Enforcement of Updated Crypto Guidelines From FATF Has Far-Reaching Implications
25.6.2019
The FATF (Financial Action Task Force) has revealed updated guidelines that would require cryptocurrency and digital asset exchanges—and potentially independent business owners and crypto holders—to share sensitive customer information as VASPs (Virtual Asset Service Providers)...
Russian Parliament Comes to ‘Cryptocurrency Crossroads’
25.6.2019
The man charged with leading Russia’s charge for crypto-regulations says a package of three bills will soon be ready for a second reading – and has echoed recent comments made by Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev, claiming crypto trading could be legalized in the country.
Anatoly Aksakov,...
Bitcoin Leads Crypto Market, Takes Stronger Step Above USD 11,000
25.6.2019
After a few short-lived attempts to stay above the USD 11,000 level over the past few days, the most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin took a stronger step into this zone.
At pixel time (04:53 UTC), it trades at c. USD 11,215 and is up by 4% in the past hour and by 21% in the past week.
Bitcoin...
Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency: Bad for Privacy, Bad for Competition
25.6.2019
Allowing Facebook to mint its own coin would turn it into the greatest monopoly in history, argues Signature Bank's chairman
Facebook and Libra Set for Two US Parliament Hearings in Two Days
25.6.2019
American lawmakers look set to give Facebook a thorough grilling over the social network’s forthcoming Libra project next month, with Congress calling Mark Zuckerberg’s company in for a hearing on July 17.
Per an official press release, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, the Chairwoman of the House...
48 Cryptocurrency Exchanges Now Approved in the Philippines
25.6.2019
The number of approved cryptocurrency exchanges has been growing in the Philippines. In addition to 11 operators registered by the central bank, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, there are 37 other crypto exchange operators licensed by the government-owned Cagayan Economic Zone Authority. Also read:...
Ethereum-Based Synthetic Asset Platform Loses Over 37M Tokens in Oracle Attack
25.6.2019
An asset platform that allows for the minting and trading of synthetic assets recently lost over 37 million synthetic ether in an apparent oracle attack
Scammers Target Libra Fans With Fake Sites, Zuckbucks
25.6.2019
Buyer beware: the difference between ì and i can mean the loss of a few thousand dollars if you're not careful
AICPA Proposes New Standards That Would Apply to Blockchain-Based Audit Data
25.6.2019
The AICPA is soliciting feedback on a new proposal for audit standards, in which they are seeking to accommodate data provided by new technologies such as blockchain
Pot Startup Uses the Blockchain to Smoke Out Weed Strains
25.6.2019
TheraCann and StrainSecure have teamed up to turn pot DNA into intellectual property
Crypto Analyst Says Bitcoin Price Could Hit $100,000 During Next Bull Run
25.6.2019
A chief market analyst has predicted that bitcoin will hit somewhere between $60,000–$100,000 in its next bull run
President of Uganda to Lead Blockchain Conference in Kampala in July
25.6.2019
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda will be leading a conference in June on blockchain technologies and the “fourth industrial revolution”