VC Roundup: Funding falls to $2.4B in Q3 2024, early-stage startups dominate

De Nederlandsche Bank cannot share details of Binance’s registration failings in the country due to the confidentiality requirements of its supervisory laws. 212 Total views 9 Total shares The details behind Binance’s failed efforts to register for a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license in the Netherlands remain unclear due to the confidentiality requirements of…

Irish companies operating with crypto, and the firms servicing them, will have to adhere to AML and CFT for the first time starting next month. 1554 Total views 26 Total shares Irish lawmakers will impose an anti money laundering regime on crypto for the first time in AprilThe Central Bank of Ireland has extended the…

Bitcoin Cash's Roger Ver took to Facebook to announce that he is giving away Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to further spread the adoption of the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.Bitcoin Cash price to increase by almost 100,000 percent?On Nov. 4, the Bitcoin Cash proponent and former CEO of Bitcoin.com, Roger Ver, said that he will send…

United States-based health insurance giant Aetna has partnered with IBM to create a blockchain network tailored to the healthcare industry, Reuters reported Jan. 24.Estimated to serve over 39 million clients globally, Aetna has reportedly issued a joint statement with IBM clarifying that the blockchain system will be designed to streamline insurance claims processing and payments,…

Blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has published a detailed analysis of how two Chinese nationals. associated with North Korea. laundered tens of millions of dollars worth of stolen cryptocurrency.The pair are believed to be associated with the shadowy Lazarus Group, which was behind the Sony breach in 2014, the WannaCry ransomware epidemic in 2017, and a…

Eligible participants can withdraw 72.5% of their cryptocurrency holdings minus transaction fees. 281 Total views 7 Total shares Bankrupt cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius has started withdrawals for select users in a crucial development for the company and its clients amid financial instability and legal issues.According to a filing in the United States Bankruptcy Court for

Blockchain company Iconloop has secured 10 billion Korean won (KRW) (over $8 million) from seven investment companies participating in a Series A funding round.Per an Oct. 10 announcement, it was Iconloop’s first venture capital investment since its establishment in 2016, with the participation of companies such as Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KOTEC) and T.S. Investment,…

An article published Dec. 21 by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has suggested investors should sell and then repurchase their Bitcoin (BTC) as a strategy to save on taxes.In the context of the 2018 crypto bear market, the WSJ suggests that “the only good thing about investing in cryptocurrencies [this year] was the tax break.”Given…