The Austrian arm of European financial institution Raiffeisen Bank is preparing to introduce the option for its customers to trade cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin in the coming months.
SEBA Bank has obtained a license from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission for its subsidiary to offer crypto-related services in the city.
Rashawn Russell, a former employee of Deutsche Bank, has admitted to being involved in a scam to defraud 29 clients of the R3 crypto fund for a total of $1.5 million.
Last week, Tether’s financial statements showed that its USDT reserves increased by $850 million in comparison to their previous amount, bringing its excess reserves to $3.3 billion.
A group of congressional members have written to the Federal Reserve System’s leader Jerome Powell expressing their concern that the recent moves from the Fed to increase oversight of banks’ cryptocurrency dealings will impede the progress of the bill to regulate stablecoins.
Russian users of crypto exchanges Bybit and OKX will now no longer be able to withdraw funds to accounts with Sberbank and Tinkoff Bank.
The FDIC has noted in its annual review the potential for new and complex risks to the US banking system from crypto-related activities, citing fraud, legal ambiguities, misleading statements, and vulnerabilities in risk management.
