Federal Reserve Issues Warning on ‘Crypto-Asset Risks to Banking Organizations’

The Federal Reserve joined with other federal banking regulators to issue a joint statement highlighting the critical risks to banks associated with crypto assets and the entire cryptocurrency industry. The statement comes amidst regulators’ failure to issue uniform guidance or rules on cryptocurrency, even as banks have expressed a desire for more clarity. It, however, […]

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UK’s Crime Agency Posts Crypto Investigator Job After $3B Stolen in 2022

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The UK’s key crime-fighting agency is launching a specialized unit to tackle crypto scams in the country, according to a job advert published on the government’s website. The establishment of the “Crypto Cell” comes […]

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How India’s High Taxes Killed its Crypto Liquidity: $3.8B in Outflows for 2022

Neither the author, Ruholamin Haqshanas, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. India’s controversial crypto tax plans have adversely impacted trading volumes on local cryptocurrency exchanges. In fact, Indian crypto traders had moved more than $3.8 billion in trading volume to international crypto exchanges since February […]

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FED Warns Banks of Crypto Risks But Doesn’t Discourage Engaging With it

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. On Tuesday, January 3rd, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)  issued a joint statement on “crypto-asset risks” addressed to the banking […]

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14 Years Since its First Block, Bitcoin Remains the Largest Cryptocurrency

Neither the author, Ruholamin Haqshanas, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The Genesis block, the first Bitcoin block ever mined, was mined by the pseudonymous developer of the cryptocurrency known as Satoshi Nakamoto on the 3rd of January 2009, or 14 years ago. Since then, […]

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