Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies aren’t the problem in recent hacks, user error is

12/08/17

Tether's $31 million hack gave bitcoin skeptics plenty to crow about. But experts say bad security is to blame, not digital assets.

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Quarles calls for transparency; Bitcoin boils over — again

12/08/17

Fed's supervision chief wants more openness on bank stress tests; cybercurrency jumps 40% in 40 hours, climbing past $19,000.

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CFPB chief freezes data collection; SEC takes first ICO action

12/05/17

Acting director Mulvaney has major concerns about cybersecurity at the agency; the commission says a Canadian company's initial coin offering is a 'scam.'

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CFPB taps Hensarling aide; CFTC approves bitcoin futures

12/04/17

Brian Johnson joins agency as senior adviser to acting director Mick Mulvaney; CME and Cboe are expected to begin trading bitcoin futures in the next few weeks.

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Role reversal: Crypto enthusiasts now worried about banks

12/01/17

The CFTC's greenlighting of bitcoin futures could open the floodgates for Wall Street, and digital-asset diehards see a plot to take control.

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Bitcoin mania mounts as bankers worry

11/29/17

It’s been month after month of record-breaking, confounding growth for the cryptocurrency, accompanied by regular warnings from banks about bubble speculation.

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Bitcoin 'ought to be outlawed,' Nobel winner Stiglitz says

11/29/17

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said "bitcoin is successful only because of its potential for circumvention, lack of oversight."

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World’s biggest bitcoin exchange launches in U.S. as currency nears $10K

11/28/17

Japan’s bitFlyer is expanding to the American market, even as U.S. banks remain wary of cryptocurrencies.

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How Fed's Powell would reshape banking regs

11/28/17

In his nomination hearing, Jerome Powell was quick to assure Republican senators of his regulatory relief credentials. But Democrats still fear that he and other Trump appointees might upend the Dodd-Frank Act.

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Mulvaney asserts control over CFPB; trouble at Wells FX unit

11/28/17

Judge says he will move quickly on who should head the agency; group allegedly overcharged hundreds of clients.

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