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A fortnight after the newly appointed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) chief executive officer (CEO) cheered customers to return funds to the bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has reportedly sent emails informing customers that their funds were in receivership. Mayopolous woos depositors Developments emanating from the embattled SVB, after Mayopolous’ advice, have
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Amid the ongoing uncertainty around the global banking turmoil, Binance’s United States-based arm Binance.US is halting some services.According to Binance.US status dashboard, the U.S. crypto exchange on March 31 disabled Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin pairs via One Common Billing System, referred to as OCBS.The affected services include BUSD crypto deposits
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Starting next week on April 5, Signature Bank will return $4 billion in deposits linked to crypto businesses since they aren’t a part of the NYCB deal. Amid the fallout of the Silicon Valley Bank earlier this month, US regulators moved to shut down another crypto-friendly bank Signature. In the latest
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Martin Gruenberg, chair of the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, has said the FDIC plans to return roughly $4 billion in deposits connected to Signature Bank’s digital asset banking business by early April.In a March 29 hearing of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee exploring federal regulators' responses to
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Michael Barr, vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, says that SVB’s deposits were in major trouble on the day regulators seized and took control over the bank. Earlier this month, the downfall of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) sent shockwaves across the US banking sector. The bank struggled
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Regulations governing tokenized deposits and crypto assets are likely to become effective on Jan. 1, 2025, a senior fintech analyst at the South African central bank has revealed. However, according to the analyst, regulators are still trying to understand or learn the risks that come with using distributed ledger technology.
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Major cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is experiencing difficulties with the withdrawal and deposit channel related to the automated clearing house (ACH) via Silvergate.Kraken has reportedly notified its users that it will be unable to support ACH deposits and withdrawals starting from March 27. According to multiple online reports by alleged Kraken
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Other services on the exchange remain as they were, and would not be affected by the upcoming change. Top cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced to its users that it will be suspending automated clearing house (ACH) deposits and withdrawals on March 27. According to a CoinDesk report, the decision stems from
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One thing that has distinguished traditional banking from crypto, in the eyes of many financial experts, is stability. There's a strong belief that most people who put money into an account at a prominent bank will generally leave it there, indefinitely – whether due to comfort, satisfaction, relationships, laziness, lots
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Bitcoin custodian and licensed private bank Xapo Bank has partnered with financial technology company Circle to integrate USD Coin (USDC) payment rails as an alternative to SWIFT. Payment rails refer to the infrastructure and technology used to facilitate the movement of funds between parties in a financial transaction. Payment rails come in many
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