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The Stripe-hosted onramp was created with Web3 companies in mind. It is designed to cater to their varied use cases. Stripe, a financial infrastructure provider for businesses, has launched a fiat-to-crypto onramp to make it easier for Web3 companies to help their US-based clients to buy cryptocurrency. According to a Thursday release by the firm, it is also making the onramp to all Web3 users, including those on the waitlist. Businesses that provide crypto and blockchain-enabled products...

Amid the broader banking crisis, investors are still concerned about the next move of the government in terms of Federal Reserve policy. United States Treasury yields spiked earlier today after fluctuations experienced on Thursday. The yield on the 10-year Treasury went up by almost 5 basis points or 3.407% while that of the 2-year Treasury jumped by 9 basis points or 3.823%. The percentage surge covered up some of the losses encountered in the previous trading day. The Treasury yield...

Despite the raging impact of inflation in different economies, monetary authorities have not been sitting on their oars, rather, they have been fighting the surge through consistent interest rate hikes. The Hong Kong Initial Public Offering (IPO) market has failed to get lifted from its dampened sentiment after the listing of Chinese liquor company ZJLD Group failed relatively. As reported by CNBC, the shares of ZJLD Group tumbled as hard as 18% on its first day of trading back on April...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Bitcoin cash is attempting a recovery wave above the $115 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now trading near the $118 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $120 on the 4-hour chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is suing Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao after the crypto exchange allegedly violated the Commodity Exchange Act and other regulations. The CFTC Is Going After Binance The agency claims Binance has had no regard for current financial laws and has been violating them for the past several years. Heads of the CFTC are now seeking financial penalties and a permanent ban in the United States. CFTC chair Rostin Behnam...

While enforcement actions have been a focus for the US SEC in the crypto industry lately, some crypto exchanges are now making efforts to expand into other territories. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken a step backward by withdrawing from its decision to classify digital assets. The regulator achieved this by removing the first official definition of “digital asset” from its most recent household hedge withdrawal regulations. Notably, the SEC first...

The officials claim FTX-affiliated Alameda Research had largely repaid the $8 billion borrowed from Genesis Trading, a few weeks before the former filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The bankrupt FTX and Alameda Research officials are stopping at nothing to recover lost funds by the former administration led by Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). The crypto exchange under John J. Ray III, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer, has sued several entities including soliciting...

On Thursday, the ECB increased interest rates for the seventh consecutive time, with the latest figure aligning with analysts’ predictions.   The European Central Bank (ECB) has hiked interest rates for a seventh consecutive time as its war against inflation wages on. Today, the eurozone central bank hiked rates by 25 basis points as expected following its May policy meeting. The latest rate hike decision also sees the main refinancing operations’ interest rate increased to 3.75%. In...

Not long ago, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem vetoed a bill that would have paved the way for crypto regulation in her state. It was recently announced that the House of South Dakota has failed to override the veto, and thus digital currency legislation will not be making its way into the state anytime soon. Kristi Noem Is Getting Her Way The bill had initially passed through the legislative branch, though it failed to hold any ground after Noem initiated the veto. The...

Sam Bankman-Fried – the former crypto executive behind popular digital currency trading platform FTX – has been charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by allegedly attempting to bribe officials from China. Sam Bankman-Fried Is Facing New Charges Prosecutors claim that Sam Bankman-Fried attempted to send money to Chinese officials so they would unfreeze roughly $1 billion under his name. The money is being held through his secondary company Alameda...