Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Google has hired former PayPal Senior Vice President and Chief Product Architect Arnold Goldberg to lead its payments division, according to a report today from Bloomberg. Just three months after abandoning a […]
Investors in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) face more losses as the popular investment product hit its record discount of 26.53%, per data from YCharts. GBTC has long been an investment tool of choice for […]
Woof! Here come Puppy Bowl NFTs. The Puppy Bowl has been airing on Super Bowl Sunday since 2005, but this year’s event will include NFTs. The non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will be released leading up to […]
In brief iTrustCapital is one of a growing number of firms to offer crypto IRAs. The funding round values the firm at over $1.3 billion. More people are treating crypto as an investment for their […]
The British government is introducing new legislation to protect consumers from misleading cryptocurrency advertisements, according to a recent announcement on the government website. It’s thought that around 2.3 million Britons, or 3.4% of the UK […]
Cryptocurrency ATMs are shutting down across Singapore after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)—the city-state’s financial services regulator— announced a crackdown on crypto-related advertising, per Bloomberg. “MAS’s new guidelines regarding ATMs were an unexpected surprise,” […]
Erik Thedéen, vice chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), has called for a ban on proof-of-work crypto mining based on the industry’s high energy demands, per the Financial Times. Thedéen, who also […]
The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has taken a beating over the past day, with several blue-chip tokens suffering significant losses. UNI, the governance token of decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap is down 11.8%, slipping to an […]
In brief Bitcoin perpetual futures open interest is at a “historically elevated level,” according to Glassnode. The underlying signs are showing the market could be ready for a “leverage flush.” As Bitcoin has been busy […]
Event badge app POAP announced today that it has raised $10 million in new seed funding. “We intend for this raise to be the first along the road to our building a better POAP,” wrote […]