Crypto News Roundup for Oct. 19, 2021

Ben Armstrong, the brash crypto influencer whose precipitous rise as the "Bitboy" vlogger came crashing down under corporate and personal scandal, is stopping his daily livestream after three years.In an emotional video posted to his personal Youtube channel, Armstrong said his daily shows in which he discussed crypto trends were no longer financially viable and

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news Digital banking platform Good Money just raised $30 million in a Series A funding round to continue developing its app. Led by Michael Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital (via its Galaxy EOS VC Fund), participants in the funding round included Breyer Capital, Blocktower Capital, Boost VC, Ken Howery, BlockChange Ventures, Cross Culture Capital, Troy Carter, Mitch…

news The venture arm of cryptocurrency wallet, data and exchange provider Blockchain has taken a stake in blockchain game technology firm Enjin. Blockchain Ventures said on Tuesday that the investment makes it the first equity investor in the gaming tech firm, which enables tokenized in-game items to be ported across ethereum-based titles built using its platform.…

Oct 22, 2020 at 18:54 UTCSpanish National Police have arrested the operator of cryptocurrency arbitrage firm Arbistar 2.0 in a crackdown on the platform that researchers and investors allege to be a massive bitcoin Ponzi scheme.Regional news outlet La Provincial reports operator Santiago Fuentes was taken into custody in Tenerife on Wednesday morning and was…

The Hyperledger Foundation currently has 134 members, including DTCC, IBM and American Express.Hyperledger also announced the launch of a financial services working group, which includes the likes of Accenture, Mastercard and Visa.Citi and the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) have joined the Hyperledger Foundation to work collaboratively on fostering enterprise-grade services and solutions using blockchain technology.Enterprise

Here’s a terrifying thought: The U.S. government still doesn’t really know how to regulate the $2.5 trillion crypto market. It’s not that the laws don’t exist, or that Congress is uninterested in digital assets – it’s more that there’s a lack of consensus on how to apply existing regulations to an industry that seems to…

Jan 22, 2020 at 10:00 UTCUpdated Jan 22, 2020 at 10:03 UTCU.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York image via elbud / ShutterstockThe Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain advocacy group, wants a U.S. court to distinguish between an investment contract and the underlying asset used by Telegram during a 2018 initial…

Apr 15, 2020 at 14:25 UTCUpdated Apr 15, 2020 at 14:42 UTCMorgan Creek co-founder and partner Anthony Pompliano. (Credit: CoinDesk)Bitcoin advocate Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano is betting the top cryptocurrency might have more of a role to play in the emerging decentralized finance (DeFi) space.Pompliano's Morgan Creek Digital was one of the investors in a $2.6…