News with the tag "NYC"

New York City (NYC) Mayor Eric Adams has announced plans to build a municipal Bitcoin-backed bond, dubbed ‘BitBond.’ He further intended to eliminate the New York controversial BitLicense, which has been a significant hurdle for crypto businesses. Speaking on Wednesday at the Bitcoin 2025 conference...

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, called for the end of the BitLicense in a speech at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas on Wednesday. During his speech, Adams encouraged crypto businesses to return to the U.S. and set up shop in New York, echoing comments he made last week at the c...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced plans to form a digital advisory council aimed at attracting investment, creating tech jobs, and positioning the city as the “crypto capital of the globe.” The declaration came during his keynote speech at the first-ever New York City Crypto Summit on May...

Horst Jicha, accused of crypto fraud, escaped NYC home detention after his ankle monitor malfunctioned, evading a $5M bond. The crypto fraud escape now has authorities searching for him.

Pro-Crypto NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted in Federal Corruption Probe New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a prominent advocate for the crypto industry, has been indicted as part of a federal corruption investigation, according to Cointelegraph. This makes Adams the first sitting NYC mayor in history to f...

Former president reportedly bought burgers using bitcoin at the crypto-themed bar.

The city of New York launched a chatbot on its website which was powered by the AI technology of Microsoft Azure to help users easily exchange information with small business owners and to make city regulations easy and simple. The intelligent chat bot was conceived as a singlestop in the sea of cit...

From Magic Eden's degen yacht party to Forbes' multichain mixer, NFT.NYC offered a spectacle of excess and elitism, and then some more in another episode of #hearsay.

Every financial tempest leaves behind a trail of victors and vanquished. Amid the chaos of regional bank downturns in March 2023, New York Community Bancorp emerged, seemingly unscathed, clutching newly acquired pieces of Signature Bank in its victory lap. Fast forward a year, and the tables have tu...

This weekend, many are intrigued by the potential outcomes following the cessation of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP), launched amidst the significant banking collapses in March 2023. Some argue that the banking turmoil is far from over, suggesting it has merely been post...