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BitMEX CTO Released in US After Payment of $5M Bond
9.10.2020
The former chief technology officer of the troubled BitMEX exchange has been released after a bond for $5 million was paid in the U.S
Fed Reserve and 6 Other Central Banks Set Out Core Digital Currency Principles
9.10.2020
The seven central banks, along with BIS, have released a report setting out agreed core objectives that must be met by national digital currencies
Dutch Central Bank Gives First Approval to Digital Asset Exchange
9.10.2020
AMDAX has become the first to register with Holland's central bank under recently implemented EU anti-money laundering regulations
The DOJ’s ‘Crypto Enforcement Framework’ Argues Against Privacy Tools and for International Regulation
8.10.2020
The Justice Department's new crypto enforcement framework lays out its case for prosecuting alleged crimes around the world while taking aim at privacy-enhancing tools
US Attorney General Releases Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework
8.10.2020
U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr announced Thursday the release of “Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework,” a publication produced by the Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force.
Bungled Theft of Bitcoin ATM Puts Canadian Business Out of Action
8.10.2020
The inept thieves reversed their pickup truck into the store window, after failing to nab the crypto ATM
Winklevoss-Founded Crypto Exchange Gemini Hires Former Morgan Stanley Exec
8.10.2020
The U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange has tapped a former Morgan Stanley executive to head its compliance operations in Asia
BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes Leaves Role After US Charges
8.10.2020
The parent group of BitMEX has announced an executive shakeup after U.S. authorities charged the firm over allegedly illegal conduct
Group Backed by ING Bank, Fidelity and Standard Chartered Releases Crypto AML Tools
8.10.2020
The Travel Rule Protocol working group has published v1 of its TRP API
‘It’s Something We’re Studying’: Deputy Treasury Secretary Discusses US CBDC Plans
7.10.2020
“It’s something we’re studying … this is really a decision which sits as much with the Fed as it does with Treasury,” said Deputy Secretary Justin Muzinich
Bill to Give Blockchain Records Legal Clout Reintroduced in US House
7.10.2020
Rep. Soto and Rep. Schweikert call for recognizing blockchain signatures as legal instruments in their new bill
Coinbase’s ‘Mission’ Violates the Spirit of Bitcoin
7.10.2020
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wants it both ways: to be apolitical about uncomfortable disruptions and political about Bitcoin's mission to disrupt the world
KuCoin Restarts Deposits, Withdrawals for Bitcoin, Ether Following $281M Hack
7.10.2020
The South Korean exchange is bringing more services back online after suffering a major hack late last month
South Korea’s Central Bank to Test Digital Currency With Banks in 2021
7.10.2020
Following China's lead, the Bank of Korea is to run circulation trials of a central bank digital currency with assistance from banks
Inside the Estonian CBDC Experiment That Could Shape the Digital Euro
7.10.2020
How the firm helping lead Estonia's central bank digital currency research is approaching a mass-market crypto coin
China Central Bank Official Reveals Results of First Digital Yuan Pilots
7.10.2020
An official for China’s central bank has unveiled usage statistics of state-backed digital currency trials that were conducted in three Chinese cities. Speaking virtually at the Sibos 2020 conference on Monday, Fan Yifei, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, said the bank opened 113,300...
Ripple Could Leave US If Regulatory Environment Doesn’t Change, Chairman Tells Fortune
6.10.2020
Larsen told Fortune that nearly every country in the world has more favorable crypto regulation than the US
After BitMEX: Regulation Must Change for the Digital Age
6.10.2020
Recent regulatory enforcement against BitMEX shows how out of step the world's financial regulators are with digital innovation
CFTC Enforcement Director McDonald to Leave This Week
6.10.2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Tuesday Division of Enforcement Director James McDonald will depart the agency this Thursday, Oct. 8. McDonald has served as director of Enforcement since April 2017
CBDC Design Needs to Address Risk to Users, Says Bank of Canada
6.10.2020
Building an anonymous central bank digital currency (CBDC) presents security risks – not only to the issuer but to the users themselves, says the Bank of Canada