Starling Bank, a digital bank in the United States, announced a ban on cryptocurrency transactions. According to a text message notification sent to its customers, Starling Bank believes that crypto activities are high-risk, so it decided to block all bank card payments to cryptocurrency merchants and impose further restrictions on deposits and withdrawals related to cryptocurrencies. A spokesperson for the bank said that the innovative technology and ideas behind cryptocurrencies have huge potential advantages, but currently, cryptocurrencies are high-risk and are widely used for criminal purposes, so Starling Bank no longer provides support. It was previously reported that on April 26, Starling Bank in the United Kingdom announced that it had completed a £130.5 million financing (approximately US$165 million) at a valuation of £2.5 billion, with Goldman Sachs and Harald McPike participating in the investment.