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FCA Cautions Against BitMEX, Takes Down Kraken Warning

March 5, 2020

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued warnings on Wednesday against two popular crypto exchanges – Kraken and BitMEX – for their operations in the United Kingdom. While the warning on Kraken turne...

South Korea Brings New Law to Legitimize Crypto

March 5, 2020

The National Assembly of South Korea’s legislation and judiciary committee has passed a crucial digital currency-related bill on Thursday, legalizing crypto in the country. Dubbed Special Financial Informati...

U.S. Charges Chinese Nationals Linked To North Korean Cryptocurrency Hack

March 4, 2020

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced it sanctioned two Chinese nationals involved in laundering funds allegedly stolen by North Korean hackers from crypt...

Google Play Store Bans Crypto News Apps Without Warning

March 4, 2020

The Google Play Store has banned multiple cryptocurrency news applications without providing a warning or reason for the removal. According to a report by the International Business Times, Google has seeming...

India’s Apex Court Lifts Ban On Cryptocurrency Trading

March 4, 2020

In a historic judgment passed today, India’s Supreme Court has lifted the ban on crypto trading in India. In 2018, the country’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banned cryptocurrencies. Today’s...

Justin Sun Defends Steem Takeover After ‘Hackers’ Freeze 65 Million Tokens

March 3, 2020

TRON founder Justin Sun has, according to blockchain data, seemingly executed a hostile takeover of the Steem blockchain with the help of major cryptocurrency exchanges. The move was made shortly after TRO...

Kraken Saves Historic Hackerspace Noisebridge With 17.5 BTC Donation

March 2, 2020

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has donated 17.5 BTC, worth over $150,000, to the collaborative hackerspace Noisebridge. According to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle, Noisebridge, a hackerspace that...

Japan’s Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) Adds Coinbase As Second-Class Member

March 2, 2020

Japan’s Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), an official self-regulatory body of crypto exchanges, has added San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase as a second-class member. Coinbase has in t...

Binance Makes First Direct Banking Tie with Turkish Akbank

March 2, 2020

Binance, a global crypto exchange, announced on Monday that it has directly partnered with Akbank, a commercial bank in Turkey, to open banking channels on its primary platform. With this partnership, the cr...

Rakuten Wallet to Launch Crypto Margin Trading

March 2, 2020

Rakuten Wallet, the crypto wallet and exchange platform of the Japanese financial services giant, has decided to provide digital asset margin trading services to its client base. Announced on Monday, the pla...