Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) announced on March 10 that it had received the nod from Spain’s securities regulator, the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), to offer Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) trading services to its customers. Spain’s second-largest bank’s crypto offerings in Spain will enable users to buy, sell and manage digital…
Crypto scammers are using fake news articles and the likeness of government figures to capitalize on trade war fears, according to securities regulators in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and New Brunswick. The Alberta Securities Commission said in a March 7 alert that a “crypto investment scam called CanCap” faked an endorsement from then-Prime Minister…
An Ethereum developer says the recent Pectra upgrade of the Sepolia testnet ran into errors, which was made worse after an attacker used an “edge case” to cause the mining of empty blocks. Pectra rolled out on its final testnet, Sepolia, at 7:29 am on March 5, but Ethereum developer Marius van der Wijden said…
A weakening US dollar could be bullish for Bitcoin, but two metrics could be cause for concern in the short term, according to Real Vision crypto analyst Jamie Coutts. “While my framework is turning bullish as the dollar plunges, two metrics still raise alarms: Treasury Bond volatility (MOVE Index) and Corporate Bond spreads,” said Coutts…
Online trading platform Robinhood has agreed to pay $29.75 million to settle several probes from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) related to the company’s supervision and compliance practices. The settlement figure consisted of a $26 million civil fine and $3.75 million restitution to customers, FINRA said on March 7. Robinhood failed to “respond to…
