Former CEO of crypto derivatives exchange Kelly Loeffler has joined the Senate Agriculture Committee, which oversees the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Loeffler was recently sworn in as the newest Senator...

Ousted Bitmain co-founder Micree Zhan Ketuan has taken the legal route to reclaim his control of the crypto mining giant. Reports surfaced last October that Zhan was ousted from the company due to his desire to push his...

Publicly listed crypto mining firm Argo Blockchain has announced the appointment of Peter Wall, its vice president of operations, as chief executive officer with immediate effect. Founded in 2017, Argo is a...

Following the departure of Kelly Loeffler, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has announced the appointment of Mike Blandina as the new CEO of crypto trading platform Bakkt. It can be recalled that founding CEO Loeffler...

U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard has raised concerns about the impending launch of the Libra stablecoin currently being developed by Facebook and its associates. Several governments have already expressed their...

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has shown interest in the development of a digital currency amidst the rise of stablecoins and the negative connotations associated with it. In her first conference as head...

U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken is being sued by its own employee on the grounds of wrongful termination, workplace discrimination, stock options manipulation, and disappearance of customer funds. The case is being...

Cryptocurrency futures exchange CoinFLEX has now hired former Binance executive Leslie Tam as its chief strategy officer. Tam will be spearheading the exchanges expansion as well as exploring possibilities of offering new...

The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission has released a testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Published on Tuesday, Dec. 10, Clayton outlined the regulatory agencys...

Square Crypto, a bitcoin-focused unit of payments company Square, has awarded a grant to a Lightning contributor going by the pen name ZmnSCPxj. In a move that could never happen in any other space, were supplying...