Quebec regulator seeks non-compliant blockchain firm investors
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers is looking for investors in the Laboratoire Blockchain Inc firm.
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Silvergate Bank signs 59 new crypto clients in Q4 2018
Silvergate Bank has shown impressive growth despite the down market, bringing on an additional 59 crypto clients.
Crypto malware targeting MyEtherWallet claims 230 victims
A cryptocurrency malware targeting Blockchain.com and MyEtherWallet users was downloaded over 200 times before Google deleted it.
Global tech solutions firm Avnet now accepts crypto
Another major international company has decided it was time to embrace cryptocurrencies as a form of payment.
Coincheck to sell BSV holdings, pay users in Japanese yen
The platform first made the announcement after the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork last year, but is now moving forward with payouts of any BSV holdings.
Crypto market daily report – March 20, 2019
The cryptocurrency markets entered into their third successive day of stability with some slight upward movement in the Bitcoin Core (BTC) price that pushed it over the $4,000 mark for the first time this month.
CoinMarketCap integrates new ‘health’ metric for crypto fundamentals
Known as the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), the measure factors in several variables to compare different cryptocurrencies, including market maturity, level of developer activity in the market and user activity.
Japan announces crackdown on cryptocurrency margin trading
Lawmakers in Japan have announced new measures around cryptocurrency margin trading, in the latest tranche of legislation designed to structure domestic digital asset markets.
Swiss online retail giant Digitec now accepting Bitcoin SV, other cryptos
Customers will now be able to pay for transactions over CHF200 (approximately $200) in cryptocurrency like Bitcoin SV, in addition to the range of other payment methods supported by the retailer.
Bithumb to lay off over 50% of its staff
Bithumb announced on March 19 that it will be laying off 160 of its employees, due to a lack of trade volume.
Kakao combining crypto wallet with messaging app
Kakao has been quite active of late, and that continued on Monday with the announcement that they would be integrating their crypto wallet with their messaging app, KakaoTalk.
Anti-euro protest art appears in France, campaigns for crypto
Protestors in France have been leading a charge that is designed to boost support for cryptocurrency and weaken the euro’s stance as the only accepted currency.
ICE adds Bitcoin SV, other digital assets to its crypto data feed
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the company behind NASDAQ and the upcoming Bakkt cryptocurrency trading platform, is ready to launch its Cryptocurrency Data Feed.
IBM’s blockchain answer to SWIFT officially launches
IBM's World Wire offers simpler, faster and cheaper international payments and is expected to have a major impact on the success of current dominant cross-border payment provider, SWIFT.
Crypto market daily report – March 19, 2019
The cryptocurrency markets remained in a relatively stable mode on Tuesday with the vast majority of coins registering small declines, although they were rather well supported.
Tel Aviv judge rules bank wrong to close crypto mining firm account
A judge in Israel has just shaken up the cryptocurrency community by ruling on cryptocurrency miner Israminer’s account with Union Bank in Tel Aviv.
Trump’s planned crackdown on cartels could hurt crypto
In a move that is sure to be quite controversial, it appears U.S. President Donald Trump is considering labeling Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations.
Crypto market daily report – March 18, 2019
The cryptocurrency markets continued in a stable mode on Monday with most coins registering small declines with some notable exceptions.
Crypto attacks on cloud infrastructure on the rise
Many crypto attacks seem to be focused on cloud infrastructures. Organizations of all sizes continue to face significant crypto mining attacks despite the ongoing bearish market.
SEC filing has Riot Blockchain closer to reinvention
Riot Blockchain is one step closer to its goal of reinvention, after a recent filing with the SEC to issue common stock.