Ex-FTX exec ‘not worried’ about reporting to prison on Oct. 11

The Forbes 2019 “Fintech 50” list of the world’s top financial technology firms published on Feb. 4 features six blockchain companies, little more than half the amount listed in the 2018 edition.Released in February of last year, Forbes 2018 “Fintech 50” list contained 11 blockchain- and crypto-related companies.In the introduction to this fourth edition of…

The founder of FTX exchange thinks the crypto industry will enjoy an increased rate of institutional adoption as regulatory clarity improves around the world. 944 Total views 34 Total shares FTX crypto exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried is optimistic that clarity provided by regulators around the world will stimulate institutional adoption rates for crypto this and…

Gold gains more than 5% in a fortnight, reaching a record high driven by rate cuts and geopolitical tension.

Proceeds from Orica’s NFT auction at Malta AI & Blockchain Summit hope to fund Ssese Islands education. 448 Total views 13 Total shares The rising number of social impact projects using digital art to fundraise for charitable causes marks a powerful development in the nonfungible token (NFT) space. One such project leveraging technology for social…

Bitcoin (BTC) futures daily trading volume plunged sharply from about $20 billion on June 11 to about $5 billion on June 13. This is a negative sign because the volume increased during the sharp fall on June 11 but reduced during the rebound on June 12 and 13.On June 14, the top-ranked cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap…

The CEO of investment management corporation BlackRock, Larry Fink, does not see the company offering a cryptocurrency Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) until the industry is “legitimate,” CNBC reported Nov. 1.BlackRock is a financial planning and investment management firm that currently has $6.28 trillion in assets under management, including equity, real estate, fixed income, and cash management.Speaking…

Ripple is considering breaking into the Chinese market to apply its distributed ledger technology (DLT) to cross-border payments, a Ripple executive told CNBC August 15. Jeremy Light, vice president of European Union strategic accounts at Ripple, said in a phone interview that the company is looking to enter the Chinese market to speed up international…