Chatex Users Ask US Treasury to Release Crypto Frozen by Sanctions
Retail customers were swept up by actions meant to punish a crypto firm accused of money laundering. When Ekaterina Abreu awakened on Nov. 9 at…
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Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Said to Be in Talks to Buy Crypto Custodian BitGo
A deal between the asset manager and the crypto custodian is close to being finalized, sources tell CoinDesk. Galaxy Digital, the cryptocurrency-focused financial services firm…
Nearly $60M in Bitcoin Moved to Ethereum in June
Nearly $60 million worth of bitcoins moved to Ethereum during June, according to data estimates from Dune Analytics. Wrapped Bitcoin, the oldest tokenized bitcoin protocol on Ethereum, is responsible for…
In Banking First, ING Develops FATF-Friendly Protocol for Tracking Crypto Transfers
The solution initiated by ING – currently dubbed the Travel Rule Protocol or TRP – has also been backed by Standard Chartered Bank, Fidelity Digital…
Fidelity Says a Third of Big Institutions Own Crypto Assets
About a third of large institutional investors own digital assets such as Bitcoin, according to a survey from Fidelity Investments. Across the U.S. and Europe,…
Crypto Custodian BitGo Joins Race to Provide Prime Brokerage Services
The services will be offered by BitGo Prime, a new entity that will be headed by Nick Carmi, BitGo’s head of financial services. Carmi joined the…
Civic, BitGo Announce a Consumer Mobile Wallet
Decentralized identity startup Civic Technologies announced a partnership with BitGo to build a crypto wallet that maintains anonymity while offering a back-up solution. The eponymously named Civic…
Bearish on Bitcoin? This Fidelity Research Will Turn You Into a Raging Bull
By CCN: Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of the world’s fourth-largest asset manager with $2.46 trillion in assets under management, said in a research paper that…
Bitcoin Startup BitGo May Spark Wall Street Participation In Crypto
Since Bitcoin (BTC) began to falter in early-2018, optimistic investors, many of which are “HODLing,” have resorted to grasping for straws. Case in point, the words,…
Crypto Custody? State Street Is Waiting on a Client Shift, Exec Says
State Street, one the largest institutional custodians on the planet, said there is no sense of urgency – at the moment, at least – from…