UK gov’t shelves plans for Royal Mint Gold token
The UK government has pulled the plug on plans that would have seen the Royal Mint launching its own cryptocurrency, amid fears over the unregulated nature of cryptocurrency markets.
The UK government has pulled the plug on plans that would have seen the Royal Mint launching its own cryptocurrency, amid fears over the unregulated nature of cryptocurrency markets.
The platform, called Primetradingbot, claimed to offer high-yield BTC investments, and appeared to be targeting unsophisticated investors who still believe the BTC coin has a future, according to the Malta Financial Services Authority.
Japanese financial services giant SBI Group has teamed up with blockchain security startup Sepior to create a “secure online wallet” for its recently launched cryptocurrency exchange.
Wellington Koo, the chairman of Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has revealed that investing in ICOs will soon be easy and safe in Taiwan.
The Financial Services Commission warned that cryptocurrency funds and mutual funds have similar structures, which may result in investors into assuming that such funds are legal investments under the South Korea’s Capital Markets Act.
Credit card company Visa is waiting for cryptocurrencies to be more widely used before making them a business priority.
The Indian government must release its finding on cryptocurrencies within two weeks, as ordered by the country’s Supreme Court.
Quidax, a European-based cryptocurrency exchange, recently launched its operations in Nigeria.
According to a report, the country’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is preparing to introduce caps on the leverage possible for margin trading of cryptocurrencies.
The Wemovecoins cryptocurrency exchange has been forced into bankruptcy due to dispute between the company and a credit card vendor.
A bill proposed by lawmakers in Ukraine could see the country’s fledgling cryptocurrency sector benefit from a “tax holiday,” as part of a package of measures designed to foster the development of the sector there.
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced that the Japanese Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) has been awarded the status of “certified fund settlement business association,” giving the body legal authority to shape regulation for cryptocurrency exchanges in the country.
Synthetic Minds, a smart contract security startup out of San Francisco, has raised $5.5 million in a funding round backed by blockchain investment company Pantera Capital and venture capital firm Khosla Ventures.
The co-founder of Unocoin, Harish B.V., was reportedly taken into custody by police only four days after news broke that the exchange has installed the country's first crypto ATM in Bangalore.
Bundil allows users to purchase crypto by rounding up credit or debit card purchases to the nearest dollar—if the purchase is for a total of $9.95, an additional $0.05 goes to buying Bitcoin BCH, or BTC, ETH and LTC, whichever currency the user chooses.
Coinbase has been awarded a license to operate as an independent qualified custodian for cryptocurrencies under New York State Banking Law.
The Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) published a report recently that focused on blockchains and artificial intelligence (AI) applications in the securities industry.
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volumes, is the latest company to secure the backing of Vertex Ventures, a group of investment companies indirectly owned by the government of Singapore.
There’s never been a better time to get a job in the cryptocurrency sector, with more vacancies than ever before, according to research published this week by employer review site Glassdoor.
A group of gamers hatched a plan to target cryptocurrency wallets and are now looking for ways to hide from the long arm of the law.