Straits Financial becomes first brokerage to accept bitcoin
Straits Financial will become the first US-based Futures Commission Merchant to accept bitcoin to fund trades and investments.
A1 is planning to accept cryptocurrency payments
Austrian A1, the mobile provider, has revealed plan to accept cryptocurrency payments.
Cyber criminals stole thousands of dollars-worth in bitcoins from shoppers through a modified Tor...
A new report from cybersecurity firm ESET has discovered how cyber criminals have used a browser to steal digital money.
Global blockchain market to be worth $39.7bn in 2025
In the next five years the global blockchain market’s value is expected to jump from $3bn to $39.7bn at a compound annual growth rate of 67.3%, according to new research.
Bank of England governor calls for cryptocurrency regulations
Andrew Bailey, governor at the Bank of England, has called on financial regulators to stop playing catch up in how they supervise digital payments methods such as stablecoin and cryptocurrencies.
Coinsquare receives investment worth about $56.4m
Digital payments and financial technology company Mogo has invested in Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform Coinsquare.
Nuvei bags crypto know-how with Simplex acquisition
Canadian payments company Nuvei has agreed a $250m deal to acquire Israeli FinTech enterprise Simplex.
How long can WealthTech firms resist the crypto FOMO?
Global stockbrokers, neobankers and financial institutions are all slowly onboarding crypto into their asset portfolio and it's probably a matter of time before WealthTechs do the same, according to analysts.
Crypto firm MobileCoin notches $66m to develop privacy-focused digital payments
Crypto-focused digital payment ecosystem MobileCoin has closed a $66m funding round as part of a wider effort to bring more of its products and services to the market.
Cryptocurrency-based crime reached a new high in 2021
A report by Chainalysis has found illicit addresses received $14bn in deposits during 2021, which was almost twice the amount they collected in 2020.
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