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National banks and federal saving associations can now offer crypto custody services to customers following approval from regulators in the country.OCC Okays Crypto Custody Operations for US Federal BanksAccording to a letter issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Wednesday, U.S. Federal banks can now offer crypto custody services. The decision follows last month’s request by the OCC for public input on the matter.As part of the letter, the OCC explained the...

Owing to its decade long correlation with the S&P 500 stock market index, Bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2F) model propounder Plan B thinks that BTC should have surpassed it’s previous ATH and hit the $25,000 price mark.‘S&P Implied BTC Price: $25K .. Interesting Times Ahead!’Plan B takes an interesting place amongst numerous other ‘Bitcoin analysts’ on crypto Twitter. A firm believer in the stock-to-flow model that he created for BTC, he posts daily price and market updates on his profile...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is all the rage in 2020 as projects in the field continue to explode. The total value locked in lending protocols has skyrocketed throughout the year.And while there are plenty of exciting projects, one seems to stand out with its unique approach.The project in question is Ampleforth (AMPL). It addresses a few problems that even Bitcoin, being the primary and most widely-adopted and perhaps, understood, cryptocurrency, has.But for AMPL to make sense, let’s dive...

The leading digital asset management company Grayscale Investments has received approval from FINRA for public quotations for two more of its cryptocurrency products. Consequently, shares of both Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust (BCHG) and Grayscale Litecoin Trust (LTCN) have become the first publicly-quoted securities in the US deriving value from Bitcoin Cash (BCH) And Litecoin (LTC).FINRA Approves Grayscale’s BCH And LTC TrustsAccording to the official announcement from the digital currency...

During the past seven days, Bitcoin failed to surprise us with anything in terms of price action. It appears that the cryptocurrency continues with its somewhat dormant state as it remained stagnant and rangebound between $9,000 and $9,200.Yesterday, BTC’s price dropped from slightly above $9,200 to around $9,040, sparking worries that things might take a turn for the worst. However, the price has since rebounded, and it’s once again consolidating around $9,150.What Bitcoin lacked in price...

While the perpetrators of the infamous Twitter hack from a few days ago remain unknown, popular cryptocurrency proponent Cameron Winklevoss believes that “we do know who continually hacks the US dollar – the Fed.”The Fed Hacks The USD?During the past few days, the world’s attention is focused on the bold Twitter hack, which had compromised many accounts belonging to famous individuals and companies. Despite the increased media coverage and numerous rumors, though, the perpetrators haven’t...

Yesterday’s fake Bitcoin giveaway scam on Twitter unleashed a series of events and comments from prominent figures. While some spoke against the popular social media platform, others against BTC, a US Congressman stood behind the primary cryptocurrency and blamed it on “centralized control.”US Congressman: Bitcoin Isn’t The ProblemAs yesterday’s Twitter hack, which unfolded like a typical fake Bitcoin giveaway scam, continues to raise attention throughout the world, US congressman Tom Emmer...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested a Houston resident for allegedly fraudulently accessing over $1.1 million of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and using it to buy cryptocurrency.The Suspect Took PPP Loans on Behalf of 2 CompaniesOn Tuesday, Times Record News reported that Joshua Thomas Argires, 29, was taken into custody by the DOJ for fraudulently obtaining and using $1.1 million of PPP loans for personal expenses and buying cryptocurrency.For those unfamiliar, the PPP is a...

The third co-founder of the alleged cryptocurrency scam project Centra Tech, backed by celebrities such as Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled, is reportedly planning to plead guilty to duping investors into committing more than $25 million in its initial coin offering (ICO).The Third Centra Tech Inc’s Co-Founder Pleads GuiltyAccording to the report from Bloomberg, Sohrab “Sam” Sharma, one of Centra Tech’s co-founders, has agreed to change his plea before his scheduled trial date in November 2020....

One out of four men, alleged in a $722 million Ponzi scheme, has pleaded guilty on his charges before а U.S. District Judge. The Romanian programmer Silviu Catalin Balaci, 35, faces a penalty of prison and a fine for a long-running cryptomining fraud with partners.Defrauding Investors Of More Than $722MBalaci was arrested earlier in Germany in December 2019. The charges against him allege that he participated in a well-maintained conspiracy to commit wire fraud and a conspiracy to offer and...