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Missing Wirecard Exec Found in Belarus; Russia’s FSB Involvement Suspected

Jan Marsalek, the former chief operations officer of Wirecard who went missing after his supposed trip to the Philippines last month to chase the missing 2 billion Euro in the company’s books, has been located in Belarus.  Marsalek reportedly entered the Philippines via Manila before flying to Cebu City and then

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Blockchain Exec Says Decentralized Platforms Won’t Necessarily Replace YouTube

YouTube’s bans on crypto-related content has been problematic for the industry and is spurring demand for decentralized alternatives.However, according to Wes Levitt, head of strategy at Theta Labs — the firm behind Theta.tv — both YouTube and decentralized platforms can co-exist. YouTube is increasingly banning crypto-related content. In April, Jason Appleton,

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Former Chinese Central Bank Exec Praises “Commercial Success” of Bitcoin

[sociallocker id="55298"] The former vice president of the People’s Bank of China, or PBoC, Wu Xiaoling, praised what she calls a “commercial success” for Bitcoin (BTC) on June 5. These kind words come despite a number of vital weaknesses left to address.According to local Chinese outlet, Sina, Wu stated in

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Massive Bitcoin Plunge Nothing More Than Traders Being Traders, OKCoin Exec Says

[sociallocker id="55298"] Bitcoin (BTC) dove more than $1,000 on some exchanges on June 2, although the event seems to be the result of simple trading activity, according to OKCoin's head of market development Matthew Ficke. "Price movement like we saw yesterday typically attracts short-term traders trying to position for a larger

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DeFi Exec Believes Crypto Community Mostly “Short-Term Thinkers”

In an interview with Cryptox, Alex Mashinsky, the founder of the decentralized finance app Celsius Network, took aim at the crypto community for becoming fixated on short-term profiteering and failing to drive mass adoption. Mashinsky urged the community to capitalize on the opportunity to redefine money and finance offered amid

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Don’t Buy Bitcoin, Says Wealth Exec as Lebanon Chooses BTC Over Fiat

Bitcoin (BTC) is not what young investors should buy after the coronavirus crash, says the man who once said that the biggest cryptocurrency faces an “inevitable death spiral.”Speaking to CNBC on May 21, Peter Mallouk, president and chief investment officer at wealth management firm Creative Planning, claimed that stocks and

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Europe’s New AML Rules Made Crypto More Attractive to Institutions, Says Boerse Stuttgart Exec

The fifth anti-money laundering directive (AMLD5) has unexpectedly increased institutional interest in cryptocurrencies, according to an executive at the crypto trading subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart. Speaking at the CryptoCompare London conference Tuesday, Boerse Stuttgart's chief digital officer, Dr. Ulli Spankowski, admitted he had been "surprised" by the positive effect 5AMLD

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