FinCEN Extends Crypto Rule Comment Period, Crypto Payment Products Launch - This week the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a notice extending the comment period for its proposed rule that would...more
NY DFS Approves New Stablecoin Company, Crypto Financial Products Continue Growth - New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) recently granted a charter under New York Banking Law to a Japanese cryptocurrency firm...more
1/11/2021
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Blockchain Used in IPO and ATS, Bitcoin Fund Announced, APAC Trade Data Published - According to reports, this week a Gibraltar-based cryptocurrency exchange, INX Ltd., has announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more
8/28/2020
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Crypto-Focused Bank Approved in Wyoming, Initiatives Advance in Foreign Markets - Former Wyoming regulator Caitlin Long, now the CEO of a payments processing company, recently announced that her company has received approval...more
Ethereum Fork Implemented, Exchanges Expand Services, New Bitcoin Network Data -
The Ethereum network’s Istanbul hard fork went forward late last week with the support of node operators, miners and cryptocurrency exchanges. ...more
12/16/2019
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On August 19, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that New York-based hedge fund adviser Philip A. Falcone and his advisory firm Harbinger Capital Partners -- which once boasted $26 billion under...more