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Crypto Banking Charters: 3 Secrets Big Banks Don't Want You To Know

Crypto Banking Charters: 3 Secrets Big Banks Don't Want You To Know

Have you ever had the impression that you’ve been observing a three-dimensional chess match on steroids. That's crypto banking charters in a nutshell. While big banks are already taking action, crypto companies are positioning themselves for new opportunities, and your financial future is at stake. What are they really up...

Cantor's Crypto Gamble: Will Main Street Investors Pay the Price?

Cantor's Crypto Gamble: Will Main Street Investors Pay the Price?

Cantor Fitzgerald, a name synonymous with Wall Street savvy, is reportedly diving headfirst into the crypto ocean with a $3 billion venture called 21 Capital. Brandon Lutnick is carrying this torch shortly after his father was named Commerce Secretary. This legislative move is an attempt to capitalize on what may...

Cantor's $3B Crypto Play: Genius Move or Trump-Fueled Bubble?

Cantor's $3B Crypto Play: Genius Move or Trump-Fueled Bubble?

Cantor Fitzgerald’s rumored $3 billion crypto play, 21 Capital is good times right now, and for good reason. A publicly listed crypto company placing a huge wager on a Trump return? Whether that makes it truly visionary or a gamble of epic proportions remains to be seen. Let's dissect this...

Trump's Crypto U-Turn: 5 Reasons Banks Are Betting Big Now

Trump's Crypto U-Turn: 5 Reasons Banks Are Betting Big Now

As FTX, Celsius, BlockFi and others have shown, the crypto landscape is changing dramatically, no longer revolving solely around Bitcoin’s price. Banks, those once unassailable behemoths of legacy finance, are making bigger forays into the digital asset space. You’d be forgiven for assuming that pursuing profits in a strengthening market...

Crypto Crime Guidance: Is the DOJ Abandoning Main Street Investors?

Crypto Crime Guidance: Is the DOJ Abandoning Main Street Investors?

When the Department of Justice (DOJ) published its memo laying out its strategy for conducting criminal investigations in the crypto space, this announcement has sent ripples of panic across the entire crypto industry. We agree that trying to provide clarity is a good thing, but unfortunately this results in the...

DOJ Crypto Crackdown Retreat: 5 Reasons It's a Disaster for Investors

DOJ Crypto Crackdown Retreat: 5 Reasons It's a Disaster for Investors

For folks working in compliance, the DOJ’s new crypto enforcement guidance sounds like a real sneak attack. A betrayal to every investor who's lost their shirt on a shady altcoin, a rug pull, or a blatant Ponzi scheme masquerading as "decentralized finance." They’re basically telling them, “Look, we’re not the...

3 Reasons Why ING's Stablecoin Project Could Save Traditional Banking

3 Reasons Why ING's Stablecoin Project Could Save Traditional Banking

Traditional banking. Stodgy? Slow? Outdated? Maybe. On its deathbed? Absolutely not. The unlikely medicine might just be…stablecoins. Specifically, ING's rumored stablecoin project, born from the EU's MiCA regulations. Hear me out, because I know what you're thinking: Crypto? Saving banks? It sounds insane. Here’s why this might be industry-changing —...

MiCA's Promise or Peril? What ING's Stablecoin Means for Your Wallet

MiCA's Promise or Peril? What ING's Stablecoin Means for Your Wallet

Let's be frank. To some, crypto might seem like an intimidating and confusing high-stakes poker game. It’s very exciting, but it’s terrifying if you don’t know the rules to that game. And at the moment, the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation is dealing the cards in Europe. ING’s potential new...

LCX's Gold Tokens a Revolution or Just Another Crypto Hype?

LCX's Gold Tokens a Revolution or Just Another Crypto Hype?

This is the shiny new toy that all of crypto seems to have its eyes on. LCX's move into tokenized gold, silver, and platinum with its new ERC-20 tokens (LCXG, LCXS, LCXP) is definitely making waves. So far, we’ve heard all of these promises—Is it really a tidal wave of...

LCX Gold Tokens: Democratizing Precious Metals or Just More Jargon?

LCX Gold Tokens: Democratizing Precious Metals or Just More Jargon?

Let’s face it, for many finance seems like a walled garden. Inaccessibility, evasive jargon and high minimums make it hard for anyone to invest. Consequently, the average investor—the normal everyday American—consistently loses out on golden investment opportunities. Precious metals, long considered a safe haven and store of value, were no...