Missing 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova has assets frozen by UK court

In one of the weirder moments of my writing career, Carl “The Moon” Runefelt contacted me out of the blue seeking an “update to old information” in a May 2022 article. The article had touched on his involvement with the crypto payment platform Kasta, but Runefelt felt a pressing need a year later to get

The firm's book-making took a huge hit after being exposed to the TerraUSD collapse. 146 Total views 14 Total shares On Tuesday, European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares posted its interim Q2 2022 results. Compared to the prior year's quarter, the firm's revenue declined from 19.6 million pounds ($23.89 million) to 14.2 million pounds ($17.31 million).…

Gary Gensler gets grilled on Capitol Hill as crypto looms large on national political agendas from Cuba to South Korea. 1529 Total views 33 Total shares Fall is traditionally the open season for United States financial regulators. The thicket of news coming out of Capitol Hill, federal courts and various regulatory agencies can feel overwhelming…

Coinbase and a group of crypto entrepreneurs went to Washington D.C. to convince lawmakers to provide regulatory clarity for the industry. 49 Total views 1 Total shares The Coinbase “Stand with Crypto” campaign has reached coffee cans as the exchange and industry stakeholders marched to Washington D.C. to convince the country’s lawmakers to provide regulatory

Several major crypto and traditional finance companies have replied to the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) request on crypto asset mechanics as late as Feb. 25.The CFTC published its inquiry in late December 2018. In it, the regulator’s LabCFTC initiative, focused on fintech innovations, sought public comments on the main principles of the…

Ethereum price has turned oversold against Bitcoin, raising the possibilities of a rebound in the coming weeks. 258 Total views 4 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTEthereum's native token, Ether (ETH), continues its multi-month downtrend against Bitcoin (BTC) in March, rising 5.5% versus the latter's 19.5% gains on…

Porsche unveils NFT subsidiary German sports car giant Porsche has drifted into the nonfungible token (NFT) market, with a June 14 announcement revealing the launch of an NFT collectible startup dubbed Fanzone. However, the car manufacturer will not be looking to tokenize its luxury vehicles at this stage, instead opting to focus on soccer-themed NFT…

SolarisBank and Stuttgart Exchange Group are jointly developing infrastructure for a cryptocurrency exchange, Cointelegraph Germany reports Dec. 12.The Stuttgart Exchange, founded in 1860, is the second-largest stock exchange in Germany and the ninth-largest in Europe. SolarisBank, on the other hand, is a German fintech company established in 2015 that holds a banking license and offers…

The Ocean State’s legislature is looking to tackle the housing shortage and ensure new projects are going green by incentivizing builders with crypto rewards. 50 Total views 2 Total shares A bill was proposed in Rhode Island’s House of Representatives that would credit a house builder in a “green coin” cryptocurrency for reducing the project's…