Vanguard names Bitcoin-friendly former BlackRock exec as new CEO

The firm withdrew its remaining balance from FTX at the 11th hour and topped weekly fund outflows from the troubled exchange. 1154 Total views 12 Total shares According to a Nov. 8 tweet, crypto lender Nexo currently has net zero exposure to the ongoing crisis embroiling cryptocurrency exchange FTX and crypto trading firm Alameda Research. Nexo…

Earlier this month, pioneering decentralized finance (DeFi) lending application Celsius surpassed 50,000 in total Bitcoin (BTC) deposited to the platform.In an interview with Cointelegraph, Celsius founder and VoIP pioneer, Alex Mashinsky, discussed the milestone, articulating that it was never his plan to cater to ‘the one percent’ of society.Despite 50k BTC deposited, Celsius falls short…

Blockstream is a leading blockchain development company founded by Adam Back in 2014. 2033 Total views 6 Total shares Square Inc., a crypto-friendly mobile payments company, is planning to invest $5 million in a solar-powered Bitcoin (BTC) mining facility for Blockstream Mining, offering further insight into Jack Dorsey’s continued support for blockchain infrastructure. Chris Cook, Blockstream’s…

Bitcoin’s early comeback may last just one week as the ninth month of the year also portends problems for gold.

Neo, a decentralized open source blockchain application platform, announced that it became the first-ever blockchain member of Microsoft’s .NET Foundation.In the press release published on Sept. 24, the platform stated that during the .NET Conference 2019 Neo “joined the .NET Foundation, the Microsoft-created, globally leading open-source foundation,” adding:“Based on their shared open-source heritage, NEO and…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently voiced his support for Bitcoin (BTC) during a chat with Clubhouse. Musk said that his friends tried to onboard him to the Bitcoin bandwagon as early as 2013, but the world’s richest man did not take the final step. Musk admitted that he was “late to the party.”Musk also said…

Are regulators with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission gearing up to take down Ethereum? Given the saber-rattling by officials — including SEC Chairman Gary Gensler — it certainly seems possible.The agency went on a crypto-regulatory spree in September. First, at its annual The SEC Speaks conference, officials promised to continue bringing enforcement actions and…

Passive income opportunities are one of the biggest draws in the cryptocurrency ecosystem because it gives investors an easy opportunity to grow their portfolio size regardless of the day-to-day price action.The latest token to get a bump in its price after announcing the upcoming implementation of staking is Chainlink (LINK), the decentralized oracle network that…

Axie Infinity players can stake their AXS tokens with rewards to follow up soon. 1191 Total views 14 Total shares Axie Infinity, a play-to-earn NFT game based on the Ethereum blockchain, announced the launch of the staking program for its native token, Axie Infinity Shards or AXS. AXS holders can start staking their tokens while the…