(ATF) Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase made its public equity market debut on Nasdaq on Wednesday April 14 and closed the day at a value of $86 billion, after reaching $112 billion at one point. A listing that highlighted how digital assets are going mainstream helped bitcoin hit a new record price …

(ATF) The cryptocurrency market is now worth a staggering $2 trillion as it increasingly attracts interest from big names on Wall Street despite widespread scepticism in mainstream financial services. The sector enters a new phase from Wednesday as digital currency exchange Coinbase prepares to list in New York, another landmark …

(ATF) China's central bank has ordered Ant Group to reorganise itself as a financial holding company, in a sweeping crackdown on Jack Ma's Ant Group, the fintech conglomerate that has spent months in the regulatory doghouse. The overhaul – which subjects Ant to tougher regulatory oversight and capital requirements – …

(ATF) Coinbase will make stock market history on Wednesday as the first company specialising in cryptocurrencies to launch an initial public offering (IPO). The company, with a valuation of as much as $100 billion, will begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol COIN in a direct listing rather …

(ATF) China's major markets regulator on Saturday announced it had fined Alibaba Group more than $2.8 billion for abusing its market dominance, but the e-commerce group's shares rose in Hong Kong on Monday as its top executive brushed off long-term effects of the ruling. In a statement, the State Administration …

(ATF) China's burgeoning cryptocurrency sector has taken a double blow this week as a leading short-seller called one of the country's most prominent players a scam and a new study said China could fail its energy emission goals due to coal-intensive bitcoin mining operations. US-based Hindenburg Research said on Tuesday …

The emergence of a blockchain-enabled digital yuan is said to have has set the cat among the pigeons in Washington. China has become the first major economy to issue a digital version of its currency and that has Fed chiefs in the US concerned that the dollar’s status as the …