Coinnest co-founder arrested in South Korea on embezzlement charges
Kim Il-hwan, CEO of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinnest, was arrested in Seoul on allegations of embezzling customer funds.
Kim Il-hwan, CEO of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinnest, was arrested in Seoul on allegations of embezzling customer funds.
Cryptocurrency investors in China have resorted to underground activities after the Beijing government banned Bitcoin trade in the country, according to reports.
XRP has been consistently touted as a "crucial link" between banks and the innovative cryptocurrency market, but the coin is reportedly struggling to get listed on two major exchanges in the United States.
Mark Karpeles is on the verge of receiving over 160,000 BTC and Bitcoin Cash, which is currently worth more than $1 billion, following reconciliation of accounts after creditors and exchange users were paid their shares.
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission came down hard on a handful of cryptocurrency exchanges, telling the operators their contracts didn’t provide the necessary consumer protection required by law.
Harshita Arora had developed her Crypto Price Tracker app and launched it on the Apple App Store in January. It received a highly positive response and a rating of 4.7 out of the 49 reviews left by users.
Australia has finally implemented new legislative guidelines aimed at regulating digital currency exchange businesses in the land down under.
Computer programmer and entrepreneur John McAfee is going to start charging $105,000 per tweet to promote cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs).
Venezuela’s much vaunted cryptocurrency, Petro, has (finally) found a supporter—Russia.
Cryptocurrency hedge funds are now increasingly running into difficulties, with new capital drying up and significant losses reported in the early part of 2018, according to reports.
Centra Tech founders Sohrab Sharma and Robert Farkas were charged with selling unregistered securities to thousands of investors, raising more than $32 million in the process.
The online broker has reportedly offered an amount believing to run into “billions of yen for a majority stake” in the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange.
Bitcoin Cash posted a strong recovery rising by as much as 8% for a price of around $690 and it appeared to be well on its way to exceed the $700 mark if the rally persists.
Apartments Malina in the city of Kaliningrad has announced that it will welcome with open arms any guest who wishes to pay for their accommodations in cryptocurrency.
Huobi supports 100 different digital currencies and trading on about 208 markets. The Singapore-based exchange boasts of an “investor protection fund” that is designed to quickly reimburse investors for any losses.
Only emails that promote ICOs or other cryptocurrency trading schemes are banned on the MailChimp network—talking about cryptocurrencies is still allowed.
All cryptocurrencies suffered considerable losses over the past few days, with several of the top 10 coins by market cap declining 20% or more.
Bank of Montreal has decided that its clients aren’t capable of making their own decisions and will be blocking any and all transactions related to cryptocurrency.
Regulators in South Korea could be ready to publish cryptocurrency tax guidelines as early as June, according to reports.
The fifth largest cryptocurrency trading exchange platform is reportedly planning to cut its relations with Asia and move its offices to Switzerland.