Russian removes cryptocurrency from draft bill
Lawmakers in Russia now say that they hope to have a new framework for “digital financial assets” ready by fall and hope to receive approval by the end of the year.
Lawmakers in Russia now say that they hope to have a new framework for “digital financial assets” ready by fall and hope to receive approval by the end of the year.
The U.S. dollar is reported to be losing its place as the top intercontinental currency in Africa.
The French financial market authority, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has updated its official blacklist of fraudulent businesses operating in the country.
A startup in Switzerland has already raised 100 million Swiss francs ($100 million) to put up a bank that would offer cryptocurrency-related products.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has petitioned a court in New York for enforcement action against two individuals over their involvement in the “fast-moving” PlexCoin ICO investment scam.
Circle has created a new cryptocurrency—the USD Coin (USDC)—which is pegged to the US dollar and backed up by physical reserves of fiat held by company.
As many 80 individuals from the cryptocurrency and financial industry sector descended upon Capitol Hill to provide their insight and suggestions on how to make the space more attractive in the United States.
Cryptocurrency mining company Bitmain has officially filed its initial public offering (IPO) with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
To avoid the economic sanctions imposed by the United States, North Korea has reportedly been using cryptocurrencies “increasingly,” according to two Washington-based financial analysts.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is tightening its reins and has plans to shut down ICOs that are “misleading or deceptive.”
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the company behind the New York Stock Exchange and startup crypto platform Bakkt, has announced its first product for the Bakkt platform—physical crypto futures.
Hardware crypto wallet Trezor has rolled out new features that enable users to buy and exchange cryptocurrencies within their beta wallet—without the risks of leaving funds on an exchange.
Google has unbanned on cryptocurrency ads on its platform, with a view to working more closely with regulated institutions in the United States and Japan.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase now allows users to list their own cryptocurrencies for trading on the platform.
Reports are surfacing that major banks could be fined as much as $400 billion by 2020 for malpractice.
Japan's Ministry of Finance (MoF) has slapped Zaif cryptocurrency exchange’s owner, Tech Bureau, with a business improvement order, a type of admonishment that carries serious penalties.
The lawyer appointed to oversee the Mt. Gox refunds, Nobuaki Kobayashi, has reportedly liquidated around $230 million worth of Bitcoin BCH and Bitcoin Core (BTC) in the past four months.
A new report showed that the US government has spent a total of $5.7 million on contractors to conduct blockchain analysis and track the origins of cryptocurrency transactions.
Coinnest CEO Kim Ik-hwan and COO Cho have received a total of KRW1 billion ($890,000) worth of BTC and S Coin from the latter’s CEO, a man also named Kim, in exchange for S Coin’s “unfair” listing on the exchange.
The partnership will see the two companies utilizing blockchain technology to make it easier for Africans to buy Japanese products. With the help of blockchain, BitPesa and SBI Remit expect to get rid of challenges accompanying the transfer of funds between African traders and Japanese exporters.