A Mexican lawmaker believes it’s time to bring cryptocurrency into mainstream finance Mexico Senator Indira Kempis caused controversy when she introduced legislation in 2022 to produce a central bank digital currency (CBDC). She’s now making Bitcoin the focus of her current political efforts. The congresswoman from Nuevo León previously had little Bitcoin knowledge. Still, her
MasterCard continues to explore different ways to extend its cryptocurrency reach MasterCard resumes examining cryptocurrency benefits in its new partnership with the MoonPay crypto payment platform. The collaboration with MasterCard was announced by MoonPay on October 25, and aims to examine how Web3 tools can enhance experiential marketing or find new methods to link with
The company will allow some customers in certain markets to retrieve their funds BlockFi has announced it will begin paying back US and international creditors, according to a blog post on October 24. Withdrawals “are currently available to nearly all Wallet customers,” says the post, which also declares that BlockFi Interest Account (BIA) and Loan
Social media posts that recently hinted at new withdrawal caps may have been fake The Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange has denied rumors that it had assessed a $5,000-per-week maximum on Bitcoin withdrawals after a customer post on social media claiming the new limit was valid started to gain momentum. A user made the claim in an
A lawyer following the long-running battle says the SEC has virtually no chance of winning The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently dismissed its charges against CEO Brad Garlinghouse and executive chair Chris Larsen of cryptocurrency company Ripple, while the regulator also received an unfavorable ruling on the retail sale of XRP. Now, lawyer
The battle between the SEC and Ripple comes to a surprising conclusion after two years Attorneys for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosed that they aim to dismiss all claims against CEO Brad Garlinghouse and executive chair Chris Larsen of cryptocurrency project Ripple. In the filing in the US District Court for the
The FDIC’s inspector general wants the agency to step into crypto regulations An evaluation report on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) cryptocurrency asset risk strategy was published by the United States Office of the Inspector General, with a redacted version recently made public. The OIG said that a “bottom-up” strategy to crypto risk was
A deal has been made that could see FTX users see up to 90% of their crypto assets returned FTX and FTX.US have reached a proposed settlement that would return 90% of assets to customers of the bankrupt crypto exchanges by the middle of 2024. After “extensive discussions” with the unsecured creditors’ committee, FTX debtors
California is taking a page from New York’s cryptocurrency regulatory handbook A new crypto licensing bill was signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday and will go into effect in July 2025. Regarded as California’s answer to New York’s “BitLicense,” the Digital Financial Assets Law was heavily criticized by the industry but
The luxury sportscar manufacturer will allow buyers to use crypto for their purchases Due to customer demand and dealer requests, Ferrari has decided to accept cryptocurrency payments to purchase its luxury sports cars in the United States. The carmaker also says it will soon accept crypto payments for European purchases. Ferrari chief marketing and commercial
The G20 accepts crypto proposals submitted by the IMF and the Financial Stability Board The Group of Twenty (G20), an international forum made up of the European Union, the African Union, and 19 sovereign countries, has unanimously voted to accept the “G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Communique” during its meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco,
The deal will see FTX-linked Alameda Research receive $175 million from Genesis A settlement has been approved by a New York bankruptcy judge between bankrupt cryptocurrency firms FTX and Genesis Global Trading (GGC) that grants FTX-affiliated Alameda Research $175 million from GGC. The US Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York approved the
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