UK Crypto ‘Whitelist’ Needed to Solve Debanking, Lobby Group Says

news A. Favre & Fils, a luxury Swiss watchmaker that traces its family history back three centuries, is developing a handcrafted mechanical timepiece with a built-in crypto-wallet. The company announced last week that the watch will have crypto “cold wallet” and “state of the art proprietary security solution” based on blockchain technology. A. Favre &…

The battle to scoop up investors' money for newly approved bitcoin ETFs is shaping up to be a fierce one among BlackRock, Fidelity and other financial firms.If the newcomers want to take a giant leap forward, experts say they could consider buying the incumbent in bitcoin investing: Grayscale.The crypto asset manager earlier this month got

Cardano's Voltaire phase, the final stage of its roadmap to create a fully decentralized blockchain ecosystem, is set to occur in June.The Cardano Node will reach version 9.0, making it ready for a hard fork to enter the Voltaire era.The Cardano network is set to move into the final phase of a multiyear program to

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told a Congressional committee Wednesday that the social media company is exploring blockchain solutions for its platform. Dorsey was responding to a question from California Representative Doris Matsui during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing that focused on user privacy protections, misinformation, content moderation and alleged bias against political…

feature A small bank in New York City has started doing business with cryptocurrency firms, joining the very short list of U.S. financial institutions to embrace the sector. Quontic Bank opened a checking account for a bitcoin ATM company a few weeks ago and is in the process of completing a contract to deliver banking services…

news Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seriously evaluating blockchain’s potential to allow internet users to log in to various services via one set of credentials without relying on third parties. Such a use for the technology would make a compelling alternative to services like Facebook Connect, the social media giant’s single sign-on (SSO) application, Zuckerberg said…

Ryan Salame, who was one of Sam Bankman-Fried’s top deputies at FTX, plans to plead guilty to criminal charges on Thursday, Bloomberg reported.Salame was co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets and allegedly handled crypto exchange FTX’s political donations. He made substantial donations to Republican candidates.The plea comes a few weeks before Bankman-Fried’s trial begins in New

With bitcoin (briefly) passing $40,000 for the first time, the question becomes: Will bitcoin crash? Or can it just keep going up?This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch: Stacks.co.Today on the Brief:U.S. President Trump signs order banning Chinese appsInitial jobless claims hold steady at 787,000Elon Musk becomes the world’s richest…

It may not be the buzzword it once was among the tech set, but the metaverse has begun to get attention from financial institutions. With a user base and audience that are young, tech-savvy and in the early stages of their financial lives, metaverse applications offer banks unique opportunities to build relationships with a digitally…