Copper brings five new faces to crypto trading platform April 11, 2022 London-based crypto trading site Copper has made five appointments to assist with plans to enhance its prime infrastructure offering.
Crypto firm Copper poaches BoA team for prime broker product April 11, 2022 Crypto startup Copper has poached a team of Bank of America executives to build a prime brokerage product.
Crypto prices drift downwards despite bullish Bitcoin 2022 conference April 11, 2022 The price of Bitcoin has now dropped from highs above $47k last week to just above the $42k mark this morning.
Elon Musk turns down Twitter board after asking 80m followers: ‘Is it dying?’ April 11, 2022 Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla and SpaceX, has turned down a spot on Twitter’s board, after being revealed as the platform’s majority shareholder. New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal confirmed this morning: “Elon has decided not to join our board. “I believe this is for the best.” Musk was due to step onto the board [...]
Rishi stole the crypto thunder with an NFT as Whitehall fights to go digital April 11, 2022 Last week, away from the grinding tragedy of the war in Ukraine and the ongoing fears over rising costs of living, Rishi Sunak unveiled an eye-catching plan. The Royal Mint is set to launch its own non-fungible token (NFT), marking the beginning of the government’s plans to wade into the cryptocurrency sector. NFTs have been [...]
Global economies distracted by crypto must be alive to advanced security threats April 11, 2022 Cyber security isn’t just about somebody reading your email; it has nation-sized implications. Before Russia’s invasion began, a wave of cyberattacks hit Ukraine’s banks and government departments. Now, the US is modelling how it would respond to escalations, including major cyberattacks on financial institutions, according to the New York Times. It’s clear that cyberattacks are [...]
Elon Musk suggests Twitter Blue subscribers pay with Dogecoin April 10, 2022 Elon Musk has suggested a slew of changes to Twitter Blue's subscription model including permitting Dogecoin payments.
Binance gets ‘in principle’ thumbs up for Abu Dhabi operation April 10, 2022 Crypto exchange Binance has today been handed an 'agreement in principal' to operate in Abu Dhabi.
Four obstacles in the way of institutional crypto adoption April 9, 2022 Anton Chashchin of Bitfrost examines the four hurdles standing in the way of institutional cryptocurrency adoption.
Saturday Spotlight: Nigeria and China speed ahead of UK in digital money race April 9, 2022 A new index charting the readiness and adoption of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) has seen Nigeria top the ranking with the e-Naira, launched in October 2021. Nigeria’s lead is closely followed by other early CBDC adopters, the Bahamas, Mainland China, Jamaica and Eastern Caribbean. The findings, from the PwC Global CBDC Index, capture the [...]