Companies — EasyCryptoGuides https://easycryptoguides.com/ Latest Companies coverage on EasyCryptoGuides. en-gb Circle went public. USDC is still a company token. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/circle-ipo-a-stablecoin-issuer-went-public https://easycryptoguides.com/news/circle-ipo-a-stablecoin-issuer-went-public Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides Circle Internet Group began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on 5 June 2025. That is a company event for the firm behind USDC — not a change to the token’s contract. CZ’s four-month sentence is about a person, not Binance the chain https://easycryptoguides.com/news/cz-sentence-is-a-person-not-binance-the-chain https://easycryptoguides.com/news/cz-sentence-is-a-person-not-binance-the-chain Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides The founder of Binance was sentenced in Seattle after a Bank Secrecy Act plea. A person went to prison. A token did not get a patch. Binance pleaded guilty. BNB’s chain did not. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/binance-guilty-plea-a-company-settled-the-chain-did-not https://easycryptoguides.com/news/binance-guilty-plea-a-company-settled-the-chain-did-not Tue, 21 Nov 2023 21:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides DOJ, FinCEN and OFAC took admissions and a multi-billion-dollar bill. Zhao pleaded to a Bank Secrecy Act failure. The token’s rules of consensus were not in the plea. SBF’s conviction is a fraud verdict, not a protocol upgrade https://easycryptoguides.com/news/sbf-conviction-is-a-fraud-verdict-not-a-protocol-upgrade https://easycryptoguides.com/news/sbf-conviction-is-a-fraud-verdict-not-a-protocol-upgrade Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides A founder was convicted of stealing from customers and lenders. That is criminal law. It is not a market mechanism and it is not a reason to rewrite how wallets work. PayPal’s PYUSD is another company dollar token https://easycryptoguides.com/news/paypal-pyusd-is-another-company-dollar-token https://easycryptoguides.com/news/paypal-pyusd-is-another-company-dollar-token Mon, 07 Aug 2023 14:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides PYUSD is redeemable 1:1 in the brochure, backed by cash and short-term Treasuries, and overseen as a Paxos product under NYDFS. Stable is still a claim. BlackRock filed for a spot bitcoin ETP. That is an application. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-filing-was-a-wrapper-application https://easycryptoguides.com/news/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-filing-was-a-wrapper-application Thu, 15 Jun 2023 21:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides The world’s largest asset manager asked to list a product that would hold bitcoin. A filing is not a listing. A listing is not a new bitcoin. SBF’s arrest is a custody-fraud case, not a protocol bug https://easycryptoguides.com/news/sbf-arrest-is-a-custody-fraud-case-not-a-protocol-bug https://easycryptoguides.com/news/sbf-arrest-is-a-custody-fraud-case-not-a-protocol-bug Mon, 12 Dec 2022 23:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides The founder of FTX was taken in Nassau after SDNY filed charges. That is extradition and a docket. It is not a patch to a chain. Voyager’s bankruptcy is a loan book, not a chain halt https://easycryptoguides.com/news/voyager-bankruptcy-was-credit-exposure-not-a-chain-halt https://easycryptoguides.com/news/voyager-bankruptcy-was-credit-exposure-not-a-chain-halt Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides A public crypto broker had lent a huge unsecured book to one hedge fund. When that fund failed, the app pause became a court file. Bitcoin kept producing blocks. Celsius paused. Three Arrows blew up. That is credit, not a protocol. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/celsius-pause-and-three-arrows-were-credit-not-a-protocol https://easycryptoguides.com/news/celsius-pause-and-three-arrows-were-credit-not-a-protocol Sun, 12 Jun 2022 23:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides Yield apps and hedge funds that rehypothecate coins can gap. Terra’s unwind was the match. The fire is counterparties. Tesla stopped taking bitcoin for cars. That is a till, not the chain. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/tesla-stops-bitcoin-payments-energy-debate-is-not-the-chain https://easycryptoguides.com/news/tesla-stops-bitcoin-payments-energy-debate-is-not-the-chain Wed, 12 May 2021 22:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides A car company changed a payment option and said it would keep the coins. Energy use is a mining-industry fact. It is not a consensus vote. Coinbase listed on Nasdaq. That is a company going public. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/coinbase-nasdaq-listing-was-a-company-going-public https://easycryptoguides.com/news/coinbase-nasdaq-listing-was-a-company-going-public Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides Reference price $250; open $381; close $328. Existing holders sold into a public book. The exchange is still a custodian with a login. Visa settling some USDC is a treasury choice, not a new dollar https://easycryptoguides.com/news/visa-usdc-settlement-was-a-payments-rail-choice https://easycryptoguides.com/news/visa-usdc-settlement-was-a-payments-rail-choice Mon, 29 Mar 2021 12:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides A network that moves billions in many currencies added a dollar token as a settlement asset for a crypto-native partner. That is plumbing. It is not Visa accepting bitcoin at the till. Tesla’s bitcoin buy was a treasury choice, not a protocol event https://easycryptoguides.com/news/tesla-bitcoin-treasury-was-a-corporate-choice-not-a-protocol https://easycryptoguides.com/news/tesla-bitcoin-treasury-was-a-corporate-choice-not-a-protocol Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides An electric-car maker put idle cash into an alternative reserve asset named in an SEC filing. Bitcoin’s issuance did not change. A later tweet about the till is a different week. PayPal launches cryptocurrency buying inside its app https://easycryptoguides.com/news/PayPal-launches-a-new-cryptocurrency-service https://easycryptoguides.com/news/PayPal-launches-a-new-cryptocurrency-service Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides PayPal said users could buy, hold, and sell crypto in-app, and later spend at merchants. That is a company balance, not a withdrawal to your own wallet. MicroStrategy’s bitcoin pile is a balance-sheet choice https://easycryptoguides.com/news/microstrategy-bitcoin-treasury-was-a-balance-sheet-choice https://easycryptoguides.com/news/microstrategy-bitcoin-treasury-was-a-balance-sheet-choice Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides A Nasdaq business-intelligence company put idle cash into bitcoin instead of leaving it in dollars. Tesla’s later 10-K is a different issuer. Issuance did not change. Bakkt’s bitcoin futures are an exchange product, not a new bitcoin https://easycryptoguides.com/news/bakkt-bitcoin-futures-were-an-exchange-product https://easycryptoguides.com/news/bakkt-bitcoin-futures-were-an-exchange-product Mon, 23 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides Daily and monthly contracts, cleared at ICE Clear US, delivering bitcoin held at Bakkt Trust. CME’s 2017 cash-settled futures are a different wrapper. Institutional plumbing is still a company. QuadrigaCX’s missing coins were a company, not a locked laptop https://easycryptoguides.com/news/quadrigacx-one-persons-laptop-is-not-a-custody-design https://easycryptoguides.com/news/quadrigacx-one-persons-laptop-is-not-a-custody-design Mon, 14 Jan 2019 18:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides Canada’s then-largest crypto shop told customers the CEO was gone. Creditor protection followed. One person with the passwords is not a custody design. It is a single point of failure — or a cover. USDC launches. A dollar token is still a company product. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/usdc-launches-a-dollar-token-is-still-a-company-product https://easycryptoguides.com/news/usdc-launches-a-dollar-token-is-still-a-company-product Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides An ERC-20 that you redeem through a company. Attestations are not a 10-K. Tether’s later New York fight is a different issuer. Circle’s IPO is years away. Google’s crypto ad ban is a platform rule, not a protocol https://easycryptoguides.com/news/google-crypto-ad-ban-was-a-platform-rule-not-a-protocol https://easycryptoguides.com/news/google-crypto-ad-ban-was-a-platform-rule-not-a-protocol Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides Search, YouTube, and the display network are a company’s inventory. Bitcoin kept producing blocks. A restricted-category policy is not a ban on maths.