U.S. Senate’s Warren Calls for Crackdown on ‘Sham’ Crypto Audits
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), which is authorized and overseen by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and funded by audited public companies, acknowledged the potential problem with crypto auditing to the lawmakers, including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), chair of the Senate Finance Committee.
Related Posts


The First Live Enterprise Blockchain Sets Sights on Every Area of Global Trade
feature In a space infamous for promising radical transformation but delivering mostly prototypes so far, Roberto Mancone, we.trade’s chief operating officer, has a record of making good on his pledges. Early last year, he promised the trade finance blockchain platform would go live by mid-2018 – which it did, with a focus on trading between…

Missed the Bitcoin Rally? Here’s an Investment Strategy to Ride the Bull Market While Reducing Your Risk
Dec 1, 2020 at 8:16 p.m. UTCWhen riding a bull market it helps to have safety padding.(Clarence Alford/Pixabay)Missed the Bitcoin Rally? Here’s an Investment Strategy to Ride the Bull Market While Reducing Your RiskBitcoin has come a long way since bottoming out below $4,000 in March. The cryptocurrency clocked a record high above $19,900 early…

4 Ways COVID-19 Will Bring Banks and Regulators to Crypto
May 5, 2020 at 14:26 UTCUpdated May 5, 2020 at 14:36 UTCThe Bank of England (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) 4 Ways COVID-19 Will Bring Banks and Regulators to CryptoAjit Tripathi, a CoinDesk columnist, is an executive director at Binance and the crypto co-host of the Breaking Banks Europe podcast. Previously, he served as a Fintech Partner…

Intuit Scores Patent for Processing Bitcoin Payments With Text Messages
California-based business and financial software company Intuit has been awarded a patent for processing bitcoin payments via text message.

Institutional Crypto Platform Talos Emerges From Stealth Mode
Institutional Crypto Platform Talos Emerges From Stealth ModeIn the latest effort to smooth a path for buttoned-up investors, Talos, an institutional-grade conduit to the crypto ecosystem, is emerging from stealth mode to serve brokers, custodians, exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) trading desks.The platform started out in 2018 and is backed by an impressive list of investors…

Liquid Staking Tokens Are a Hot Ticket for 2024
Twenty-six billion dollars. That’s how much money is currently deposited into liquid staking token (LST) protocols, by far the biggest category in decentralized finance (DeFi). And, of course, it is expected to grow even further.Liquid staking token (LST) is a crypto-specific term that can be hard to grasp at the first sight. It is a

WeChat Now Censoring Bitmain and Crypto Price Prediction Accounts
The WeChat messaging app is continuing its efforts to block official accounts that involve cryptocurrencies, now targeting those that distribute content for sales of bitcoin miners and cryptocurrency market analysis. The official sales channel of bitcoin mining giant Bitmain, which has the WeChat ID "antminersale," appears to be blocked on Monday. As of press time,…

6 Predictions for Crypto in 2024: Pantera’s Paul Veradittakit
This past year has been a testament to the blockchain space’s ability to recover from even the harshest external conditions. From the depths of the “crypto winter” at the beginning of the year, the overall market cap of the crypto space has grown by 90% to $1.69 trillion, with bitcoin more than doubling from its