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Regulatory Roundup: French Court Considers Bitcoin Money, Cryptocurrencies Legitimized in South Korea, Australia, India
10.3.2020
The cryptocurrency sector worldwide saw several historic regulatory events last week. In this roundup, we cover a landmark bitcoin ruling by a French court, South Korea’s first crypto bill, an Australian court’s ruling, Germany’s announcement, and a recent FATF meeting where more...
Ethereum Community Enthralled Over Controversial ProgPoW Proposal
10.3.2020
The Ethereum community has been debating a proposal called ProgPoW as many ETH proponents believe the Programmatic Proof-of-Work function will alter the network significantly. The contentious topic has seemed to galvanize the community, with the ProgPoW proposal favored by a significant proportion...
Kraken Announces Plans to Expand Indian Operations As Crypto Ban Lifts
9.3.2020
Kraken will start reinforcing its presence in the Indian market following the Supreme Court’s ruling
Women in Blockchain: Has Gender Distribution Come to the Crypto Market?
9.3.2020
The number of women working in blockchain companies has grown since 2018, so has the number of female crypto investors. But does that give women more recognition in the market?
Libra Association Member Offers an Explanation for the Crypto Market Decline
9.3.2020
Marc Bhargava, co-founder of crypto prime broker Tagomi, isn’t surprised by the current market selloff — he blames margin calls
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 10
9.3.2020
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
Belarus Wants Authorization to Seize Crypto from Criminals
9.3.2020
A state authority in Belarus wants to amend criminal procedure law to give authorities the right to confiscate crypto
Market Update: Plustoken BTC Moves, Crypto Prices Dive, Coronavirus Cripples Global Markets
9.3.2020
Cryptocurrency markets lost more than $30 billion in the last 24 hours as digital asset prices have been slashed alongside traditional stock and commodity markets. Further, crypto proponents have spied Plustoken bitcoins on the move again and speculators assume that 13,000 BTC ($102M) might have...
Crypto Market Sentiment a Bit Higher in 7 Days, but Brutal in 24 Hours
9.3.2020
The combined moving average 7-day market sentiment for the top 10 coins by market capitalization has somewhat recovered, barely passing the score of 5. It has risen from 4.84 which we saw last week to today's 5.08/10. However, as shown by Omenics, a crypto market sentiment analysis service, the...
$2B Deal Will Keep Crypto Bull Jack Dorsey as CEO of Twitter
9.3.2020
Social media network Twitter has reached a deal with an investor to keep Jack Dorsey as its CEO
Robinhood Crypto and Stock Trading App Is Down Second Monday in a Row
9.3.2020
Robinhood experiences another technical outage, causing its clients to be unable to trade stocks and crypto
UK Regulator Warns It Will Get Tough with Crypto AML + More News
9.3.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Regulation News
A British financial regulator has hinted that its cryptocurrency anti-money laundering (AML) policing will go above...
Crypto Industry Continues Fight Against Coronavirus With New Contributions
9.3.2020
Binance Charity has made another donation to medical institutions in a bid to help coronavirus victims
Legacy Trust’s Crypto Spin-Off Receives $3M to Roll Out Asian Settlement Platform
9.3.2020
First Digital Trust has won backing from Taiwan-based Nogle for its upcoming Asia-focused crypto settlement solution for institutions
Non-Custodial Smart Wallet Seeks to Widen Access to Crypto and DeFi
9.3.2020
London-based smart wallet startup Argent has raised $12 million in a Series A led by Sequoia Capital-backed fund, Paradigm
US Congressman Introduces Crypto-Currency Act of 2020
9.3.2020
U.S. Congressman introduces Crypto-Currency Act, looking to finally clarify which regulator is responsible for which digital assets
Oil Price Down After OPEC Deal Failure, Crypto Markets Severely Hit
9.3.2020
Global oil prices plunged more than 26% on Sunday after the OPEC failed to strike a price deal with its allies. Saudi Arabia, the largest producer of crude oil in the world, slashed the oil prices along with planning to increase oil production further to be ready for a possible price war....
World Economies & Crypto Market Crash: Is Coronavirus Only to Blame?
9.3.2020
What is really happening to the worldwide investment market as the stocks and major indices like S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average Index and NASDAQ future plunge record nearly 5% and 1200-point low, respectively. Not only this, but the wicket of crude oil dip has gained an additional point...
5 Crypto Cashback Solutions That Award You Satoshis to Shop
9.3.2020
Cashback is a popular ecommerce system that administers rewards and rebates for shopping. Every time you shop online, and in some cases in-store, you’ll earn up to 1% of the transaction value back. Traditionally administered in cash or rewards points, certain cashback schemes now dispense...
Crypto Won the Fight Against RBI, but is It Enough?
9.3.2020
The crypto industry has been at a tussle with the Reserve Bank of India ever since the apex financial regulatory body of the country ordered the commercial banks to prohibit catering to crypto companies. However, the industry won the battle on March 4, when the Supreme Court of India directed...