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  • The US FDIC is telling Signature Bank’s crypto customers to close accounts before April 5

    March 28 (Reuters) – The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) has informed collapsed lender Signature Bank’s (SBNY.O) crypto clients that they have until April 5 to close their accounts and move their funds. The deposits in question were not part of a rescue deal entered into earlier this month with Flagstar Bank, a unit […]

  • US regulator sues top crypto exchange Binance CEO for ‘intentional evasion’

    CFTC accuses Binance of ‘deliberate evasion’ of federal law Binance’s compliance was ‘ineffective’ under CEO – CFTC CFTC cites practices first reported by Reuters last year March 27 (Reuters) – The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance and its CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao were charged on Monday by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) […]

  • Wall Street ends volatile week higher as Fed officials ease banking fears

    The KBW Regional Bank index is recovering US-listed shares of Deutsche Bank slide Actvision surges as regulators drop concerns over Microsoft deal Indexes up: Dow 0.41%, S&P 0.56%, Nasdaq 0.31% NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) – US stocks closed higher on Friday, marking the end of a tumultuous week in which Federal Reserve officials calmed […]

  • The US SEC threatens to sue Coinbase for some crypto products

    March 22 (Reuters) – The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has threatened to sue Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) over some of the crypto exchange’s products, straining the largely unregulated industry to stand. Shares of Coinbase fell nearly 13% to $67.33 in extended trading after the company said Wednesday that the regulator had issued it […]

  • Circle secures market after stablecoin breaks USDC dollar peg

    LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) – Stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) lost its dollar peg and fell to an all-time low on Saturday before recouping most of its losses after Circle, the company behind it, assured investors that despite exposure to the bankrupt Silicon Valley Bank. Circle said in a tweet Friday that it holds $3.3 billion […]

  • Crypto-focused bank Silvergate plans to scale down after FTX’s blow

    March 8 (Reuters) – Crypto-focused bank Silvergate Capital Corp (SI.N) said on Wednesday it planned to wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate after it was hit with losses following the dramatic collapse of crypto exchange FTX, causing its shares to drop 35% in after hours trading. The decision to close the bank comes after the […]

  • Silvergate’s deepening crisis shocks crypto stocks

    Silvergate shares close 6.4% lower Bank suspends crypto payment network Fallout is dragging down several crypto stocks March 6 (Reuters) – Shares of Silvergate Capital Corp (SI.N) fell as much as 11% on Monday after the bank suspended its crypto payment network and cast doubt on the viability of its business. The stock closed the […]

  • Silvergate suspends crypto payments network; shares fall after hours

    March 3 (Reuters) – Silvergate Capital Corp (SI.N) said on Friday it has made a “risk-based decision” to shut down the Silvergate Exchange Network, its crypto payment network, two days after the digital asset-focused bank cast doubts had expressed his viability. “Effective immediately, Silvergate Bank has made a risk-based decision to discontinue the Silvergate Exchange […]

  • FTX’s Singh pleads guilty as pressure mounts on Bankman-Fried

    NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (Reuters) – Nishad Singh, the former technical director of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, pleaded guilty to US criminal charges on Tuesday and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors’ investigation into FTX founder Sam Bankman Fried. “I’m incredibly sorry for my role in all of this,” Singh said, adding that in mid-2022 he […]

  • Bankman-Fried faces more criminal charges, allegedly concealing political donations

    NEW YORK, Feb. 23 (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried was hit with new criminal charges on Thursday, in a wide-ranging indictment that charged the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange with conspiracy to make more than 300 illegal political donations . Bankman-Fried now faces 12 criminal charges, including four for fraud and eight for conspiracy, […]