Etoro USA has agreed to pay $1.5 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle charges of operating as an unregistered broker and clearing agency for crypto trading. Etoro will limit U.S. customers’ trading options to bitcoin, bitcoin cash, and ether, with a 180-day window to sell other crypto assets. If certain…
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Bitcoin’s (BTC) value dipped under the $25K mark on Monday, a level unseen in 88 days, pushing the global cryptocurrency market cap perilously close to falling below the $1 trillion benchmark. Presently, BTC is hovering just above the $25K mark at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday afternoon. A Tale of Two Markets: Bitcoin Drops…
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Yoni Assia wanted to make trading accessible to “normal” people, and Vitalik Buterin helped him design the platform. Yoni Assia, co-founder and CEO of eToro, entered the finance industry early. After receiving stock as a bar mitzvah gift, he became a successful trader while still in high school. Those profits largely disappeared as the dot-com…
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleged eToro users with no understanding of CFD product risks could still buy them on the platform. Australia’s financial regulator has sued trading platform eToro over one of the leveraged trading products it offered to retail investors, alleging inappropriate screening tests caused thousands of users to lose money. The…
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Gamestop, the American retailer known for specializing in video game sales, has announced its intention to eliminate its iOS and Chrome Extension crypto wallets on November 1, 2023. The company cited the decision as a response to the existing “regulatory uncertainty of the crypto space.” Gamestop to Discontinue iOS and Chrome Extension Wallets: Regulatory Challenges…
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Adena Friedman, CEO of Nasdaq, the international securities marketplace, announced that the firm is postponing its cryptocurrency custody plans due to the United States’ “regulatory environment.” During a Q2 earnings call, Friedman disclosed that Nasdaq aimed to launch the service last quarter, but it has been put on hold. U.S. ‘Regulatory Environment’ Forces Nasdaq to…
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A tight regulatory environment in the United States coupled with soaring interest rates is forcing crypto companies to rethink their business strategies. A combination of escalating interest rates and a tight regulatory environment in the United States has driven a $417 million outflow from the crypto industry in the past eight weeks, with halts in…
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The social trading and investment company Etoro declared on Monday that starting July 12, 2023, U.S. customers would be unable to initiate new trades for ALGO, MANA, DASH, and MATIC. The company cited the “rapidly evolving regulatory landscape” as the reason behind the delistings. Etoro Reveals Plans to Delist 4 Crypto Assets Based in Tel…
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The firm said it remains a “supporter” of the crypto sector and suggested that the move was purely to avoid any potential regulatory non-compliance. Retail trading platform eToro has halted purchases of Algorand (ALGO), Decentraland (MANA), Polygon (MATIC), and Dash (DASH) for customers in the United States in response to the tokens being labeled as…
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US customers using social investing platform eToro US will no longer be able to open new positions in Algorand, Decentraland, Dash and Polygon after those cryptocurrencies got caught in a US regulator’s crosshairs. Beginning on July 12, customers will no longer be able to open those new positions, eToro US tweeted on Monday afternoon. … Read…
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