During a tense Senate Banking Committee hearing on Tuesday, in which Facebook blockchain lead David Marcus was skewered over the social...
Cryptokart: Another Indian Crypto Exchange Shuts Down Operations
Founder of Indian cryptocurrency exchange Cryptokart Gaurang Poddar announced that his company is shutting down in a LinkedIn post pu...
Bank of Thailand Is Open to Discuss Libra, Concerned Over Security
Bank of Thailand governor Veerathai Santiprabhob said that the institution is open to discussing Facebook’s Libra stablecoin with t...
Alleged Silk Road Drug Dealer Arrested in the United States
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced the arrest of alleged dark web drug dealer ...
Privacy Cryptocurrency Zcash Prepares for ‘Friendly’ Fork
In about five hours, the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Zcash will spawn a new blockchain network called Ycash.
Coinbase Drops Its Crypto Bundle Product Without Any Explanation
Major United States-based crypto exchange Coinbase has discontinued its Coinbase Bundle crypto investment offering, the platform’s upd...
Breaking: US Regulator Investigating Crypto Exchange BitMEX — Report
United States regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ) is reportedly investigating derivatives giant BitMEX .
Mexican Crypto Exchange Bitso Seals DLT License from Gibraltar Regulator
Mexican cryptocurrency exchange Bitso will from now on be regulated by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC), a July 19 a...
Overstock’s tZERO Lures New Execs from Barclays and IMAX
Overstock’s security token platform subsidiary tZERO is growing its leadership team as it prepares to onboard more tokens.
40-Strong Blockchain Insurance Group B3i Appoints CEO
Insurance industry blockchain group B3i, which is now building DLT solutions for some 40 member firms, has appointed John Carolin as chi...
Tether Stablecoin to Launch on Algorand Blockchain
The popular and sometimes controversial stablecoin tether (USDT) is to launch on a fifth blockchain.
IMF Chief Economist Urges Regulatory Vigilance on Libra
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on global regulators to pay attention and take proper regulatory action regarding Fa...
Facebook’s Marcus: Libra to Satisfy All Regulatory Matters Before Its Launch
David Marcus, CEO of Facebook’s crypto wallet Calibra , underlined that Facebook would not launch the Libra cryptocurrency project b...
Reddit Co-Founders’s Fund Leads $3.75M Round for Blockchain Gaming Studio
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture fund led a $3.75 million seed round for blockchain-powered video game studio Horizon Block...
‘Expect Chaos’: Polkadot to Launch Experimental Kusama Network This Summer
An experimental version of blockchain interoperability protocol Polkadot will go live later this summer.
German Finance Minister: Facebook Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Compete with the Euro
German finance minister Olaf Scholz has officially joined the media fracas surrounding Facebook’s cryptocurrency efforts, according to a...
R3 to Support a Startup-Focused Stock Exchange in Brazil
Blockchain consortium R3 has partnered with Brazilian fintech company Banco Maré to launch a stock exchange for investing in technolog...
Facebook Stresses Libra’s Compliance With FinCEN at Senate Hearing
David Marcus, head of Facebook’s crypto wallet Calibra, stressed Facebook’s intent to be compliant with the United States Financial C...
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Is ‘Not Comfortable’ With Facebook’s Libra
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin agrees with his boss that crypto is for crooks. In a press conference Monday, Mnuchin voiced the...
New York Grants Bitlicense to Institutional Crypto Exchange Seed CX
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has granted virtual currency licenses to two subsidiaries of aspiring crypto der...
Samsung Teams With Banks, Telcos for Mobile ID Network Based on Blockchain
Tech giant Samsung Electronics is joining six other major South Korean firms to develop a blockchain-based certificate and ID authenti...
Korea’s Biggest Credit Card Firm Wins Patent for Blockchain Credit System
Shinhan Card, South Korea’s top credit card company, has been granted a patent for a blockchain payment system.
Cleveland Cavaliers Partner With Cryptocurrency Firm UnitedCoin
Ohio-based professional basketball team the Cleveland Cavaliers (The Cavs), along with its associated esports club Cavs Legion GC, ha...
Senate Releases Opening Statements on Libra Ahead of Senate Hearing
The United States Senate Banking Committee has released the opening statements of David Marcus, head of Facebook’s crypto wallet Cali...
Fundstrat’s Tom Lee: Bitcoin Pullback Is Healthy, Fewer Searches Аre Good
Fundstrat Global Advisers co-founder Thomas Lee wrote that the recent Bitcoin ( BTC ) pullback is healthy in a tweet on July 14.
Buterin Proposes Bitcoin Cash Integration to Scale Ethereum in Short Term
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed to use the Bitcoin Cash blockchain as a temporary scalability solution for the Ether...
Crypto Prediction Market and Derivatives Platform Veil Is Closing
Veil, the crypto-focused prediction market and derivatives platform, is closing its doors. Launched in January, the Veil web interf...
Drafted “Keep Big Tech out of Finance” Act Surfaces Days Before Libra Hearings
A drafted bill entitled “ Keep Big Tech out of Finance ” has surfaced online, allegedly deriving from within the United States House ...
Republic of Georgia Exempts Cryptocurrencies From Value-Added Tax
Republic of Georgia has exempted cryptocurrencies from value-added tax (VAT), as Bitcoin.com reported on July 13.
0x DEX Protocol Suspended Because of Vulnerability, Funds Safe
The Ethereum ( ETH ) smart contract of 0x ( ZRX ) decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol has been suspended after a vulnerability has ...
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