Tag: cryptocurrencies

The Bank of England (BofE) FinTech chief has said the introduction of a central bank digital currencies (CBDC) doesn’t require a trade-off between privacy and tackling financial crime.

A Bank of England (BofE) paper has highlighted that stablecoins used as money should be expected to face the same regulatory standards as those attached to bank deposits.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said a ‘significantly high’ amount of cryptocurrency firms are not meeting UK requirements on money laundering prevention.

More than half of the world's cryptocurrency money laundering is made through 270 service deposit addresses, according to new research.

InsurTech and cybersecurity companies were among the 34 FinTech companies that raised money last week, but Covid-19 continues to haunt the industry.

Bitcoin's value may have skyrocketed in the past year, but the UK's top financial regulator warns that investing in the market is far from safe.

Cryptocurrencies have taken another step to becoming acknowledged by traditional institutions as a top US regulator has approved the use of stablecoins for the settlement of financial transactions by banks.

Cryptocurrency exchange BTC Markets accidentally exposed more than 270,000 of its customers' email addresses and names by email.

Coinbase has been accused of having created a culture fraught with bullying, racism and discrimination against black people in a new exposé from the New York Times.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned the sale of derivatives and exchange traded notes that reference certain types of cryptocurrencies like bicoin, ripple and ether to retail consumers.