and these Cryptos

A hitherto unknown Ethereum wallet address, 0x8de83a84c829b3145db20cf56b29d1b32c10b710, has emerged as a significant player in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space as reported by SpotonChain. This new “whale,” a term used to describe an individual or entity holding a substantial amount of digital assets, has spent 2.

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Nexo DWTC secures Initial Approval (IA) from Dubai’s VARA

Nexo, a leading digital assets institution, has achieved a significant milestone in its expansion strategy, securing Initial Approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) for its Dubai entity, Nexo DWTC.

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Crypto Lender Nexo Secures First Regulatory Victory in Dubai

Nexo, a company offering digital asset services, has won initial approval as a licenced entity in Dubai from the region's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), it announced Tuesday.

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Crypto.com Secures Key To The Desert: Dubai Crypto License Granted

In a notable development within the desert kingdom, the Dubai-based entity of Crypto. com has secured regulatory approval with the issuance of a Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) license by the city’s regulatory authority.

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Crypto.com secures preliminary VASP license from Dubai digital asset regulator

Crypto. com has secured a Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) license from the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). The exchange, through its entity CRO DAX Middle East FZE, announced the partial VASP license granting permission for specific virtual asset services.

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Crypto.com secures Virtual Asset Service Provider license in Dubai

Crypto. com’s Dubai-based entity, CRO DAX Middle East FZE, has successfully obtained a Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), pending operational approval.

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Wadzpay receives approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority

In a press release dated Oct 31. WadzPay, a technology provider that facilitates virtual asset-based payments has shared the news that they have initial approval from Duba’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), the competent entity in charge of regulating, supervising, and overseeing VAs and VA Activities.

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Former ConsenSys AG Employees Take Equity Court Case Against Founder Joseph Lubin to U.S.

The 27 allege Lubin robbed them of equity in the Swiss company by transferring core assets to a U.S. entity.

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LSE Group Plans to Offer Blockchain-Powered Market for Traditional Assets: Report

LSE is considering using a separate entity for the blockchain-based markets business, according to the Financial Times.

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Crypto Exchange Rain Obtains License to Operate Virtual Asset Brokerage, Custody Service in UAE

Rain's Abu Dhabi-based entity can now offer institutional clients and some retail clients in the UAE the ability to buy, sell and store virtual assets.

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These Three Major Canadian Crypto Exchanges Announce Merger

Coinspeaker These Three Major Canadian Crypto Exchanges Announce Merger WonderFi (WNDR), Coinsquare and CoinSmart as a combined entity will have a total of 1. 65 million users and more than $600 million in assets under custody.

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FDIC Gives Deadline of Next Week for Crypto Depositors Stranded by Signature Failure

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) is trying to hurry the stranded crypto customers out the door of the temporary entity that holds the assets of the former Signature Bank, asking them to cash out by next week – whether they have a new bank or not.

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FDIC Gives Deadline Next Week for Crypto Depositors Stranded by Signature Failure

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) is trying to hurry the stranded crypto customers out the door of the temporary entity that holds the assets of the former Signature Bank, asking them to cash out by next week – whether they have a new bank or not.

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Dubai’s VARA issues new rulebook for crypto regulations

Dubai government’s crypto regulation authority, VARA, published its 2023 rulebook for regulating cryptocurrency. Any entity issuing virtual assets in the Emirate must follow the rules, startiThe post Dubai’s VARA issues new rulebook for crypto regulations appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Binance.US To Pay $1.02 Billion To Get Insolvent Voyager Digital’s Assets

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Binance.US To Acquire Bankrupt Voyager Digital’s Assets

The American Binance entity has submitted a winning bid for the bankrupt cryptocurrency firm’s assets.

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Securities Commission of Bahamas freezes FTX's assets amid U.S investigations

The Securities Commission of Bahamas has frozen FTX Digital Markets’ assets, besides suspending its registration. FTX, a separate entity from FTX.US, is based in The Bahamas. The Commission has aThe post Securities Commission of Bahamas freezes FTX's assets amid U.S investigations appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Authorities Accuse Vauld’s Indian Entity of Aiding in Money Laundering

Authorities in India have frozen $46 million in assets belonging to Vauld’s legal entity in the country. Abetting Money Laundering Vauld has been accused of helping a client launder money....

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Indian Regulator Gets Rid Of Its Only Crypto Exchange Body – Bane Or Boon?

In the past, there was only one Indian regulator that campaigned for crypto and represented the sector before the people of India. Today, that very entity will no longer exist. Authorities in India are set to disband the Blockchain and Crypto Assets Council, a move seen as a blow to the digital currency industry. In […]

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Japan’s New Stablecoin Bill Sets a High Bar for Investor Protections

Japans parliament has passed legislation clarifying the legal status of stablecoins. The new bill also mandates that any entity providing stable crypto assets must guarantee holders the right to redeem...

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In the wake of Terra’s collapse, South Korea plans new crypto oversight committee: Report

The infamous collapse of Terra may have hastened the creation of a supervision and control entity for digital assets, which is set to launch in early June.

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Korean Police Move to Freeze Luna Foundation Guard Assets: Report

Seoul police are seeking to ban the entity from withdrawing crypto amid suspicions of embezzlement.

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Manasquan Bank Partners with Bakkt to Offer Crypto-related Services to Its Clients

According to recent reports, New Jersey-based financial entity Manasquan is partnering up with crypto service provider Bakkt. The partnership will enable Manasquan bank clients to access digital assets, having freedom to explore Bakkt holdings cryptocurrency asset listings.

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FTX’s Bahamas-based Subsidiary Becomes a Registered Entity

FTX Digital Markets, the Bahamian subsidiary of rapidly growing crypto derivatives platform FTX, announced on Monday that it is now a regulated entity. The Bahamas-based platform has been registered by the Securities Commission as a digital assets business under the Digital Asset Registered Exchanges Bill or the “DARE Act.

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Bitcoin Asset Manager Raises $100 Million

A little known crypto focused asset manager has raised $100 million from just one investor for a new entity called NYDIG Digital Assets Fund II, LP. The New York Digital...

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Blockstack partners with Staked enabling STX holders to earn bitcoin

Blockstack PBC, an independent entity in the Stacks ecosystem that’s bringing apps and smart contracts to bitcoin, announced today its partnership with Staked, an infrastructure services provider for institutions seeking to earn rewards on their crypto assets.

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Bank of Lithuania Looks into Central Bank Digital Currency

Bank of Lithuania may be the next entity to look into Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), after multiple banks worldwide have expressed interest. All Aboard the Central Bank Digital Currency Bandwagon Following preliminary interest from central banks in China, as well as India, Cambodia, and to an extent the European Central Bank, the Bank of Lithuania has given attention to digital assets issued and backed centrally.

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Fidelity Digital Assets sets up shop in the U.K. after Johnson win; can Europe lead crypto adoption?

Asset management giant Fidelity Investments has established a U. K. entity for its cryptocurrency business with the intent of gaining a foothold in Europe, the move coming days after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson led his pro-Brexit government to victory in a snap election.

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Fidelity Opens A New Entity In London To Serve Digital Assets To European Institutional Investors

One of the leading global digital asset managers, Fidelity Investments, has announced its intentions to open a new entity that will be based in London targeting European digital assets institutional investors.

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Fidelity to Expand Institutional Crypto Business to Europe

Fidelity Investment, one of the world's largest asset managers, is setting up a new entity to serve European institutional investors in digital assets.

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Fidelity Digital Assets launches in Europe

Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s most diversified financial services firms, today announced that it is establishing a new entity to serve European institutions investing in digital assets.

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Ethereum Dev Arrested For Advising North Korea to Evade Sanctions With Crypto And Blockchain Tech

Cryptocurrency was created as a decentralized method of payment that could be used around the world. It isn’t ruled by any single entity, but there are many countries that have made the assets illegal to use.

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TORA and Partisia introduce Cyberian; new trustless venue for crypto trading

Cyberian, a new institutional off-exchange crypto liquidity venue, announced launching today. Cyberian was founded by TORA, an advanced cloud-based order, and execution platform (OEMS) and Partisia, a provider of secure multiparty computation solutions (SMC).

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Blockstream Releases First Enterprise-Grade Product on Liquid

Security tokens are coming to Bitcoin, courtesy of Blockstream. The Bitcoin and blockchain technology company announced on May 15, 2019, the final day of the Consensus 2019 conference, that Liquid Securities, a platform for issuing and managing security tokens on its Liquid sidechain, is ready to go live.

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Digiwills ICO

Digiwills is a service based on a smart contract that aims to ensure that your digital assets are not lost or fall into the wrong hands. Thanks to the blockchain technology, with this innovative service it will be possible to safely leave all your digital assets.

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In Plain English: SEC Publishes Guidance on Tokens as Securities

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an investment contract framework for digital assets, which is intended to give crypto companies guidance as to whether a cryptocurrency is a security.

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In Fourth Report, QuadrigaCX Court Monitor Recommends Bankruptcy Proceedings

QuadrigaCX monitor Ernst & Young suspects that the beleaguered exchange’s late CEO, Gerald Cotten, may have been financing personal expenditures with company funds, and it is now recommending that the assets in Cotten’s estate be placed under a preservation order.

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Dark Wallet: Private Bitcoin Web Wallet with Coin Mixing and Stealth Addresses

Bitcoin as a digital entity has grown in leap and bounds both in terms of the store of value as well as a medium of exchange. However, along with its popularity, the theft and crime associated with these digital assets are also at an all-time high.

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BSV Advocate Craig Wright: Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Lightning Network are Subject to FINRA

All money handlers, something crypto exchangers too often forget they are, store highly sensitive data involving the exchange of assets and monies and were always going to be subject to government and zone regulations eventually.

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Binance Released a Sneak Preview of the Binance DEX Platform

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance recently released a preview of its upcoming decentralized exchange Binance DEX. The preview of the new exchange shows how the DEX platform will allow traders to buy and sell their digital assets without depending on a centralized entity to hold their coins.

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Op Ed: SEC’s Latest Declaration Creates Legal Minefield for Digital Assets

On November 16, 2018, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a public statement clarifying its intent to regulate activities involving the issuance and trading of digital assets.

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INNOVAMINEX: BLOCKCHAIN BASED GOLD RUSH

Blockchain is the technology of the future, which allows the expansion of the boundaries of business. It can be used in any field, including mining, and in particular, in gold mining. The Innovaminex project is designed to involve the real economy with virtual assets and to allow any individual or legal entity to invest in a real project and receive benefits and advantages from the sale and processing of gold extracted from the mines.

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Unocoin Bitcoin ATM Founder Shares Details of Arrest After Police Seized the Company’s Assets

Last week police of Indian city of Bangalore arrested the co-founders of Unocoin for illegally operating a Bitcoin ATM kiosk. One of their co-founders, Sathvik Vishwanath gave a recount of his experience to Quartz India.

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Report: Cryptocurrencies Should Be Governed by Current EU Financial Laws

The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) has released a new report suggesting that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) recommend to the European Commission that it regulate the cryptocurrency space with existing legislation rather than instilling new rules and laws.

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Bitfinex Challenges Insolvency Rumors, Provides Proof of Wallet Reserves

Top-three cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is pushing back against claims that call its solvency into question. The Hong Kong-based company released a blog post on October 7, 2017, that states, contrary to recent rumors, it is not insolvent.

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Bitcoin Foundation Challenges “French BitLicense” Proposed in PACTE Bill

On September 23, 2018, the Bitcoin Foundation sent a letter to the French Parliament asking that they reject a new crypto asset amendment being proposed in the PACTE Bill, which deals with the growth and transformation of France’s businesses and the country’s employee savings.

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eToro Social Crypto Trading Platform Offers 2 Ways To Trade and Buy Digital Assets

eToro Offers 2 Ways To Trade Crypto Assets eToro is an Israeli social trading broker established in 2007. It serves UK clients by an FCA regulated entity and others by a Cypriot entity. It is neither listed on a stock exchange nor has a bank parent, but it is a well-known fintech startup. Over five […]

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