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Bitcoin coin standing on the floor of a bank vault with a massive open safe door and gold reserves behind it, symbolizing the Federal Reserve’s decision on whether Bitcoin remains outside the traditional banking system

The Fed is readying to punish banks for holding Bitcoin as US crypto tensions boil over

Basel’s thresholds and punitive risk weights can make direct Bitcoin exposure prohibitively expensive even when it’s legally permitted.

3 weeks ago

Adoption

Singapore’s largest bank DBS to offer crypto services to 300,000 investors

DBS Bank CEO Piyush Gupta has affirmed that cryptocurrency services will soon be available to over 300,000 accredited investors in Asia.

4 years ago

Adoption

El Salvador’s Bitcoin policy could lead the change in global monetary system – Simon Dixon

Simon Dixon said El Salvador's Bitcoin strategy will help the country get out of the "fiat-based Ponzi scheme debt mechanisms" that the IMF created.

4 years ago

Censorship

SWIFT considered ‘neutral’ on sanctions; debate sparked on whether Ethereum is the same

Global payment messaging service SWIFT claims to be "neutral" regarding sanctions. Can Ethereum make the same claim?

4 years ago

Banking

Crypto-adaptive BankProv inks deal with Republic to offer escrow accounts

BankProv offers banking and crypto solutions to its corporate clients, and it will start to offer escrow accounts to companies who want to raise funding.

4 years ago

Banking

Central Banks can safely invest in Bitcoin with BlackRock’s Bitcoin Private Trust; says DCG Founder

Digital Currency Group Founder Barry Silbert suggests that with BlackRock's bitcoin trust, "central banks, now have an easy, safe way to invest in bitcoin"

4 years ago

Adoption

Wells Fargo: Digital assets are an “innovation on par with the internet, cars, and electricity”

Wells Fargo, a banking household name, just released a special report stating that digital assets are as innovative as the discovery of electricity.

4 years ago

Banking

Pictet Group tells private banks to stay away from crypto

Pictet's Asia arm CEO Tee Fong Seng said that though cryptocurrencies have potential, now is not the right time for private banks to invest.

4 years ago

Banking

Senator Warren takes aim at changing rules on crypto offerings from banks

Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling on the OCC to work with the Fed and the FDIC in replacing some regulations on crypto custodial services with more consumer-centric approaches.

4 years ago