Global banking regulators have approved templates for banks to disclose their exposure to crypto assets from January 2026, they said on Wednesday [July 3], a year later than originally indicated. “These disclosures aim to enhance information availability and support market …
The former chief executive officer of a Kansas bank was charged with embezzling $47.1 million from the lender to buy cryptocurrency, as the tale of tiny Heartland Tri-State Bank and its failure unfolds. Shan Hanes, who led the bank before …
U.S. regulators sued Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao on Monday for allegedly operating a “web of deception,” piling further pressure on the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange and sending bitcoin to its lowest in almost three months. The Securities and …
The former chief financial officer of a Seattle, Washington-based startup took $35 million of his employer’s money without permission and lost it by investing in cryptocurrency before the crypto market crashed last year, according to a federal indictment returned by …
Coinbase Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong, board member Marc Andreessen and other officers avoided more than $1 billion in losses by using inside information to sell stock within days of the cryptocurrency platform’s public listing two years …
Anonymity is allowing crypto assets to finance illegal activities, a top U.S. regulatory official said on Tuesday, posing national security risks that must be addressed. Christy Goldsmith Romero, a commissioner at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said cryptocurrencies were …
Coinbase Global Inc filed a petition on Monday in an effort to compel the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to create new rules for digital assets, the company said in a blog post, in the latest escalation of the cryptocurrency …
US prosecutors were investigating Signature Bank’s work with crypto clients before regulators suddenly seized the lender this past weekend, according to people familiar with the matter. Justice Department investigators in Washington and Manhattan were examining whether the New York bank …
The community of decentralized-finance application Mango DAO on Saturday got back a portion of about $100 million stolen this week after letting the hacker keep about $50 million of the funds. The settlement wraps up several days of tense negotiations …
Specialist insurer Beazley said it launched CryptoGuard, a new directors & officers liability (D&O) insurance product tailored specifically for crypto companies – the first of its kind in the London and US markets. The cover is designed to address the …
