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Crypto Winter Deepens In India As Financial Intelligence Targets Binance, KuCoin
Thursday, December 28, 2023 - 4:05pm | 485The Financial Intelligence Unit of India (FIU IND) has taken a significant regulatory step by issuing compliance show cause notices to nine major offshore Virtual Digital Assets Service Providers (VDA SPs). These notices are in response to the entities' alleged failure to comply with India'...
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Crypto Exchange Bittrex Bids Goodbye To US Due To Regulatory Guidelines Push
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 - 11:14am | 617Unlike the recent crypto firms declaring bankruptcy, Bittrex was different in two ways one being it voluntarily chose to shut down its U.S. operations and the other being it never restricted customer access to accounts and neither faced funding shortfall. Industry titans BlackRock, DTCC,...
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Bittrex Agrees To Pay $24M Penalty To SEC Due To Unregistered Securities Allegations
Friday, August 11, 2023 - 10:09am | 474Crypto exchange Bittrex reached a settlement over allegations of providing U.S. investors with access to unregistered securities. The agreement entailed a $24 million penalty, to be paid following the submission of the exchange's liquidation plan. Earlier this year, the SEC took legal...
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SEC Expected To Target Coinbase In Regulatory Action, Says Berenberg Report
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - 10:49am | 509The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to launch regulatory action against Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) soon, according to a research report from Berenberg. It's a move that might resemble previous actions against competing cryptocurrency exchanges such as...
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Bittrex Files For Bankruptcy After SEC Charges — This US Authority Tops Creditor List With $24.2M Claim
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 1:47am | 405Bittrex, a popular cryptocurrency trading platform, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the District of Delaware, according to court filings made on May 8. What Happened: The company estimated that it has more than 100,000 creditors, with assets between $500 million and $1...
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Gensler's Goldfish Theory On Crypto Compliance
Friday, April 28, 2023 - 9:37am | 618The regulatory environment for crypto in the U.S. is leading some companies to swim offshore. But that doesn't make them fish in Gary Gensler's eyes. The Securities and Exchange Commission chair doubled down on his message that crypto markets suffer from a lack of regulatory compliance, not...
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'Crypto Is Dead In America': Is Tech Guru Chamath Palihapitiya Overreacting, Or Is The End Near?
Monday, April 24, 2023 - 5:57pm | 392Cryptocurrencies are facing tough times in the U.S. due to regulators' aggressive approach to the industry, according to tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya in an interview for the All-In podcast. "Crypto is dead in America," stated the tech guru, who cited as a key...
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SEC Sues Yet Another Crypto Company — This Time It's Bittrex — In Latest Challenge For Industry
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 11:05am | 679The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against crypto exchange Bittrex and one of its co-founders alleging it was operating as an "unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency." Bittrex co-founder and former CEO William Shihara was named in...
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Bittrex Faces Massive $1.3B Charge For Skirting Regulations, SEC Alleges
Monday, April 17, 2023 - 3:09pm | 366The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged cryptocurrency trading platform Bittrex, Inc., its co-founder and former CEO William Shihara, and Bittrex's foreign affiliate, Bittrex Global GmbH, with operating an unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing agency....
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Bittrex Shuts Down US Operations As Regulators Crack Down On Crypto Startups
Monday, April 3, 2023 - 12:54pm | 418Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex Inc. is closing its operations in the U.S. The current regulatory climate renders it "unfeasible" and "economically unviable" to continue functioning in the country, Bittrex co-founder and CEO Richie Lai tweeted. Customers can withdraw their funds...
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US Fines Crypto Exchange Bittrex $53M For 'Apparent Violations Of Sanctions'
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 9:37am | 476The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a penalty of $53 million on cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex for "apparent violations of sanctions and anti-money laundering obligations." What Happened: Bittrex has made 116,421 apparent violations of multiple sanctions programs, said...
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Bittrex Global Lists New Solutions for Gaming, Scalability, and Adaptive Currencies
Monday, May 3, 2021 - 1:01pm | 645As the digital asset markets continue to rally, popular exchange Bittrex Global has announced a number of new listings. The exchange became the first to enable ERC20 swaps with Mainnet assets for Crypto.com’s CRO token. The fast-growing app recently partnered with Time magazine to offer...
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Is Buying Tesla Stock In Tokens Rather Than Actual Shares The Better Choice?
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 11:49pm | 679Which is the better choice — buying regular shares of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and other companies or buying the securities in a token format? About Tokenized Shares: Shares of several companies such as the Elon Musk-led automaker Tesla, GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME), and Amazon....
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Crypto Briefing: Institutional-Grade Analytics And Ratings For Digital Currencies
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 - 3:51pm | 756The cryptocurrency space is in its infancy, according to Han Kao, the founder and CEO of Crypto Briefing. "Take everything you read, everything you see out there and be extremely skeptical and form your own opinion.” That uncertainty led to the creation of Kao's education...
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'We Will Eventually Get Into Stocks, Equities, Forex': SmartBotCoin Founder Talks Future Plans
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 12:16pm | 730Benzinga recently reported on the launch of SmartBotCoin, an advanced cryptocurrency trading platform intended to serve beginners and expert traders alike. Founder and CTO Aman Bedi discussed the project's status and growth prospects in an interview. Bedi is well-versed in communications...