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מייסדי צלזיוס מימין אלכס משינסקי ו דניאל לאון

Crypto lender Celsius is "deeply insolvent", says U.S. state regulator

13.07.22|Reuters and CTech
Celsius has been involved in an unregistered securities offering, selling cryptocurrency interest accounts to retail investors including investors in Vermont, said Vermont's Department of Financial Regulation (DFR). State securities regulators in Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas and Washington are investigating the company's decision to suspend customer redemptions
מייסדי צלזיוס מימין אלכס משינסקי ו דניאל לאון

Crypto lender Celsius sued for being a Ponzi scheme

08.07.22|Reuters and CTech
A former investment manager at the ailing American-Israeli cryptocurrency platform claims it used customer deposits to rig the price of its own crypto token and failed to properly hedge risk
טל וויזר פינסטרה

How banks, regulation, and the business world are addressing the current crypto crisis

23.06.22|Tal Weiser
“The crisis is an opportunity to examine fundamental issues in the market, resolve regulatory issues and instill confidence among all stakeholders,” writes Tal Weiser, Managing Director Sales, Global Services International Payments at Finastra
אלכס משינסקי מנכ"ל צלזיוס

Zero degrees Celsius: What will happen to the assets frozen by the collapsing crypto platform?

13.06.22|Viki Auslender
The Israeli-American crypto company has frozen the assets of its 1.7 million users. How did this happen, is the company exposed to lawsuits, and what are the implications for the entire digital asset market?
מייסדי צלזיוס מימין אלכס משינסקי ו דניאל לאון

Crypto firm Celsius pauses all transfers, withdrawals as markets tumble

13.06.22|Reuters
The American-Israeli cryptocurrency lending firm said it was taking “this necessary action... in order to stabilize liquidity and operations while we take steps to preserve and protect assets"
Michael-David Fiszer

Crypto wallet ZenGo appoints senior Google executive as Chief Product Officer

07.06.22|CTech
As a senior member of Waze’s product leadership team at Google, Michael-David Fiszer helped build and scale many Waze products
Solidus founders

Solidus Labs secures $45 million Series B to monitor crypto market integrity and risk

12.05.22|CTech
The Israeli startup’s crypto-native risk monitoring suite serves dozens of leading crypto and DeFi platforms, financial institutions, and regulators, monitoring more than 1 trillion trading events per day in more than 150 markets
Uri Nathan Pepper

Bank Leumi to enable trading in cryptocurrencies through Pepper app

27.03.22|Almog Azar
Pepper has reached an agreement with Paxos that will enable the buying, holding and selling of cryptocurrencies
מייסדי סטארקוויר StarkWare

StarkWare set to hit $6 billion valuation in new funding round

10.03.22|Meir Orbach
The Israeli blockchain company is set to raise at least $100 million after receiving $50 million at a $2 billion valuation in a Series C last November
זיו ישעיהו ואלכס זלצר nSure.ai

nSure.ai raises $13 million for fraud prevention platform

02.03.22|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup claims that its fraud protection intelligence reduces decline rates by 90%, using merchant-specific data to approve up to 98% of transactions
סיטק פריפריה באר שבע Gilad Eisenberger

Valid Network reveals its decision for keeping its research base in Beer Sheva

16.02.22|James Spiro
The company, which was born out of the region’s JVP Cyber Labs, discusses its attraction to staying in the region
מוסף שבועי 27.1.22 מיכאל שאולוב מייסד ומנכ"ל פיירבלוקס

“Fireblocks is ‘the one’ of the crypto industry”

27.01.22|Sophie Shulman
In an exclusive interview, Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov discusses the cryptocurrency security company’s incredible ascent to an $8 billion valuation following Thursday’s $550 million Series E
מייסדי פיירבלוקס Fireblocks מימין עידן עפרת מיכאל שאולוב פבל ברנגולץ

Report: Fireblocks valuation to surge to $8 billion in $400 million Series E

02.12.21|CTech
The Israeli digital assets security company announced a $310 million Series D at a $2 billion valuation just four months ago, but according to The Information it is now set to complete its third funding round of 2021
משה חוגג

Crypto entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg arrested on fraud, sexual offences charges

18.11.21|CTech
Hogeg, founder of blockchain companies Sirin Labs and Stox and the owner of soccer club Beitar Jerusalem, is suspected to have defrauded investors of tens of millions of dollars and is also facing charges for sexual offences
מוסף שבועי 21.10.21 3 דניאל לאון ורוני כהן פבון צלזיוס

Is Celsius the bank of the future or just a $3 billion-pyramid scheme?

25.10.21|Sophie Shulman
After raising $400 million, Israeli-founded Celsius wants to become the respected financial institution of the crypto world
מיכאל שאולוב מנכ"ל פיירבלוקס Fireblocks

Fireblocks opens new Swiss office to expand European operations

14.09.21|CTech
Founding member of Bitcoin Suisse and former Morgan Stanley vice president will co-lead company’s Swiss office as part of expansion to German-speaking countries
מייסדי פיירבלוקס Fireblocks מימין עידן עפרת מיכאל שאולוב פבל ברנגולץ

Fireblocks raises $310 million at $2 billion valuation

27.07.21|Meir Orbach
"We want to show everybody that we have a lot of money. The institutions with which we work like to cooperate with organizations that have a lot of money," said Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov
דורון מוצפי סטמפלי

Crypto’s volatility emphasizes need for fast and secure onboarding

25.07.21|Doron Mutsafi
Bitcoin and other crypto-assets may be almost 50% down from April highs, but the crypto market is here to stay. The ever-growing number of traders forces crypto exchanges to adopt fast, sophisticated ways to verify new traders
Oded Vanunu Check Point

Cryptocurrency technology is “the new engine” for cybercrime, says Check Point

23.07.21|James Spiro
Speaking to CTech during Cyber Week, Check Point’s Oded Vanunu shares how cybercrime has evolved on the blockchain, and what governments can do to protect against attacks
מיכאל שאולוב מנכ"ל ושותף מייסד חברת פיירבלוקס

Cryptocurrency security company Fireblocks sued for losing $75 million worth of ETH

22.06.21|Meir Orbach
Crypto company StakeHound claims that Fireblocks was negligent and failed to back up its wallet appropriately. Fireblocks has denied any wrongdoing
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