Bitcoin News Roundup for April 14, 2020

Bitstamp says it's shutting down its staking service in the U.S. as of September 25 due to the regulatory environment in the country.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been on a warpath against staking, saying it meets the criteria of investment contracts under the Howey Test.In February, Kraken agreed to shut down its U.S.…

Dec 28, 2020 at 9:20 p.m. UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Hovers Around $27K While ETH/BTC Pair Goes BullishBitcoin has mostly traded in a tight, low-volume range Monday while some profit-taking from bitcoin into ether is appearing on the ETH/BTC charts.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $26,822 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining…

news The Jersey arm of Binance has listed the cryptocurrency exchange’s own British pound-backed stablecoin. Binance announced Friday that Binance GBP (BGBP) is being offered on the fiat-to-crypto platform due to trader demand for more stablecoin options. “There has been an overwhelming demand in the market and Binance community for more stablecoin diversification, including a GBP-pegged stablecoin, and…

Hedgehog, an SEC-registered robo-advisor for crypto-focused investors, will soon let users invest in automated sectors based on indices offered by CoinDesk Indices (CDI).Users can invest in one of several digital asset sectors tracked by CDI's indices, including computing, culture and entertainment, currency, decentralized finance (DeFi) and smart contract platform. Hedgehog will also offer The CoinDesk…

OKX's global chief compliance officer, Patrick Donegan, left in January after just six months in post.Donegan, whose responsibilities included anti-money laundering, managed a team of 300.02:07SEC's Crypto Enforcement Actions in 20231:09:58How Much Money Are Terrorists Actually Raising in Crypto?01:31Cost of Not Enacting Crypto Regulation Is 'Extremely High,' Legal Expert Says08:06Ripple Exec Says Singapore Is a

news Coinmine, the producers of crypto mining hardware and software, announced a $2.5 million seed round of financing. Led by Los Angeles-based M13 Ventures, Republic Labs, Gumi Crypto and early Uber investor Shervin Pishevar contributed funding, according to a statement made August 15. According to a company representative, the financing comes amid a period of 50…

Bitcoin ha superado los $60.000 por primera vez en casi seis meses tras conocerse que un fondo cotizado (ETF) de futuros de bitcoin será aprobado por la Comisión de Valores de Estados Unidos (SEC).Al cierre de esta edición, la mayor criptomoneda en capitalización de mercado era negociada en torno a los $61.825, después de haber…

This morning, OpenSea said it had received a Wells Notice from the Securities Exchange Commission warning the agency was about to sue the leading NFT platform for violation of securities laws. The threatened action is the latest in a long line of similar moves from the SEC, and the reaction from the crypto industry has

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest PricesTop StoriesThe London Stock Exchange will roll out a market for bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) exchange-traded notes (ETN) on May 28, it said on Monday. The