Ex-Digitex Futures Exchange CEO pleads guilty to violating Bank Secrecy Act

Blockchain firm AVA Labs acquired private investment platform Investery to further expand its operations.AVA Labs told Cointelegraph on Feb. 27 that the acquisition will enhance its financial offering by enabling access to private asset platforms and the issuance of private financial assets. Furthermore, Investery’s existing partnerships will also transition over to AVA.An expansion to private…

Self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin (BTC) Craig Wright wants to challenge a recent court order requiring him to pay 500,000 Bitcoins to the Kleiman estate.Reinhardt did not have power to enter the order, Wright saysOn Aug. 30, Wright’s attorney Andres Rivero filed a document with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida,…

Former SEC commissioner Troy Paredes was not the first to criticize the U.S. financial regulator’s lack of clarity on digital assets.

Jan Marsalek reportedly bragged of ties with Russian intelligence services and touted secret documents about chemical weapons used in the UK. 628 Total views 13 Total shares Wirecard’s recently-prosecuted former Chief Operations Officer, Jan Marsalek, may have had ties to Russian intelligence services. He also allegedly held secret documents about the use of a Russian…

Developers will get a 15% cut of the fees they generate, but only if their app has done more than 125,000 transactions and has existed for three months. 167 Total views 19 Total shares A new program from the Fantom Opera network team will pay developers for the gas fees they generate from users, according…

Roughly 500 people were in for a random surprise on Mar. 8, receiving a profanity-laced correspondence from BlockFi after their email addresses were used to sign up for fake accounts. 1432 Total views 10 Total shares This week's temporary closure of registrations for crypto lending and borrowing app BlockFi was due to an attack by…

Despite seeing substantial growth in popularity, topping Google search trends amid the recent halving, the coronavirus pandemic and mainstream coverage, the cryptocurrency industry has somewhat been left out of the advertising world by online ad networks, social media platforms and even national governments. In 2018, Facebook banned cryptocurrency advertising amid the initial coin offering hype. Later…

Matthew Ferranti, a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard, pointed out that Bitcoin is an optimal alternative hedging asset for central banks. 895 Total views 6 Total shares A research paper published at Harvard university highlighted how central banks can use Bitcoin (BTC) to hedge against financial sanctions from fiat reserve issuers. A working paper, titled “Hedging Sanctions…

It is no secret that the global economy has continued to weaken over the course of the past year. To this point, on Jan. 19, the United States government hit its “debt ceiling,” i.e. the total sum of money that the U.S. Treasury can borrow to fund its ongoing federal operations, leading to renewed concerns…