Bitcoin
Bitcoin investors dig in for long haul in ‘staggering’ shift
As bitcoin heads into 2022, a growing cohort of long-term investors is doubling down on its stashes of the cryptocurrency, hoping a December dip was merely a festive blip.
Robinhood to permanently shift most employees to remote working
Robinhood has said it plans to move a majority of its 3,400 employees to remote work permanently, joining a slew of top tech firms embracing a hybrid culture.
Macro and technical headwinds accrue for bitcoin
A weak start to 2022 and a host of looming macro and technical headwinds are setting cryptocurrencies up for a rough ride in the weeks to come.
Bitcoin, ether near multi-month lows following hawkish Fed minutes
Bitcoin fell below $43,000, testing multi-month lows after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting showed it leaning toward more aggressive policy action, which sappe...
The Year of the Doge? 2021 was crypto’s wildest year yet
Bitcoin close to $70,000, “memecoins” worth billions of dollars, a blockbuster Wall Street listing and a sweeping Chinese crackdown: 2021 was the wildest yet for crypto...
Germany’s trillion-euro savings banks mull crypto wallet
Germany’s savings banks, a conservative bastion that holds more than 1 trillion euros for thrifty Germans, is looking into offering a wallet to trade cryptocurrency, a group ...
Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor largely prevails in $54 billion bitcoin trial
A computer scientist who has claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin largely prevailed in a Florida jury trial over whether the estate of a former business partner deserved half of a...
Visa launches crypto advisory service for financial institutions, merchants
Visa, the world’s largest payment processor, launched a global crypto advisory service for clients such as banks and also merchants, as the adoption of digital currencies gai...
Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor largely prevails in $54 billion bitcoin trial
A computer scientist who has claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin largely prevailed on Monday in a Florida jury trial over whether the estate of a former business partner deserved...
Dorsey-led Square rebrands to Block in nod to blockchain
Square Inc, the payments company led by Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey, has said it was changing its name to Block Inc, as it looks to expand beyond its payment business and in...
Crypto start-up Gemini valued at over $7 billion after latest fundraise
Gemini said on Thursday it had raised $400 million in a funding round led by hedge fund Morgan Creek Digital that valued the startup at $7.1 billion, becoming the latest crypto com...
Swiss Exchange’s new platform to use ‘revolutionary’ crypto tech for bond issuance
SIX Swiss Exchange’s new digital trading and settlement arm will issue a bond to show how blockchain can benefit mainstream securities and not just the cryptoassets it was or...
Peru’s central bank joins global push to develop a digital currency
Peru is joining the global push to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC), central bank President Julio Velarde said on Tuesday, as policymakers worldwide seek to keep pace...
Square quarterly profit jumps on bitcoin boost
Square reported a nearly 60% rise in third-quarter gross profit on Thursday, fuelled by a jump in bitcoin transactions on its peer-to-peer payment service Cash App.
Australia’s CBA breaks ranks to offer cryptocurrency trading
Commonwealth Bank of Australia will become the country’s first to offer retail clients crypto services, Australia’s largest bank has said, marking a change from the sec...