Wallets

Celo

A16z Leads $20M Bet That Celo’s Valora Becomes a ‘Global Gateway to Crypto’

Andrés EnglerJul 27, 2021

The digital wallet has been spun out of parent company cLabs with some fresh funding.

FinCEN

Google Will Only Take Ads From FinCEN-Registered or Chartered Crypto Exchanges, Wallets

Kevin ReynoldsJun 2, 2021

Effective Aug. 3, anyone seeking to advertise those products to U.S. customers will have to be registered with FinCEN or a federal or state chartered bank.

Wallets

Cross-Chain Wallet Liquality Raises $7M, Eyes Solana, Terra Functionality

Tanzeel AkhtarAug 10, 2021

The funding round was led by Galaxy Digital and Hashed.

Scams

We Went Hunting for Crypto Scams in Google and Apple App Stores. Here’s What We Found

Benjamin Powers Colin HarperMar 10, 2021

Some of these scams, embedded like financial landmines in the app stores, are better disguised than others.

SEC

Crypto Wallet Exodus Seeks SEC Permission to Tokenize Shares, Aims for $75M Raise

Ian AllisonMar 3, 2021

Under the terms of an SEC Reg A+ offering, Exodus will accept bitcoin, ether and USDC, and sell equity tokens for $27.42 apiece.

Wallets

Russia

Russian Mobile Operators Eye Payments Services, Wallets for Digital Ruble

Jamie Crawley

Some telcos are looking at developing a digital wallet that would link the digital currency to users' mobile phone numbers.

Security

Elon Musk Bites Back at Freewallet After Dogecoin Tweet

Jamie Crawley

The Tesla CEO said crypto users should avoid wallets that do not give them access to their private keys.

Wallets

Meet the Technician Who Unlocks Your Forgotten Crypto Wallets

Benjamin Powers

It’s a bitcoin bull run and you've forgotten the password to your wallet. What’s next?

Bank Secrecy Act

FinCEN’s Wallet Rule Aims to Close Crypto-Cash Reporting Gap, Official Says

Nikhilesh DeDanny Nelson

FinCEN Deputy Director Michael Mosier encouraged commenters to provide practical, technical feedback on the rule.

FinCEN

DC Magistrate Judge Calls Unhosted Wallet ‘Horror Story’ a ‘Fiction’

Danny Nelson

“Indeed, cash poses a greater challenge to law enforcement than cryptocurrency in unhosted wallets," wrote Judge Zia Faruqui in an opinion on a forfeiture case.

Ledger

Ledger Adds Bitcoin Bounty and New Data Security After Hack

Benjamin Powers

Rogue actors at e-commerce partner Shopify exposed 20,000 new Ledger customer records, including emails, names, postal addresses and phone numbers.

FinCEN

7K Comments and Counting: Crypto Industry Fights ‘Arbitrary’ Treasury Rule

Nikhilesh De

The crypto industry says a proposed rule to collect personal data from private wallet transactions is being rushed, might be challenged in court and could be difficult to implement.