Cryptocurrency

US prosecutors have accused FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried of witness tampering and asked a federal judge to issue an order that would bar the former billionaire and other parties from making public statements likely to interfere with a fair…

A North Korean government-backed hacking group penetrated an American IT management company and used it as a springboard to target an unknown number of cryptocurrency companies, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The hackers…

Brazil's central bank announced on Tuesday its plans to launch a public consultation regarding the regulation of cryptocurrencies in the second half of this year. In a statement, the central bank emphasised its intention to gather…

Crypto firm Circle announced that it has laid off staff and ended investments in non-core activities. While the size of the layoffsis unknown, Circle reportedly had around 900 employees at the end of 2022.According to a report by news…

Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was arrested and charged with fraud, a US prosecutor in New York said Thursday morning, as three federal regulatory agencies sued him and his…

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Tuesday it has stopped 26 machines across the country for illegally offering cryptocurrencies, warning consumers they could lose all of their money.A member of the…

Standard Chartered is ramping up its bullish Bitcoinprediction, targeting as much as $120,000 by the end of 2024 — almost quadruple the current price — as increasingly cash-rich miners reduce sales of the token.“Increased miner…

The value of top cryptocurrency bitcoin could reach $50,000 this year and $120,000 by the end of 2024 Standard Chartered said on Monday, predicting the recent jump in its price could encourage bitcoin "miners" to hoard more of the…

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is drawing traders in India to buy and sell cryptos on its platform while letting them cut deals in rupees --- by either online fund transfers from domestic bank accounts, or using…

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigators have concluded that bankrupt crypto lender Celsius and its former CEO Alex Mashinsky broke US rules before the firm's implosion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.Attorneys in the…