Cyptorcurrency exchange Binance is being blackmailed by a person claiming to have its KYC...

A person is demanding over $3.6m worth of Bitcoin from Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange, or they will release 10,000 photo that are similar to the know-your-customer (KYC) data the company uses.

Santander creates new “payment corridor” via Latin America and the US with Ripple’s blockchain...

The Spanish Bank Santander is expanding its One Pay FX service further into Latin America after introducing the service in Spain, the UK, Brazil and Poland in 2018.

skew. launches crypto-trading platform on the back of new $5m financing round

London-based FinTech startup skew. is aiming to create the gateway to a cryptocurrency markets and has just picked up $5m to make it happen.Octopus...

MoneyGram takes stake in bitcoin ATM Coinme

Coinme, a US-based cryptocurrency cash exchange service, has received a strategic minority investment from MoneyGram International.

IMA launches metaverse’s first insurance research facility

IMA Financial Group has launched IMA Web3Labs, the metaverse’s first insurance and risk management research and development facility.

Cobo Wallet raises pre-Series A round from group of Chinese VC firms

Cobo Wallet, a multi-asset blockchain wallet, has raised an undisclosed pre-Series A funding round from a group of Chinese venture capital firms.

SEC charges three individuals with defrauding investors in a bitcoin scheme

A US regulator has charged three individuals for taking part in a bitcoin fraud that cost investors more than $11m.

Singapore-based ShuttleOne picks up $500,000 in new funding round

Blockchain-powered FinTech ShuttleOne has bulked up its financial muscles to improve its technology after picking up a round of funding led by Sirius Venture Capital.

A fifth of UK online shoppers has suffered an account takeover attack

It seems as if 20% of e-commerce shoppers have fallen victim to an account takeover attack in the last year, according to new research from Riskified, the payments and fraud-prevention solutions provider.

Blockchain solution developer ConsenSys hits $7bn valuation after funding

ConsenSys, a blockchain solution developer, has reached a $7bn valuation after the close of a $450m investment round.

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