Cryptocurrencies News

Crypto markets retreat as traders fear margin calls are coming after FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s announcement.

By Angus Berwick (Reuters) – Crypto exchange FTX saw around $6 billion of withdrawals in the 72 hours before Tuesday morning, according to a message to staff sent by its CEO Sam Bankman-Fried that was seen by Reuters.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States is seeking a forfeiture order for more than $1 billion in Bitcoin that was stolen from the Silk Road online marketplace in 2012, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday.

By Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – Crypto giant Binance has processed Iranian transactions with a value of $8 billion since 2018 despite U.S. sanctions intended to cut Iran off from the global financial system, blockchain data show.

It is a bullish Friday session, with the US jobs report driving demand for the NASDAQ Composite Index and the crypto market, which returned to $1 trillion.

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Santander will block UK customers from sending real-time payments to cryptocurrency exchanges next year as part of measures to protect customers from scams, the bank said in an emailed statement on Friday.

(Reuters) – PayPal Holdings shares dropped 7% in premarket trading as the payments processor cut its annual revenue forecast, warning of a bleak holiday quarter as consumers cut back on discretionary spends.

By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – A top Federal Reserve Bank of New York official said on Friday that the bank sees promise in using a central bank digital dollar to speed up settlement time in foreign exchange markets.

(Reuters) – U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc on Thursday reported a third-quarter loss as high inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitical tensions weakened demand for risky assets, sapping trading volumes for digital currencies like bitcoin.

It has been a busy week for the crypto market. While XRP and others find support, we can expect a choppy US session, with US stats in focus.

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar slipped from near a one-week peak versus major peers on Wednesday, with traders on tenterhooks before a looming Federal Reserve rate decision that should also give clues on the future policy path.

LONDON (Reuters) – France, Singapore and Switzerland have launched a joint trial of their experimental central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in the first cross-regional trial of its kind.

By Sergio Goncalves and Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Plans by central banks to launch digital currencies are not a threat to other cryptocurrencies as they would validate blockchain technology and build trust among sceptics, the CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, said on

By Niket Nishant and Manya Saini (Reuters) – For U.S. online trading companies an often-overlooked financial metric could act as a bulwark against softening demand in the third quarter, according to analysts.

By Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – The chief executive of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said he was “extremely supportive” of freedom of speech and that was the main reason why his company decided to invest $500 million into Elon Musk’s buyout

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar eased back on Tuesday from a one-week top against a basket of major peers, as traders weighed what kind of message Federal Reserve officials will deliver at Wednesday’s monetary policy meeting.

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – One of South Africa’s largest grocery retailers Pick n Pay is expanding a pilot of adding cryptocurrency as a payment option to more stores after the successful completion of the first phase, it said on Tuesday.

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Hackers have targeted a communications platform used by Australian military personnel and defence staff with a ransomware attack, authorities said on Monday, as the country battles a recent spike in cyberattacks across businesses.

By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – Apollo Global Management Inc has begun holding cryptocurrency on behalf of its clients through a partnership with digital asset platform Anchorage Digital, in a major push by one of the world’s largest asset managers to bring crypto to institutional investors.