The New York Times Company has revealed new details relating to its ongoing blockchain publishing experiments first revealed by CoinDesk in March. Published Tuesday, a new website…
The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on regulatory frameworks for cryptocurrencies and blockchain next week. The committee said in a press release that it would…
The New York Times has unveiled a blockchain-based project using the Hyperledger Fabric to fight fake news and guarantee the provenance of audio and video metadata. The…
A prominent Nigerian politician has called for a formal legal framework for cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology so the country is not left behind. Femi Gbajabiamila, the speaker…
Marubeni Corp., a major Japanese general trading company, is backing Lithuania-based blockchain energy project WePower. Marubeni Corp., a major Japanese sōgō shōsha, or general trading company, is…
New York state lawmakers have appointed six experts from various fields to the New York State Digital Currency Task Force, which was created to provide regulatory insight.…
The Philippines-based UnionBank has successfully completed a pilot of a blockchain-based cross-border remittance from the Philippines to Singapore. The Philippines-based UnionBank has successfully completed a pilot of…
The New York Department of Financial Services — the state’s finance watchdog — has formed a new division for licensing crypto-related businesses. The New York Department of…
BCH merchant acceptance has continued to grow month after month but there are a few regions in the world where bitcoin cash retail acceptance is thriving. Over…
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), the financial regulator for the state of New York, is moving its in-house team supervising cryptocurrency businesses to…
The New York State legislature has selected six representatives from the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry to join its Digital Currency Taskforce, first formed in January. Revealed in…
The head of South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) abruptly resigned last week, according to a July 18 report from The Korea Times. Former Chairman Choi Jong-ku…
UPDATE (July 23, 22:00 UTC): This article has been updated several times since initial publication as new information became available. If, as the saying goes, any publicity…
After much deliberation, the Economic Commission of the Islamic Republic of Iran has officially submitted restrictions on energy costs for crypto miners in the country. Cryptocurrency has…
Sweden-based cryptocurrency exchange QuickBit has confirmed an alleged data leak of customer records in an update to its blog. According to the exchange, an outside contractor left…
South Korea has been hit with approximately $2.28 billion (2.69 trillion won) in financial damage due to cryptocurrency-related crimes within the last two years, according to a…
The Indian Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Virtual Currencies has completed its report on the crypto asset space and its implications for India, and it’s prepared to go…
The anti-ICO chairman of South Korea’s Financial Services Commission has resigned from his post, just before the end of his term in office. Financial Services Commission (FSC)…
A federal judge has denied AT&T’s request for dismissal in a SIM-swapping case that resulted in the theft of cryptocurrencies. The federal judge overseeing Terpin v. AT&T…
Cyber criminals have been sending scam emails claiming to be from the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority and promoting crypto asset investments. Cyber criminals have been sending…
