Helen Partz

Blockchain analytics firm Nansen to launch a new portfolio tracker integrated with the rest of its features with the new acquisition.

Founded in 2014, BitMEX is one of the world’s oldest crypto trading platforms, but it has never offered spot crypto trading till now.

China still hosts 21% of the total global Bitcoin hash rate after the local government banned all crypto operations in the country last year.

Grayscale announced its first European ETF, listing on the London Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana and Deutsche Börse Xetra.

The ECB drops another working paper on the digital euro, causing more outrage from Europeans opposing a central bank digital currency.

Crypto is more volatile than stocks and thus is associated with higher risks, but it also offers better return opportunities, industry executives agree.

Total assets invested in crypto ETFs and ETPs hit $16.3 billion by the end of the first quarter, but the community is still waiting for a spot Bitcoin ETF in the U.S.

Binance suspended withdrawals for LUNA and UST amid the UST stablecoin losing its peg to the U.S. dollar on Tuesday.

The global crypto exchange KuCoin expects to launch decentralized wallet products later in Q2 2022, also planning to roll out its NFT marketplace Windwave in the near future.

PayPal-backed crypto firm Talos has raised fresh funding from companies like Ken Fox’s private equity firm Stripes, BNY Mellon, Citi and others.

Hardware wallet-based staking offers more security and freedom than staking via software wallets and crypto exchanges, according to the head of Ledger Enterprise.

U.S. Senators requested Fidelity to explain how the firm is planning to address the risks of adding Bitcoin into retirement accounts by May 18.

Binance is among 18 co-investors in Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition alongside firms like Sequoia Capital Fund and Fidelity Management and Research Company.

LGT Bank has partnered with the Swiss crypto bank Seba to offer custody and trading services for Bitcoin and Ether.

The Republic of Uzbekistan is preparing to adopt a new crypto regulatory framework including a 7.5% income tax on crypto-related salaries.

The Mexican Bitso exchange has been providing its custody and exchange services to Chivo so that the government of El Salvador can buy Bitcoin.

Binance blocked the account of the Kremlin spokesman’s daughter when she tried to use the exchange following the economic sanctions imposed upon Russia.

Launched in cooperation with ByteTree, the new BOLD ETP by 21Shares comprises 18.5% of BTC and 81.5% of gold at launch.

Direct BTC purchases and Bitcoin mining stock investments are two “fundamentally different” investment strategies to suit different people and interests, Ben Gagnon says.

Ukrainians are now allowed to buy Bitcoin only with foreign currency with a monthly cap of $3,300.

Elvira Nabiullina is concerned about the Bank of Russia not treating digital asset projects softly enough to attract funding and maintain the economy.

There are a few ways for regulators to limit the usage of noncustodial wallets, but there is no way to ban it completely, SatoshiLabs CFO said.

Binance CEO previously said that crypto exchanges must comply with sanctions in a similar way to traditional financial institutions.

Robinhood has renewed its global expansion plans by acquiring the British crypto firm Ziglu after aborting its U.K. expansion back in 2020.

Russia-linked crypto exchange Exmo will no longer provide services to users from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

The Association of Banks of Russia has previously collaborated with Binance as part of its expert center focused on crypto regulation.

Bitstamp now requires users to provide info like nationality, place of birth and tax residency, in addition to documents proving the origin of crypto and the annual income.

The Lightning Network implementation may be against business plans of some crypto exchanges, or simply not a priority for others, several community members suggested.

Russia should deploy cryptocurrencies and CBDCs for settlement and payments with Africa, the president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry believes.

The new tax integration aims to relieve crypto investors from having to manually calculate their tax bills.