Author: Crypto Insider

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told regulators Monday that the U.S. government must move quickly to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins, a rapidly growing class of digital currencies. The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets expects to deliver regulatory recommendations for stablecoins in the coming months. According to Reuters, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held a…

Bitcoin price fell Tuesday below $30,000 for the first time since last month, which drags down other digital currencies as investors worldwide fret about the Delta variant and the next stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to CoinMarketCap data, the whole cryptocurrency market lost about $89 billion in 24 hours. However, Glassnode’s report indicates large…

Robinhood said it anticipates retail trading is slowing down in the third quarter of 2021 relative to the second quarter, especially in cryptocurrencies. Crypto trading accounts for about 17% of Robinhood’s revenue. Popular stock trading app Robinhood warned that potential trading revenue will be lower and new clients as the boom in retail investing starts…

Digital asset manager Grayscale Investments is launching a DeFi Fund and index, as announced by Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein. The new fund joins a growing number of offerings to help investors easily bet on decentralized finance (DeFi). Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital currency asset manager, and CoinDesk Indexes, a subsidiary of CoinDesk Inc., the…

One of America’s largest banking establishments, the Bank of America (BofA), has launched a new service enabling to trade of Bitcoin futures, according to Coindesk’s anonymous sources. Some clients reportedly are in the setup process, while some are already live. As two anonymous sources reported Friday, the bank is clearing cash-settled Bitcoin futures, a type…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (10 – 16 July 2021): 10 July: The BIS, the IMF, and the World Bank called to the G20 to create a cross-border network of central bank digital currencies (CBDC), underpinned by efficient technological integration and proactive international cooperation, which could be of significant benefit to the world…