Early customers of the financial services company’s program are providing monthly bitcoin bonuses of between $50 and $100. Author: Cameron Thompson

A federal judge ordered the three co-founders of BitMEX to pay $30 million total for operating an illegal cryptocurrency derivatives platform and violating money-laundering rules, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Thursday. Author: Jesse Hamilton

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has joined the Department of Labor in expressing concerns about Fidelity Investment’s plans to offer bitcoin in its 401(k) retirement plans. Author: Jamie Crawley

Crypto markets added nearly 5% to overall capitalization in the past 24 hours after broader markets jumped on the decision to increase rates in the U.S. Author: Shaurya Malwa

Investors may have been focusing on interest rate hikes and the economic fallout of Russia’s Ukraine invasion, but bitcoin has been subject to other headwinds; cryptos rise post rate hike. Author: Shaurya Malwa, Damanick Dantes, James Rubin