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Stripe has retained its entity as a privately owned enterprise over the past ten years, despite persistent speculations about an IPO. Payment processor Stripe raised $6.5 billion at a $50 billion valuation, the firm announced, with a steep discount from its record valuation of $95 billion in 2021. According to the press
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FTX made the transfers to SBF and others via the former CEO’s trading firm Alameda Research. According to the new management of bankrupted crypto exchange FTX, $2.2 billion was transferred to SBF via various entities. In a press release, the company revealed that more than $3.2 billion was sent to Sam
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The Credit Suisse stock jumped by over 40% in Thursday’s opening trade as the %54 billion credit line extended by the Swiss National Bank comes as a major relief. The global financial and banking system seems to be under major stress with veteran bank Credit Suisse facing a crisis-like condition.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says cryptocurrency investment fraud rose 183% from $907 million in 2021 to $2.57 billion in 2022, based on data from its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The FBI also warned the public of “a spike in cryptocurrency investment schemes.” FBI’s Crypto Crime Statistics The Federal
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A new study shows that payments via central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are expected to reach $213 billion annually by 2030. Furthermore, 92% of the total value transacted via CBDCs will be paid domestically, the research found. $213 Billion Annually Research and market intelligence firm Juniper Research published a report on central
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The dollar-pegged stablecoin has failed to win back investors following last week’s depegging. Circle Internet Financial's USDC stablecoin massively depegged from its intended $1 price on Friday night after Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), where Circle parked over $3.3 billion in treasury assets, was shut by regulators. Source
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press release PRESS RELEASE. Trading available on Coincheck (exchange) from March 16 〜 FNCT (Financie Token) main page: https://fnct.xyz Financie, Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Hironao Kunimitsu, hereinafter referred to as “Financie”) announces the results of its crypto asset FNCT (Financie Token) sales on the Coincheck IEO. The sales result shows that
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In other SVB-related news, the Financial Group, which was the holding company of SVB, is exploring ways to sell off its other units. Private equity company Apollo Global Management is reportedly interested in the book of loans held by the now-collapsed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The bank has made several headlines
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On Monday, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, announced that the company had decided to convert $1 billion worth of BUSD from the Industry Recovery Initiative fund into three different cryptocurrencies. Zhao noted that significant onchain movements would be noticeable following the announcement. CZ’s Decision to Convert $1 Billion
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On March 10, 2023, market observers are discussing the troubles Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) faces, as the firm’s stock slid more than 60% in the last 24 hours. SVB was forced to sell a $21 billion bond portfolio at a $1.8 billion loss. CEO Greg Becker insists that the financial
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