Japan’s two primary cryptocurrency industry groups are merging to form a new self-regulatory entity following the recent $530 million hack of Tokyo-based exchange Coincheck. The unnamed new... Read more
SYDNEY: Malaysia-based firm HelloGold has received a Shariah-compliant certification for its gold-backed cryptocurrency and plans to launch its online gold platform in Thailand later this ye... Read more
White House cybersecurity coordinator and special assistant to the president, Rob Joyce, stated the US still has a long road ahead of it before it starts regulating the world’s first c... Read more
Yet Poland was one of the first to support Venezuela’s national cryptocurrency. The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA) and the Polish central bank, Narodowy Bank Polski (NBP) repo... Read more
South Korea’s government gave the strongest signal yet that it will allow cryptocurrency exchanges to keep operating in the country, a welcome development for traders who had feared an outri... Read more
If Brian Forde is successful in his quest to represent California’s 45th congressional district in Congress, Bitcoin and other digital currencies could soon have a new friend in the nation’s... Read more
The president of the European Central Bank has publicly stated that European banks could hold positions in bitcoin after developments such as Bitcoin futures contracts listings by US exchang... Read more
“It strikes me that we owe it to this new generation to respect their enthusiasm about virtual currencies with a thoughtful and balanced response, not a dismissive one…” Cr... Read more
SEOUL: South Korea’s finance minister said the government has no plans to shut down cryptocurrency trading, welcome news for investors worried that authorities might go as far as China... Read more
“Action on crypto-currencies may be needed precisely because of the way they are used, particularly by criminals…” After the first round of Brexit talks coming to an unexpe... Read more
