The situation in Switzerland got a whole lot more difficult for cryptocurrency and banking in general, as the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is getting tough on those banks who want to trade in crypto assets.
The country’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), is going to start taking a harder look at airdrops, which the bank describes as being nothing more than initial coin offerings (ICO) in disguise.
Coinschedule and Trecento Blockchain Capital have announced a joint venture that will see the creation of a new cryptocurrency investment fund.
Although there isn’t a clear framework regarding regulation for cryptocurrencies in the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has placed a considerable emphasis on the space throughout 2018, particularly on initial coin offerings (ICOs).
Russia’s cryptocurrency sector has given up waiting for legal certainty and taken regulation into its own hands, following the decision of an industry body to establish an arbitration body.
A report showed that ICOs, overall, are not the money-makers most people think. In fact, according to a recent study, the majority of the ICOs could potentially be considered a failure.
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.
Global Tech Exchange, a blockchain project out of Brisbane, Australia, was ordered to be shut down by the Australia Securities Investments Commission (ASIC).
After the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shuts down the Mayweather-backed ICO over fraud charges, the boxing champ might have to respond personally for his involvement.
A newly consolidated lawsuit has been filed against BitConnect, several months after several cases have been brought forth against the company's alleged fraudulent pyramid scheme at the beginning of 2018.
Civil raised less than $1.5 million for its blockchain journalism platform—despite partnerships with the Associated Press and Forbes, amongst other high profile names.
