The chief financial regulator of Thailand has warned investors to avoid the unregulated Q Exchange, following an order issued to the firm to stop advertising on account of a lack of a sufficient license.
Police in Tokyo have arrested eight individuals in connection with a BTC pyramid scheme alleged to have swindled as much as $68.4 million from its victims.
With cryptocurrency ATMs now the most reported means of being scammed, the Australian Tax Office is warning the public on making such payments.
QuadrigaCX's disputed funds must be turned over to the Accountant of the Superior Court "to await the outcome of a proceeding in this court, on notice to the Depositors, to determine entitlement to the Disputed Funds."
According to Chinese media outlet 8btc.com, Jihan Wu has stepped down as executive director of the board of the cryptocurrency mining equipment manufacturer.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has weighed in with its latest penalty, following multi-agency efforts to bring a fraudulent crypto trader to justice.
The North Korean state has been flagged as a persistent bad actor in crypto circles, hacking into South Korean exchanges as well as setting up their own fake ICOs to raise money for the regime.
After the Central Bank of Iran was ejected from the global SWIFT network following the reintroduction of U.S.-led sanctions, sources close to the CBI have confirmed it is stepping up efforts to introduce state-backed digital currency.
Bitcoin group SE, owner of Bitcoin Deutschland AG, announced its acquisition of investment bank Tremmel Wertpapierhandelsbank as part of expansion plans.
According to a post on its website, Zeniex exchange has reluctantly decided to close its doors due to South Korean crackdown on cryptocurrencies.
A cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme operating out of India has now been stopped in its tracks. Ambidant allegedly targeted Muslim investors, promising huge returns in Halal investments. In actuality, it was nothing more than a ruse to scam investors out of their money.
Sompo, a Japanese insurance company, has partnered with BitPesa, a pan-African digital payment platform, as part of its bid to increase the company’s global presence.
25,000 metric tons of Russian milling wheat has been shipped, with the transaction tracked via a smart contract on the Cerealia grain trading platform.
The plan of Marshall Islands to introduce a new national currency have been welcome with considerable resistance by the international currency and there are now concerns that the country may have to scrub the plans.
Crypto traders using the South Korean exchange PureBit understand why Mondays are typically considered to be bad days.
Despite not having a stable economy upon which to build its national cryptocurrency, it is working diligently to have Petro seen as a viable cryptocurrency – although most indications are that it will never truly get off the ground.
A small group of foreigners in Pasay City in the Philippines have been arrested after allegedly stealing almost $100,000 (five million pesos) worth of cryptocurrency.
Upbit, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea, has reportedly set up a website for crypto exchanges in Thai and Indonesian languages, as part of its attempt to market its trading services to customers in the two Asian countries.
State regulators in Colorado got tough with for more initial coin offerings (ICOs), putting a cease and desist order on them last week. This brings the total number of ICOs rebuked by the state to a dozen.
The cryptocurrency markets continued to look rather subdued on Monday morning with most of the major currencies experiencing a downward trend.
