Japan: Self-Regulatory Group of Crypto Exchanges Set to Tighten Rules on Online Digital Asset Storage

Japan: Self-Regulatory Group of Crypto Exchanges Set to Tighten Rules on Online Digital Asset Storage

The self-regulatory Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) plans to stricten its customer asset management measures. The Japan Times outlet reporte...
London Block Exchange Launching Crypto Pound-Backed Stablecoin

London Block Exchange Launching Crypto Pound-Backed Stablecoin

The London Block Exchange said they have permission to launch a new virtual currency, the LBXPeg. The stablecoin would be backed by UK Pound Sterling reserves. ...
US Lawmakers Ask SEC to Clarify ICO Regulations

US Lawmakers Ask SEC to Clarify ICO Regulations

A group of U.S. lawmakers are asking Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Jay Clayton to clarify when initial coin offerings (ICOs) are considered ...
JD.com Opens Institute for Building ‘Smart Cities’ With Blockchain and AI

JD.com Opens Institute for Building ‘Smart Cities’ With Blockchain and AI

A division of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, JD Finance, has established the Smart City Research Institute at its headquarters in Nanjing, reported People’s D...
 WSJ Investigation Alleges $88 Million Laundered Through 46 Crypto Exchanges

WSJ Investigation Alleges $88 Million Laundered Through 46 Crypto Exchanges

Nearly $90 million potentially associated with criminal activity was laundered through 46 cryptocurrency exchanges, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
EU Markets Regulator Extends Restrictions for Selling Crypto-Based Derivatives

EU Markets Regulator Extends Restrictions for Selling Crypto-Based Derivatives

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has decided to extend its restrictions on contracts for differences (CFDs), including crypto-based ones. Th...
Mongolia: Central Bank Gives Permission to Issue First Digital Currency

Mongolia: Central Bank Gives Permission to Issue First Digital Currency

Mongolia’s largest mobile telecoms operator has become the country’s first licensed entity to issue its own digital currency. This is according to a report by t...
‘Extremely Difficult’ Conditions: India’s Zebpay Shutters Crypto Exchange Over Central Bank Ban

‘Extremely Difficult’ Conditions: India’s Zebpay Shutters Crypto Exchange Over Central Bank Ban

Major Indian cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay announced it had stopped all trading due to the country’s banking ban. The official announcement was published Thurs...
Coinbase Introduces ‘Coinbase Bundle’ Designed to Simplify Crypto Trading

Coinbase Introduces ‘Coinbase Bundle’ Designed to Simplify Crypto Trading

Cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service Coinbase has rolled out a new update called “Coinbase Bundles,” which is designed to simplify cryptocurrency trading,...
SEC, CFTC Charge Bitcoin Futures Firm 1Broker With Securities Law Violations

SEC, CFTC Charge Bitcoin Futures Firm 1Broker With Securities Law Violations

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are suing a Marshall Islands-based securities dealer for alleg...
Austria to Use Ethereum Public Blockchain to Issue $1.35 Bln in Government Bonds

Austria to Use Ethereum Public Blockchain to Issue $1.35 Bln in Government Bonds

Austria’s government is set to use the Ethereum (ETH) public blockchain to issue €1.15 billion ($1.35 billion) of government bonds in an auction next week, loca...
 US Judge Sides With CFTC in Fraud Case, Ruling Cryptos Are Commodities

US Judge Sides With CFTC in Fraud Case, Ruling Cryptos Are Commodities

A U.S. judge has sided with the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in a lawsuit involving an allegedly fraudulent crypto investment scheme, ruling ...
BitTorrent ‘Project Atlas’ Integration With TRON Moving Forward, Says CEO Justin Sun

BitTorrent ‘Project Atlas’ Integration With TRON Moving Forward, Says CEO Justin Sun

Decentralized internet startup TRON announced fresh details of its bid to integrate with torrent client BitTorrent in a press release Thursday, September 27, tw...
Swiss Startup Raises $103 Million to Launch Cryptocurrency Bank

Swiss Startup Raises $103 Million to Launch Cryptocurrency Bank

Switzerland-based startup SEBA Crypto AG has raised 100 million Swiss francs ($103 million) to set up a bank offering cryptocurrency-related services, Reuters r...
Bitmain Files Draft Application for Listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Bitmain Files Draft Application for Listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Chinese crypto mining giant Bitmain has filed a draft application for listing the company’s shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), according to an offic...
French Stock Market Watchdog Blacklists 21 Cryptocurrency and Crypto-Asset Websites

French Stock Market Watchdog Blacklists 21 Cryptocurrency and Crypto-Asset Websites

French stock market regulator, the Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF), announced it is blacklisting 21 new investment websites, including multiple crypto-rel...
Circle Internet Financial Launches Stablecoin ‘USD Coin’

Circle Internet Financial Launches Stablecoin ‘USD Coin’

Circle Internet Financial Ltd. is launching a USD-backed digital token dubbed the “USD Coin,” Bloomberg reports Wednesday, September 26.
SBI Ripple Asia Wins Payments License for Blockchain Money App

SBI Ripple Asia Wins Payments License for Blockchain Money App

A joint venture between SBI Holdings and Ripple has moved a step closer to launching its blockchain-based payments app for consumers. SBI Ripple Asia announced ...
Congressional Crypto Roundtable: Panel Discusses Token Classification and Compliance for ICOs

Congressional Crypto Roundtable: Panel Discusses Token Classification and Compliance for ICOs

More than 45 representatives from major Wall Street firms and crypto companies took part in a meeting to discuss Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and cryptocurrency ...
ICE’s Bakkt Reveals First Crypto Product as Physical Bitcoin Futures

ICE’s Bakkt Reveals First Crypto Product as Physical Bitcoin Futures

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) confirmed its Bakkt cryptocurrency platform’s first offering will take the form of physical Bitcoin futures. ICE, which also ope...
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