Latest from Jamie Crawley
Facebook, Square, PayPal and Others Told to Hand Over Payments Info to Consumer Finance Watchdog
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to see information about the payments products, plans and practices of Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Square and PayPal.

Houston Firefighters Pension Fund Makes Bitcoin, Ether Purchase
The fund has invested $25 million in crypto in what appears to be a first for a U.S. public pension plan.

Asset Manager Pimco to Extend Crypto Involvement: Report
Pimco’s chief investment officer said some of the fixed-income firm’s hedge-fund portfolios are already trading crypto-linked securities.

Crypto Custodian Copper Eyes $2.5B Valuation in $500M Funding Round Talks: Report
Just five months ago, Copper raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Dawn Capital and Target Global.

Purpose Investments Files to List 3 More Crypto ETFs in Canada
The Canada-based asset manager also plans to launch a privately offered fund providing exposure to decentralized finance (DeFi).

Hindenburg Research Offers $1M Reward to Uncover Tether’s Backing
The firm said it “has doubts” about Tether’s backing.

Stronghold Digital Upsizes IPO Price to $19 a Share
Shares are expected to commence trading on the Nasdaq Global Market today under the ticker symbol “SDIG.”

India’s Newest Crypto ‘Unicorn’ CoinSwitch Kuber in Talks with Government over Regulation: Report
CEO Ashish Singhal said the company is making “amazing progress” in its conversations with the government and regulators.

Silvergate Capital 3Q EPS Beats Estimates; Digital Currency Deposits Grew to $11.2B
Digital currency customers grew to 1,305 from 928 in the year-earlier period.

Signature Bank’s Q3 Deposits Grow by $10B to $95.57B
Q3 net income increased to $241.4M from $138.6M during the same period last year.

