Riot said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last July 30 is looking into a number of Riot’s registration statements as well as its purchase of a minority stake in Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare.
Seven cryptocurrency firms in Thailand have been granted approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to operate in the country.
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has now published a Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) Rulebook specifically pertaining to the regulation of Issuers of VFAs under the Virtual Financial Assets Act (VFAA).
A cryptocurrency entrepreneur, Michael Terpin, is suing telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. for alleged security lapses that resulted in $24 million worth of cryptocurrencies being hacked from his accounts.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made cryptocurrencies illegal by diktat, following a change in the law designed to protect residents from engaging in crypto transactions.
Contrary to earlier reports, marijuana advocacy publication High Times Holding Corp. will refuse offers in BTC during its initial public offering (IPO), according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Jamaica Stock Exchange has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Blockstation to help build a platform that will allow clients to trade in cryptocurrencies.
Effective on August 20, Venezuela will have two official units of account: the state-backed Petro token and the new Petro-pegged sovereign bolivar, President Nicolas Maduro announced during a televised address.
At the Bloomberg Players Technology Summit in San Francisco, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said they were getting 50,000 sign-ups on the daily last year, Bloomberg reported.
South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance announced that a total of 9 to 10 trillion won ($8 billion to $8.84 billion) will be allocated in the next five years for their 'Growth through Innovation' Investment Plan.
Axoni was able to attract $18 million through a Series A funding round three years later that was led by Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan.
David T. Laurance and Tomahawk Exploration LLC attempted to raise money through the sale of blockchain-based digital tokens called “Tomahawkcoins,” according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The ICO was allegedly to be used to fund oil exploration and drilling in the state of California.
Governor Won Hee-ryong of Jeju Island in South Korea has made an official proposal for the island to become the country’s hub for cryptocurrencies and blockchain in general.
Yet another cryptocurrency exchange is joining the growing list of blockchain and crypto companies setting up in Malta, which calls itself ‘the Blockchain Island.’
Fresh from receiving the ‘Lamest Vendor Response Award’ at the Pwnies, cryptocurrency wallet Bitfi has been hacked for a second time, fundamentally undermining John McAfee’s claim that the product is ‘unhackable.’
Fresh doubt has been cast on the business practices of cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, after a journalist in Hong Kong found the firm’s offices were empty.
Tokyo-based cryptocurrency Spindle has announced it is withdrawing from Japan and re-establishing in London, amidst rumours of a police investigation in Tokyo into its alleged unregulated token sales.
As the Turkish Lira continues its descent against other currencies, more and more people in Turkey are seeking out cryptocurrencies as a safe haven.
In terms of traditional phishing, the Kaspersky system intercepted 58,000 attempts to connect to fake websites posing as crypto wallets and markets.
Marvel Characters, a subsidiary of comic book giant Marvel Comics, is still considering whether it will file a trademark lawsuit against Wilsondom LLC over its planned cryptocurrency, the ‘Wacoinda.’
