• coinbit fraud
    Bitcoin,  Cryptocurrencies,  Regulation

    Police seize ‘major’ South Korean crypto exchange Coinbit, 99% of volume was fake

    Law enforcement raided Coinbit’s offices, confiscating $84 million in allegedly illegal profits and searching several locations including the firm’s Seoul headquarters

    South Korean law enforcement estimates that Coinbit raked in at least 100 billion won (over $84 million) through its alleged unfair practices. The exchange’s actions are believed to have negatively affected its 252,000 monthly active users.

  • Jay Clayton’s leaving the SEC
    Bitcoin,  Cryptocurrencies,  Regulation,  United States

    Jay Clayton’s leaving the SEC. Could this be crypto’s big break?

    There are hopes that his successor as SEC commissioner will increase the likelihood of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund finally being approved

    SEC chairman Jay Clayton has been nominated as high-powered position as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Now, nerves are growing as to who will be tapped to take on his regulatory role, where he has been a persistent thorn in the side of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency boosters.

  • Bitcoin

    It’s difficult to know Bitcoin’s actual price. Could this benchmark index change that?

    The new Bitcoin Benchmark Rate is designed to pave the way for new derivatives, but there’s a catch: the index is only updated once an hour

    A new benchmark index is trying to cut through market manipulation and inaccurate data to offer a “robust” insight into Bitcoin’s actual price. The Bitcoin Benchmark Rate is the brainchild of MV Index Solutions, which develops a range of indices for investors, along with the digital asset data platform CryptoCompare.

  • JPMorgan Chase banks Coinbase Gemini
    Cryptocurrencies,  People,  Regulation

    Major bank haul: Coinbase, Gemini break into JPMorgan Chase

    By taking on the regulator-friendly Coinbase and Gemini as clients, JPMorgan Chase has become the first large bank to knowingly agree to do business with cryptocurrency exchanges in years.

    Two major U.S. cryptocurrency exchanges known for aggressively seeking regulatory approval, Coinbase and Gemini, have been accepted as JPMorgan Chase customers, breaking through an important glass ceiling in the financial industry.