BlackRock Files With SEC to Offer Fund With Tokenization Firm Securitize

BlackRock Files With SEC to Offer Fund With Tokenization Firm Securitize

BlackRock Inc. is preparing to offer a fund through a partnership with digital-asset specialist Securitize, making it the latest Wall Street behemoth to experiment with putting money on blockchains. The world’s largest asset manager said it plans to launch “BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund Ltd.” with Securitize, a digital-asset…

Bitwise Says Its Bitcoin ETF Collected Highest Inflow on First Trading Day

Bitwise Says Its Bitcoin ETF Collected Highest Inflow on First Trading Day

Crypto asset manager Bitwise said on Friday that $240 million (roughly Rs. 1,990 crore) flowed into its spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the most of the 10 such products that began trading on Thursday. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved 11 spot bitcoin ETFs this week, including BlackRock’s iShares…

Elon Musk to Upgrade X With Payment Features Soon; No Word on User-Requested Crypto Integration

Elon Musk to Upgrade X With Payment Features Soon; No Word on User-Requested Crypto Integration

Elon Musk recently disclosed his plans to add payments feature to the X app (formerly Twitter) by mid-2024. The multi-billionaire tech mogul has been working towards his goal of transforming X into an ‘everything app’ — prior to Musk’s takeover of the platform, Twitter was characterised as a microblogging platform….

BlockFi to Shut Operations, Return Crypto Assets to Customers

BlockFi to Shut Operations, Return Crypto Assets to Customers

BlockFi emerged from bankruptcy on Tuesday, saying it will wind down operations and begin returning crypto assets to customers 11 months after it was swept away by the turbulence in thecryptocurrency industry following FTX‘s collapse.  Jersey City, New Jersey-Based BlockFi will continue to pursue additional payments through the bankruptcies of other crypto companies including FTX and Three Arrows Capital under a bankruptcy plan approved…

FTX Sues Parents of Founder Sam Bankman-Fried, Alleging Them of Misusing Company Assets

FTX Sues Parents of Founder Sam Bankman-Fried, Alleging Them of Misusing Company Assets

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX on Monday sued the parents of founder Sam Bankman-Fried, saying that Stanford professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried used the company to enrich themselves at the expense of FTX’s customers.  FTX, now being led by turnaround specialist John Ray, said that company founder Sam Bankman-Fried ran…

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest and 21Shares File for First Spot-Ether ETF in the US: Details

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest and 21Shares File for First Spot-Ether ETF in the US: Details

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest and crypto investment firm 21Shares are seeking regulatory approval to set up an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would directly hold ether, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday. It is the first attempt to list a fund in the…

PayPal to Stop Sale of Cryptocurrencies in the UK Until 2024: Details

PayPal to Stop Sale of Cryptocurrencies in the UK Until 2024: Details

Payments giant PayPal will stop allowing UK customers to buy cryptocurrencies through its platform from October as it works to comply with new rules on crypto promotions. Britain’s financial regulator is due to bring in tougher rules to limit how crypto is advertised to British consumers, including requiring crypto firms…

PayPal Launches US Dollar Stablecoin for Financial Payments, Transfers

PayPal Launches US Dollar Stablecoin for Financial Payments, Transfers

Payments giant PayPal said on Monday it has launched a US dollar stablecoin, becoming the first major financial technology firm to embrace digital currencies for payments and transfers.  While stablecoins — crypto tokens whose monetary value is pegged to a stable asset to protect from wild volatility — have been…

Binance Reportedly Saw Monthly Illegal Crypto Transactions Worth  Billion in Banned China Market

Binance Reportedly Saw Monthly Illegal Crypto Transactions Worth $90 Billion in Banned China Market

Binance users traded $90 billion (roughly Rs. 7,42,800 crore) of cryptocurrency-related assets in a single month in China, where cryptocurrency trading has been illegal since 2021, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing internal figures and current and former employees of the exchange. The transactions made China Binance’s biggest…