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BlockFi is rolling out its first crypto interest product since it paid a $100 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in February and agreed to stop offering it to the U.S. public. Called BlockFi Yield, this crypto interest-bearing option is available to accredited investors in the U.S. through the Reg D [506(c)] exemption from the Securities Act of 1933. The new product comes during a year where crypto lending firms have faced major financial concern and scrutiny,… Source link

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is taking a $1.1 billion write-off for its holdings of crypto platform Bakkt (BKKT) according to an SEC filing late Friday afternoon. Atalanta-based Bakkt, which offers crypto and other digital assets to institutional investors, is taking a $1.3 to $1.4 impairment on a loss of goodwill in addition to $150 to $160 million on its intangible assets. Cryptocurrencies are considered intangible assets based on Generally Accepted Principles of Accounting (GAAP),… Source link

A cryptocurrency price crash and the onset of a new so-called “crypto winter” has left many companies in the industry facing a liquidity crisis. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Not even Google is immune from the Crypto winter. In Alphabet’s third-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Philipp Schindler, Google’s chief business officer, blamed a slowdown in revenue growth in part on reduced ad spending by cypto companies and other financial firms. “In the third quarter, we did see a pullback in… Source link

Google has set its sights on becoming the backbone of Web3. While it might come as a surprise to Web3 natives, Richard Widmann—Google’s head of strategy, Web3, and cloud—sees the Web2 giant as ideologically aligned with many of crypto’s core values, including open-source development and decentralization.  Prior to jumping headfirst into Google’s crypto initiatives, Widmann worked as legal counsel for the trillion-dollar tech company and also has a background in securities law. At the… Source link

The U.S. Federal Reserve’s campaign against inflation might not be finished until you’ve lost money on bitcoin (BTC). The reason why goes back to the basics of central banking. The Fed does what it does with monetary policy (these days, raising interest rates) and that filters through the economy by impacting, among other things, how much key assets cost – “financial conditions,” in central bank jargon. For most of this year, Fed policy makers have been sanguine toward markets like… Source link

Google is trying to cut down on annoying, unskippable ads in Android apps and overall bad behavior in the Play Store (via TechCrunch). The company announced wide-ranging policy changes on Wednesday that update rules across several categories to be more specific, clamping down on loopholes developers may have used to skirt existing rules. One of the changes that will impact your everyday phone usage the most is for ads. Google says its updated guidelines, which will go into effect on… Source link

(Reuters) -U.S. crypto lender Celsius Network said on Wednesday it has filed for bankruptcy, becoming the latest victim in the cryptocurrency sector to wilt under a dramatic plunge in prices. New Jersey-based Celsius listed estimated assets and liabilities on a consolidated basis in the range of $1 billion to $10 billion, according to a court filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of New York. Crypto lenders boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing depositors with high… Source link

Robert first came across Voyager Digital in March 2020. Like countless others, he decided to give the cryptocurrency broker a try. The platform was easy to navigate. It offered him an up to 9% annual percentage yield (APY)—much higher than a traditional savings account. It claimed to be FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) insured. And being a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange, he thought, how bad could Voyager be? Robert, who asked to be identified by only his… Source link

Reuters Gold slips as interest rate expectations sap appeal Gold fell on Monday as prospects of higher interest rates dimmed appeal for the non-yielding asset, but a softer dollar helped bullion to cling above the $1,800 support level. “Gold bulls are stuck in a quagmire of aggressive Fed policy actions, as the prospects of higher U.S. rates erode support for the precious metal,” said Han Tan, chief market analyst at Exinity. The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to deliver another 75 basis… Source link

Don’t miss CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022, the must-attend crypto & blockchain festival experience of the year in Austin, TX this June 9-12. Hong Kong-listed software firm Meitu (1357) likely lost RMB 274.9 million to RMB 349.9 million ($41.1 million to $52.3 million) in the first half of 2022, mostly due to a fall in the value of its crypto holdings. The firm’s losses almost doubled, a 99.6% to 154.1% increase, compared to the same period last year, it said in a filing with the Hong Kong Stock… Source link