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Keep your money in an insured account, not on an uninsured payment app, the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) warned Americans in a report released June 1. The increasing popularity and utility of nonbank peer-to-peer (P2P) payment apps, including for crypto asset transactions, makes the risk of loss
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The agency said that a section of CEX.IO’s website inaccurately states that “U.S. dollars held in your CEX.IO fiat currency wallet are FDIC-insured up to $250,000 per account.” But the FDIC noted in its letter that “no qualifications, clarifications, or limitations are made in connection with this representation, and no
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The United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, has issued an advisory informing the public it “does not insure assets issued by non-bank entities, such as crypto companies.”In a Friday notice, the FDIC advised banks in the U.S. that they needed to assess and manage risks in third-party relationships
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Cypto lender Voyager Digital has been directed to remove “false and misleading” statements that its user’s deposit accounts are FDIC insured.In a joint letter written on July 28 by Seth Rosebrockfrom & Jason Gonzalez, Assistant General Counsel at the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to Voyager
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Bakkt seems to be finally approaching its ambitious goal of creating a marketplace for physically-settled Bitcoin futures, as now the company announces its Warehouse is active for futures contracts.Less than a month ago on the 16th of August, Bakkt announced that it had received “the green light from the CFTC”
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