The spotlight on risk and compliance in Digital Assets December 2, 2022 The recent meltdown of the “JP Morgan Of crypto” FTX has created and existential crisis among the Digital Asset arena. This has undoubtably shed a gigantic spotlight on the attitude of the Digital Asset sector to compliance, risk, and general governance internally. With the wreckage still being sifted through from regulators and investors alike the [...]
Where is Gary Gensler in this FTX debacle, and how did SBF and Alameda end up controlling so much money? December 2, 2022 How was it possible that Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison ended up controlling such vast sums, and where is Gary Gensler in all this?
A question of financial inclusion December 1, 2022 Lord Holmes asked His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase financial inclusion in England.
Sam Bankman-Fried: A tissue of lies soaked with fake tears? December 1, 2022 Sam Bankman-Fried agreed to a live interview - admittedly against the advice of his lawyers - during a New York Times event yesterday.
Crypto still enjoys the backing of institutional investors December 1, 2022 If authoritarian Beijing has failed to stop Bitcoin – even in the current market – it will be almost impossible elsewhere, says Nigel Green.
Price of Bitcoin breaks $17,000 as optimism seeps into crypto markets December 1, 2022 Bitcoin is trading around $17,100 this morning, up another 1.23% in the last day and 3.16% over seven days.
Bankman-Fried claims he ‘didn’t ever try to commit fraud’ December 1, 2022 Sam Bankman-Fried tried to reject allegations he had committed fraud in the collapse of his crypto exchange FTX yesterday as he mounted his first public defence since the implosion of the exchange earlier this month.
Huobi and Poloniex crypto exchanges set to merge November 30, 2022 Crypto exchanges Huobi and Poloniex have said they are to merge, days after both platforms denied rumours of joining forces.
‘The brand is no more’ – crypto exchange AAX unlikely to reopen November 30, 2022 Beleaguered exchange AAX is unlikely to be revived, and the brand “is no more”, says its former Vice President who resigned this week.
Bitcoin ‘on the road to irrelevance’, says ECB November 30, 2022 The European Central Bank said Bitcoin is on the “road to irrelevance” today as it slammed the cryptocurrency as a “speculative bubble” with no productive value.