Citi to hire 100 new staff in digital asset push Crypto banks International investment bank Citi plans to hire 100 new staff to bring digital asset expertise to the institutional side of the business.
Binance amps up global compliance efforts, deepens ties with Ireland Crypto Exchange Embattled crypto exchange Binance has said it will deepen its international ties as it seeks to buttress support for the platform.
New cryptocurrency named ‘JRR Token’ blocked by lawyers for Lord of the Rings creator Tolkien Lawyers representing the estate of Lord of the Rings creator JRR Tolkien have taken action against the developer of a cryptocurrency named “JRR Token”. Representatives of the Tolkien estate said the product, which was launched in August 2021, infringed the trademark of the world-famous author. The domain name “jrrtoken.com” was successfully recovered without opposition by [...]
The US’ largest grantmaker receives $274m in crypto donations November 16, 2021 As the world’s top digital assets flirt with new all time highs charities are receiving multi million dollar donations in crypto. Fidelity Charitable, the US’ largest grantmaker, has received more than $274m (£203m) in cryptocurrency contributions so far this year — nearly quadruple its prior record of $69m in 2017 according to a company spokesperson. [...]
Bitcoin rises as SEC approves crypto equity ETFs and US says it won’t ban BTC October 11, 2021 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin opened last week above $47,000 and moved sharply upward to surpass $56,000 sparking numerous bullish calls from analysts and taking its market capitalisation above $1 trillion.