December 8, 2020

Paris court sentences Bitcoin launderer Alexander Vinnik to five years in prison

According to a report on Monday by Novaya Gazeta, Vinnik has been sentenced to five years in prison for “money laundering as part of an organized […]
December 8, 2020

Joe Biden Admin Will Ultimately Support Crypto – Circle CEO

On Monday, Jeremy Allaire, Circle’s CEO, took to CNBC’s Squawk Box to argue that the Biden administration will push crypto forward as part of a large attempt […]
December 8, 2020

Bank of Russia: Digital ruble will undercut bank profits but help businesses

According to cointelegraph, at a Thursday meeting of “Opora Russia,” a nongovernmental organization of small businesses, Nabiullina stated that a digital ruble could undercut commercial bank […]
December 8, 2020

Lawsuit threatened over Facebook’s Libra rebrand plan: Carpe ‘Diem’

Facebook announced its plan to rebrand Libra on Dec. 01, with the company asserting the new name would help the revamped project distance itself from the […]
December 8, 2020

Treasury: G7 finance officials back need to regulate digital currencies

According to reuters, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz issued a sharply worded statement after the meeting, underscoring his concerns about authorizing the launch of Facebook’s Libra […]
December 8, 2020

MicroStrategy Proposes $400 Million Convertible Notes To Purchase More Bitcoin

On December 7, the firm announced plans to issue convertible senior notes worth $400 million, a debt security that can be exchanged into the stock of […]
December 7, 2020

Bitcoin OG Says It’s Time to Say Sayonara to Satoshis

The inventor of hashcash which is used the Bitcoin mining method, says it is time to call time on satoshis, the units that make up a […]
December 7, 2020

ECB exec says consideration phase for digital euro to go well into 2021

According to cointelegraph, Holger Neuhaus, head of market innovation and integration division at the ECB, joined the Singapore FinTech Festival 2020 on Dec. 07 in order […]
December 7, 2020

German bank will launch crypto fund covering portfolio of digital assets

According to a report on FundView, the initiative, a participation with Berlin fintech Kapilendo, will target institutional and semi-institutional investors who want to invest in a […]