Bitcoin News Roundup for Feb. 5, 2021

Zodia Markets, a digital asset marketplace backed by Standard Chartered Ventures, has been granted approval in principle to operate as an over-the-counter (OTC) crypto broker-dealer in Abu Dhabi, the firm said Wednesday.The approval was granted by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international finance center within the United Arab Emirates that has been attempting

Federal prosecutors are disputing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s claims that his access to a special laptop and other court-ordered accommodations have done little to help him prepare his defense while he's confined to prison, a Tuesday court filing shows.The letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan comes days after Bankman-Fried's lawyers requested that the U.S. District

Mar 18, 2020 at 13:00 UTCUpdated Mar 18, 2020 at 13:14 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/muratartArgentina’s Gas Regulator Greenlights Industry Blockchain Built With RSK TechArgentina’s national gas regulator has given Gasnor, a natural gas distributor for two million residents, approval to pilot a smart contract-based certification platform. Gasnet, a permissioned blockchain platform from IOV Labs and software builder Grupo…

Feb 6, 2020 at 12:00 UTCUpdated Feb 6, 2020 at 12:05 UTCThe Federal Reserve is looking at whether launching its own digital currency could be an effective counter to private initiatives such as Libra. Lael Brainard, who sits on the U.S. central bank's board of governors, said Wednesday the Fed is "conducting research and experimentation…

Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes on Binance have tumbled this month as lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny mount on the world’s largest crypto exchange.According to K33 Research, Binance’s 7-day average spot BTC volume is down 57% since the beginning of September versus roughly flat readings at a number of other exchanges. Volumes at U.S.-based competitor Coinbase are

news Noted cybersecurity expert and eccentric crypto fan John McAfee has just launched a cryptocurrency trading platform. Dubbed “Magic,” the site is touted as allowing users to “trade cryptocurrencies on multiple exchanges within a single dashboard, automatically and manually.” Notably, the exchange appears to be non-custodial, with users’ crypto holdings remaining on eight other exchange…

The SEC called Kraken's defenses "legally unsupportable" and asked for their dismissal. The lawsuit was brought against the exchange in November 2023. 02:31 Bitcoin Hits Record High as Donald Trump Wins U.S. Election 24:55 Crypto Under a New Administration: Regulatory Outlook From Coinbase's Paul Grewal 01:35 Why Bitcoin Will Be the Winner Regardless of U.S.

A "vulnerability" is created every time criminals convert from cryptocurrency to government-issued ones, an official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday. Matthew Allen, an assistant director of domestic operations with the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) division of ICE, discussed the role of cryptocurrencies in drug trafficking during an October 3 hearing before the…

news F1 Delta Time, a blockchain-based racing game, has just launched a new line of crypto collectables including “Cars, Drivers, and Components.” The collectables are based on the ERC-271 non-fungible token standard, which allows different attributes for each token. However, “fungible Tokens (FTs) based on the ERC-20 token standard will function as a currency in…