Crypto investor HashKey Capital closes third fund at $500 million

Crypto investment firm HashKey Capital has closed its third fund by raising $500 million. The fund comes as the industry is reeling under pressure from recent collapses and the bear market. Dubb...

TaxBit acquires rival crypto accounting platform Tactic

TaxBit, a crypto tax and accounting software provider, has acquired rival Tactic to expand its offerings. The acquisition, TaxBit’s first, will help expand its existing corporate accountin...

Breaking: Lazarus Group’s Illegal Movement of 41,000 ETH Exposed

ZachXBT shares his findings on the latest illegal shift by North Korea’s Lazarus Group. Lazarus Group moved around 41,000 ETH, stolen from the Harmony bridge hack. The crypto community started buzzing...

Coinflex says new exchange with 3AC founders won’t use GTX name after Twitter ridicule

Coinflex said that a proposed exchange for trading claims won’t use GTX for its name after a proposal to raise $25 for the project had been widely mocked on Crypto Twitter.  “Buildin...

Lionel Messi’s crypto sponsor Socios offering token holders chance to snag game balls

Socios, the company with World Cup-winner Lionel Messi as its global ambassador, is trying to score with fans by offering them a chance to win balls used to score goals. But you’ll have to pay t...

Nexo sues Cayman Islands regulator over rejected license

Crypto lending platform Nexo is suing the Cayman Islands regulator for denying the firm a virtual asset license. Nexo, which only last week saw its office in Bulgaria raided by 300 police and ha...

Shiba Inu rises after announcing Layer 2 launch as bone token pops; US markets closed

Shiba Inu and bone led gains after the announcement of a Layer 2 network for the ecosystem. U.S. markets are closed to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  Bitcoin was trading at $20,770 at 9 a....

Alameda lost $1 million in liquidations: report

Troubled crypto trading firm Alameda Research lost over $1 million in assets from liquidation last night, according to a report from the crypto intelligence firm Arkham. The account initially he...

Scaramucci changes tone on FTX, says it’s clear there was fraud now

Anthony Scaramucci has done a 180 on FTX. “It’s very clear now that there was fraud,” the SkyBridge Capital founder told CNBC. “We’ll, of course, have to let the le...

Ignoring digital assets would be like sticking with paper over computers, BNY Mellon CEO says

BNY Mellon is committed to continue exploring the digital asset space, albeit cautiously. CEO Robin Vince said on an earnings call today that digital assets are the bank’s “longest-t...

Bitfarms seeks to avoid BlockFi loan default with renegotiation

Bitfarms is seeking to modify a loan with BlockFi to avoid default as the value of equipment plummets. Last year, Bitfarms’ Backbone Mining Solutions entered into a $32 million equipment financi...

Bitcoin continues flirt with $19,000 as crypto prices stay the course

Bitcoin and ether held onto two-month highs overnight as the global crypto market cap reached its highest point since the collapse of FTX.  Bitcoin was trading at $18,877 at 8:30 a.m. EST, up 3....

Nexo sees withdrawals of $158 million in day after Bulgaria raid

Crypto lender Nexo has seen withdrawals worth more than $158 million in the last 24 hours after Bulgarian authorities raided its offices. Nexo had 133,263 BTC (around $2.5 billion) in customer l...

Monero (XMR) on its way to breaking the $200 mark!

Monero’s main selling point is its focus on anonymity and privacy, which makes it popular among individuals and businesses that value financial privacy. Transactions on the Monero blockchain are priva...

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest adds another $2.5 million in Coinbase shares

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest loaded up on more Coinbase shares Thursday, continuing this week’s spending spree as the stock rallies.  Ark added 52,813 Coinbase shares to its Ark Innovati...

BREAKING: Binance Announces Support For Terra Classic (LUNC) Upgrade

Crypto exchange Binance has announced that it will be supporting the network upgrade of Terra Classic (LUNC). The exchange has also provided information on what LUNC users should expect during and aft...

FTX gets judge’s approval to start selling LedgerX and other units

Collapse crypto exchange FTX got the judicial green light to begin selling parts of its business, the next step in raising money to repay its more than one million creditors. LedgerX, Embed and ...

Wall Street’s Lucrative Leveraged-Debt Machine Is Breaking Down

(Bloomberg) — One of the most lucrative money-making machines in the world of finance is all clogged up, threatening a year of pain for Wall Street banks and private-equity barons as a decade-lo...

Crypto.com cuts 20% of workforce amid sector-wide layoffs

Crypto.com, the Singapore-based crypto wallet and payments firm, is laying off 20% of its global workforce.  The company announced the news in a blog post published today. Kris Marszalek, the fi...

Wyre lifts 90% customer withdrawal limit after securing new funding

Wyre secured a new source of funding, allowing it to drop its recently introduced 90% customer withdrawal cap, the company said on Twitter today. “We’re excited to share that today we received f...

SEC charges Gemini and Genesis with unregistered securities offering

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Genesis Global Capital LLC and Gemini Trust Company LLC for the unregistered offer and sale of securities to retail investors through a Gemini crypto len...

Bitcoin blows past $19,000 for the first time since FTX collapse

Bitcoin surpassed $19,000 for the first time since Nov. 8, when FTX had a tentative deal to sell to Binance. The biggest cryptocurrency rose more than 8% over the past day. Traditional markets a...

Bitcoin approaches $19,000, rises 8% following inflation data

Cryptocurrency prices are surging following the U.S. inflation report and crypto-related stocks were mostly higher.  Bitcoin was trading at $18,677 at 1:30 p.m. EST, up 8% over the past 24 hours...

Win Trump Rewards NFT collection lets users buy access to Donald Trump

A new collection called Win Trump Prizes that allows users to buy rewards related to former U.S. president Donald Trump launched on OpenSea.  Individuals can claim a one-on-one Zoom meeting with...

Bitcoin above $18,000 as US inflation slows in December

Inflation in the U.S. increased by 6.5% year-on-year in December and decreased by 0.1% month-on-month.  Cryptocurrencies and traditional stock markets were buoyed as CPI data met estimates. Bitc...

BREAKING: US inflation at 6.5%, what does it mean for markets?

US inflation 6.5%, what does it mean for markets? The most important number in finance, the US CPI number reporting on the latest bout of inflation, was released Thursday. The headline number landed a...

Yuga Labs gamifies minting NFTs with ‘Dookey Dash’

Yuga Labs, creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club collection, unveiled plans to gamify the process of minting NFTs. The startup today announced an upcoming online game in which players must navigat...

El Salvador one step closer to bitcoin bonds after law passage

El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved a law on the issuance of digital assets, paving the way for bitcoin bonds that have been championed by President Nayib Bukele. The new law estab...

FTX locates $5 billion in cash and liquid crypto, contemplates sale

FTX’s new leadership says it has located $5 billion in cash, liquid cryptocurrency and liquid investment securities, two months after the troubled crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy protection...

Bitcoin inches higher, GBTC discount narrows as share price perks up

Crypto prices remain in the green while related stocks were mixed in pre-market trading. GBTC’s continuing its positive start to the year. Bitcoin was trading at $17,400 at 8:45 a.m. EST, ...

MicroStrategy sells 13.5% stake to trading firm Group One

Trading firm Group One bought a 13.5% stake in MicroStrategy. The firm scooped up 1,261,744 shares of Class A common stock, according to a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Co...

Gemini terminates Genesis loans, officially ends Earn Program

Gemini told clients in an email today that it is terminating customer loan agreements with Genesis Global Capital as it winds down its Earn program. Gemini said it will prioritize the return of ...