News - Cryptocurrency

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...

Manchester United to gift ‘club history’ NFTs to fans

Manchester United is to launch NFT assets to ‘educate, reward and unite’ its global fan base thr...