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Behind FTX’s Fall, Battling Billionaires and a Failed Bid to Save Crypto
Date: November 10, 2022
By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson (Reuters) – On Tuesday morning, Sam Bankman-Fried, owner of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, caught his employees off-guard with a somber message. “I’m sorry,” he told them. “I fucked up.” The reason for the mea culpa: His announcement half an hour earlier that FTX’s arch-rival, Binance, planned to mount a shock...
Alloy Partners With Fiat Republic to Democratize Fraud-Free Crypto Trading and Simplify Fiat Access
Date: November 3, 2022
This partnership offers crypto platforms sustainable access to banking and payments rails, simplified and quicker end user onboarding, and efficient payments operations NEW YORK, November 2, 2022 — Alloy, the leading Identity Decisioning Platform and transaction monitoring solution for banks and fintech companies, today announced its partnership with Fiat Republic, the fiat-as-a-service platform democratizing access...
Britain Proposes Regulation of All Cryptoassets
Date: October 27, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain would have the power to regulate all cryptoassets under a proposal the UK financial services minister has added to a draft law before parliament that will almost certainly pass. Andrew Griffith, re-appointed as City Minister on Thursday by Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, put forth the amendment to the financial...
A View From Milan FinTech Summit: Italian FinTech Strikes an Upbeat Note
Date: October 21, 2022
By Alessandro Hatami, managing director of strategic consultancy Pacemakers Buoyancy and Italian banking do not often go hand in hand. And yet in my third year of chairing the Milan Fintech Summit and despite the grim global financial outlook, what struck me was a pervasive feeling of optimism and opportunity. Italy is the third largest...
Cryptoverse: Hack Jitters Push Bitcoin Investors Back to the Future
Date: October 11, 2022
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – It’s not easy being a crypto investor. They’ve seen the value of their holdings drop like a brick this year, and now many are stewing over the safety of their crypto cash after a series of heists that’s seen around $2 billion spirited away by hackers. Enter the ghost of...
Damien Hirst Burns Artworks After Collectors Pick Their NFTs Instead
Date: October 11, 2022
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Damien Hirst started burning hundreds of his artworks on Tuesday after collectors chose to keep their non-fungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain-based assets representing their digital images, instead. Hirst, who found fame amid the 1990s Young British Artist scene, launched his first NFT collection “The Currency” – 10,000 NFTs corresponding...