Michael McSweeney

Wealthfront has begun integrating crypto-related offerings into its robo advisory offerings, starting with a pair of Grayscale funds.

Crypto-related language said to be contained in a still-in-flux bipartisan infrastructure spending bill has spurred activity lobby groups in Washington, D.C. 

Earnings data from Visa indicates that this spring's peak in the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies had an impact on the payments giant's cross-border transaction volume.

Comments from PayPal chief executive Dan Schulman during the payments firm's second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday indicate an accelerating focus on cryptocurrency tech.

Development studio Horizon Blockchain Games has raised a $4.5 million funding round.

A months-in-the-making infrastructure bill in the U.S. Senate will be partially paid for by enhanced tax enforcement of cryptocurrency, the White House said Wednesday.

The US Marshals Service's search for a digital asset custodian has come to an end, with industry startup Anchorage announcing that it has been chosen as the agency's contractor. 

a16z backs $20 million round for Valora, a digital wallet built on Celo

Crypto exchange Binance said Tuesday that it is reducing the withdrawal limit for users who have completed its lowest-tier account verification, a move that comes as the company and the wider exchange space has faced greater scrutiny from global regulators.

Stronghold Mining, a bitcoin mining firm based in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is seeking to raise $100 million in an initial public offering, according to regulatory documents made public on Tuesday.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to spearhead the development of “a coordinated and cohesive regulatory strategy to mitigate the growing risks that cryptocurrencies pose to the financial system” in a new letter. Dated July 26, the letter recommends that Yellen — in her “capacity as Chair of the Financial Stability […]

Fireblocks, which provides custody and other digital assets-related services for the institutional crowd, has raised $310 million in a Series D funding round.

Wall Street megabank is planning to create an exchange-traded fund tied to the performance of companies that are working on blockchain technology and the digitization of finance, according to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Shopify's president said Monday that the e-commerce company is directly supporting the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for its merchants, though the offering's scope appears limited at this time. 

Bitcoin's price rose above $40,000 on Monday, representing the first time the market has moved above that level since mid-June.

Lyra, a DeFi platform focused on options trading and built on the Ethereum layer 2 protocol Optimism, has raised $3.3 million in seed funding.

B2C2, the London-based crypto market-making firm, has hired a former Citadel Securities fixed-income executive to serve as the president of its U.S. arm.

U.S. officials are said to be investigating whether executives for the stablecoin operator Tether committed bank fraud, according to a Monday morning report by Bloomberg.

More than two months ago, the U.S. energy infrastructure firm Colonial Pipeline was hit by a ransomware attack, an incident that resulted in shortages at gas stations along the East Coast.

E-commerce giant Amazon appears set to toe the digital currency waters, outlining a blockchain-specific role in a new job ad.