The UK FCA adds Blockchain.com to its registry of licensed crypto companies; Blockchain.com withdrew its application in 2022 and pivoted operations to Lithuania
The UK FCA adds Blockchain.com to its registry of licensed crypto companies; Blockchain.com withdrew its application in 2022 and pivoted operations to Lithuania
The London-based company elected to withdraw its application for FCA licensing in March 2022 having not won approval ahead of an impending deadline.
PayPal says it filed US applications to establish PayPal Bank, to offer savings accounts and cut its reliance on third parties when loaning to small businesses
Buy now, pay later firms and crypto companies are making moves left, right, and center to become banks, and PayPal wants to join the party. … Scott T Henderson : PayPal looking to become the latest Ut...
Sources and docs: after Marc Andreessen donated $5M+ to Trump's 2024 campaign, most CFPB probes have stalled, including three into Andreessen-backed companies
so poor all they have is money. And Andreessen is the OG — Original Greed www.propublica.org/article/trum... Scott Horton / @robertscotthorton : Given all the ways in which the ultra-wealthy have cur...
Coinbase agrees to acquire Echo, a blockchain platform to let crypto companies quickly raise capital, for ~$375M, marking Coinbase's eighth acquisition in 2025
Acquisition marks Coinbase's eighth deal this year — Coinbase Global has struck a roughly $375 million deal to acquire Echo …
The European Securities and Markets Authority plans to centralize the regulation of stock exchanges, crypto companies, and clearing houses at an EU level
Esma chair says move would help boost bloc's capital markets by removing supervision from 27 separate authorities
Blockchain-based lender Figure files for a US IPO, reporting H1 2025 revenue up 22% YoY to $191M and a $29M net income, compared with a $13M net loss in H1 2024
A Letter from Our Founder At the tail end of 2017 I had my “aha” moment on blockchain. Finextra : Blockchain lender Figure files for IPO Will McCurdy / Decrypt : Blockchain Lender Figure Technologies ...
A draft White House EO shows President Trump plans to step up pressure against big banks over alleged discrimination against crypto companies and conservatives
The president is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week that targets so-called debanking of businesses including crypto companies
Tyler Winklevoss claims JPMorgan paused onboarding crypto exchange Gemini after he criticized the bank's data access fees for fintech and crypto companies
Tyler Winklevoss claims JPMorgan paused Gemini's onboarding after he criticized the bank's data access fees, calling the move anti-competitive.
A look at efforts by Coinbase, Kraken, Robinhood, and other crypto companies to tokenize stocks amid regulatory hurdles and questions about product demand
First, they came for the currency market. Then, the money market. Now, crypto's big disruptors are targeting the multi-trillion-dollar heart …