Tether and Bitfinex reached an agreement with the New York attorney general's office to settle a long-running legal dispute. New York's top law enforcement official had been investigating the firms
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Market bull Julian Emanuel sees rising Treasury yields accelerating a major leadership change. Here's how to play it.
While rising Treasury yields create jitters on Wall Street, BTIG's Julian Emanuel is seeing opportunities. The firm's chief equity and derivatives strategist said Monday he thinks economically sensitive stocks, cryptocurrencies
Continue reading »North Korean hackers charged in massive cryptocurrency theft scheme
Federal authorities said that three North Korean computer programmers have been indicted for conducting a series of cyberattacks to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency
Continue reading »Mark Cuban on blockchain: 'It's like the early days of the internet' when a lot of people thought we were crazy'
Self-made billionaire Mark Cuban says new innovations and companies will come out of the pandemic, creating an "America 2.0," as he calls it. "At the beginning of the pandemic, as
Continue reading »Look inside Kevin O'Leary's cryptocurrency wallet – 'Not all cryptocurrencies are equal'
Although investor Kevin O'Leary says bitcoin is a "giant nothing-burger" and has compared it to gambling, he owns some, along with a few other cryptocurrencies. "I have a crypto wallet,"
Continue reading »Rare Scotch Whiskies To Be Put On Blockchain To Fight Counterfeiting
The University of Glasgow has partnered London-based blockchain provenance firm Everledger to use use blockchain to fight the counterfeiting of rare Scotch whiskies. The Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC)
Continue reading »Bitcoin Hits New Record, Set for Biggest Monthly Gain Since 2019
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, is on track to close out a banner year with another bang. The digital asset surged above $28,000 Wednesday to a record high, adding to
Continue reading »Bitcoin Crushes Doubters as 224% Rally Proves It’s Here to Stay
Bitcoin just won’t go away. The original cryptocurrency again had commentators eating their words in 2020 — yours truly included. It’s now time to accept it’s here to stay. Like
Continue reading »SEC charges cryptocurrency firm Ripple and two execs with conducting $1.3 billion unregistered securities offering
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges Tuesday against Ripple, the fintech company best known for cryptocurrency XRP, and two of its executives. The SEC alleged that Ripple, co-founder Christian Larsen and
Continue reading »Bitcoin Faithful Say This Time Is Different After Price Surge
Bitcoin advocates say this time will be different as the virtual coin surges back to price levels last seen in the wake of the collapse of the cryptocurrency market bubble
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