Jailed Crypto Tycoon Do Kwon’s Company Appoints New CEO

Terraform Labs has tapped Chris Amani to run the company as co-founder Do Kwon faces charges of fraud.

• 2023-07-19
• Terraform Labs Amani chief executive officer Kwon

BlackRock Wants to Make It Cheaper to Trade Bitcoin, Larry Fink Says

(Bloomberg) -- BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink called Bitcoin an “international asset” and said the money manager wants to use its heft to make it less expensive and easier to invest in the cryptocurrency.Most Read from BloombergXi’s Metal Curbs Risk Backfiring as G-7 Seeks China AlternativeBond Yields Higher as Another Rate Hike Signaled: Markets WrapNYC Air Quality Drops to Unhealthy Levels — But Canadian Fires Aren’t to BlameEarth Keeps Breaking Temperature Records Due to Gl

• 2023-07-06
• Larry Fink Bloomberg BlackRock Inc international asset Bitcoin Chief Executive Officer

Crypto industry reacts to SEC’s lawsuit against Binance

The SEC sued Binance on Monday, amid mounting regulatory scrutiny on the crypto space. Industry experts shared their insights on what this could mean for Binance and how it could drive crypto innovation off the U.S. shore.

• 2023-06-06
• SEC Changpeng Zhao Commodity Futures Trading Commission Binance The SEC Chief Executive Officer

Malaysian regulator orders Huobi crypto exchange to cease local operations

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), the capital markets regulator, has charged cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global and its chief executive officer Leon Li for operating a digital asset exchange (DAX) without registration.

• 2023-05-22
• Securities Commission digital asset exchange Huobi Global cryptocurrency exchange SC market regulator Malaysia Capital Markets chief executive officer

Crypto champion Coinbase plots UK move as Biden ‘punishes’ tech

Multi-billion dollar crypto exchange Coinbase is considering a move to the UK as Joe Biden “punishes” fintech firms in the US.

• 2023-04-18
• Brian Armstrong Coinbase Joe Biden chief executive officer chancellor George Osborne crypto regulation UK regulatory framework

Weekly Market Wrap: Bitcoin retreats below US$22,000 after a record January. Is the strong start to 2023 reversing?

After the strongest January price increase since 2013, Bitcoin gave up some of its gains this week to dip below the US$22,000 support line on Friday. The crypto market was buffeted by bearish comments on interest rates by U.S. Federal Reserve officials this week, along with concerns about a regulatory crackdown. Is this the start of a downtrend, a healthy correction, or the beginning of a so-called “crab” market moving sideways?

• 2023-02-10
• price of Bitcoin Jonas Betz quantitative trading price ceiling price levels chief executive officer

UK Banks Blocking Crypto Access Given Fraud, Volatility, Lawmakers Told

Finance CEOs welcomed new crypto regulations but were wary about the risks of a central bank digital currency.

• 2023-02-07
• Treasury Select Committee technology platforms NatWest Group Chief Executive Officer Bank bosses House of Commons

Filecoin developer Protocol Labs cuts 21% staff amid ‘crypto winter’

Crypto layoffs last month matching 41% of the total industry job cuts in 2022, a new study finds.

• 2023-02-06
• Protocol Lab Juan Benet Protocol Labs chief executive officer