Brian Brooks defends fintech charter to House Financial Services Committee
By Samuel Haig
Brian Brooks has defended the fintech charter he oversaw while heading the OCC, warning heavy-handed crypto regulations could undermine U.S. competitiveness globally. Brian Brooks has defended the fintech banking charter introduced while he served as the acting comptroller of the…
Email server breach sees Celsians targeted by phishing attacks
By Samuel Haig
Celsius customers have been targeted with fraudulent SMS and email communications after a third-party email distribution server was compromised by hackers. Crypto asset lending platform, Celsius Network, has revealed an email server breach that resulted in malicious phishing links being…
ARK buys $246M of Coinbase stock, adds COIN to three ETFs
By Samuel Haig
ARK Invest has spread nearly 750,000 COIN shares across three of its ETFs. Three exchange-traded funds offered by Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest purchased 749,205 shares in Coinbase Global, Inc (COIN) worth roughly $246 million combined.The ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) now…
You can already invest in hundreds of ETFs with exposure to Bitcoin
By Samuel Haig
Despite the lack of United States-based Bitcoin ETF, hundreds of funds have made significant investments into the blockchain and crypto industries. Numerous U.S.-traded exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are loading up on shares in the world’s top crypto firms.According to ETF.com,…
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Raise a PINT to Polkadot’s new index token: Six top projects sign up
By Samuel Haig
Six of Polkadot’s top projects have already put their hands up to feature in the Polkadot Index Network Token and sit on its Constituent Council. The source code for the upcoming Polkadot Index Network Token, or PINT, has been made…
South Korea's largest bank joins Hedera Governing Council
By Samuel Haig
Shinhan Bank plans to use Hedera’s infrastructure to bolster the efficiency of many of its internal processes. Shinhan Bank, South Korea’s largest financial institution by total assets, has joined the governance council overseeing the Hedera network.In an April 14 announcement,…
Bitcoin futures open interest soars to new heights ahead of Coinbase listing
By Samuel Haig
Open interest in Bitcoin futures is soaring but volumes are falling. Open interest in Bitcoin futures has surged to new record highs ahead of Coinbase’s April 14 direct listing on the Nasdaq.Crypto market data aggregator Glassode states that Bitcoin open…
dHEDGE launches tokenized index tracking its top 10-ranked traders
By Samuel Haig
Funds will be rebalanced across dHEDGE’s top-ranked fund managers monthly. Decentralized fund management platform dHEDGE has launched a tokenized index that tracks its top-ranked traders.An ERC-20 token will also be issued for the index on automated market maker DEXes in futur.dHEDGE…
Miners are hoarding Bitcoin from record daily earnings
By Samuel Haig
Miners are back in accumulation mode, with 5,000 BTC added to Bitcoin’s unspent supply since the start of February. Bitcoin miners are stashing away their coins for higher prices, with direct transfers from miners to exchanges plummeting nearly 40% since…