News - Cryptocurrency

In Crypto: Gate.io commits $100m to crypto industry support fund

Crypto exchange Gate.io has established an industry liquidity support fund with an initial commitmen...

In Crypto: Circle abandons $9bn SPAC merger plan

The company behind stablecoin USDC has terminated a $9 billion SPAC merger which would have seen it ...

In Crypto: UK driving forward regulation after FTX collapse

UK Economic Secretary Andrew Griffith says the collapse of FTX and other crypto-native businesses �...

In Crypto: European Central Bank says Bitcoin ‘on road to irrelevance’

Two senior figures at the European Central Bank have claimed Bitcoin is “on the road to irrelevanc...

In Crypto: UK university UA92 expands into metaverse & NFTs

University Academy 92 (UA92) will become a part of the metaverse in 2023 and provide unique NFT achi...

In Crypto: Vladimir Putin calls for global blockchain payments system

Vladimir Putin has called for a new international payments system based on digital currencies and bl...

In Crypto: Binance commits $1bn to prop up industry

Binance has committed $1 billion to prop up the crypto industry following the collapse of rival exch...

In Crypto: Starling Bank blocks cryptocurrency transactions

Starling Bank is now blocking cryptocurrency transactions. The UK-based digital bank has sent its...

In Crypto: Estonians charged with $575m ‘Ponzi scheme’

Two citizens of Estonia have been charged with running a trio of cryptocurrency-related scams which ...

In Crypto: FTX sister firm ‘loaned $1.6bn to exec team’

Alameda Research, the sister firm of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, loaned $1.6 billion to m...

In Crypto: Eight months of due diligence into FTX – & no red flags

One of the key investors into collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX says it conducted eight months o...

In Crypto: Meghan and Harry to launch ‘Meg-averse’

Meghan and Harry are to launch a virtual world ‘to take their brand truly global’. The Duke a...