Former U.S. comptroller Eugene Ludwig warns that fintech and crypto firms pose a threat to banks. He thinks banks should be more aggressive about crypto.

The head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, had a lot of contact with Sam Bankman-Friend, the disgraced former CEO of FTX, but lawmakers suggest he hasn't been fully forthcoming about those interactions. So, S...

South African crypto exchange VALR has received regulatory approval from the country's financial watchdog. VALR received a $240 million valuation in 2022 following a fundraiser led by Pantera Capital. South African crypto exchange VALR has ob...

Norway's government wants to restrict crypto mining in the country by regulating data centers, two lawmakers reportedly said. The country has been pushing for crypto bans over energy concerns for some years. Norway's government is introducing...

The U.K. will issue new legislation for stablecoins as well as crypto staking, exchange and custody by June or July this year, Economic Secretary Bim Afolami said. The Conservative-party-led government has said it wants to make the U.K. a globa...

German state-backed lender LBBW is set to offer crypto custody services to clients through a partnership with exchange platform Bitpanda. A market launch is planned for the second half of 2024. Germany’s largest state-backed lender, Landesban...

Bitcoin {{BTC}} has risen 2.8% over 24 hours, trading above $66,500, and ether {{ETH}} has advanced to $3,240, according to CoinDesk Indices data, as multiple issuers in Hong Kong said they'd been approved for spot crypto exchange-traded funds ...