Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 171 of 298

40 German Banks Seek BaFin’s Nod to Offer Bitcoin Custody

February 11, 2020

Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, better known as BaFin, has received more than 40 applications from German banks seeking permission to become Bitcoin custodians. Reported by local news outl...

The Ministry And Committee Of Digital Transformation Of Ukraine Proposes Regulations For Cryptocurrency Mining

February 10, 2020

The Ministry and Committee of Digital Transformation of Ukraine has put forth a forward-thinking proposal for regulating cryptocurrency mining. According to the release published Friday, Ukraine is embracing...

Japan Convicts Man For Cryptojacking Website Visitors

February 10, 2020

Authorities in Japan have convicted a 32-year-old website designer for embedding a cryptojacking script onto his website without warning the victims he would be using their machines to mine cryptocurrency. A...

Belgium’s FSMA Calls for Crypto Regulations

February 10, 2020

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) is pushing the government to bring regulations for digital currencies. In a Senate hearing, Jean-Paul Servais, the chairman of the FSMA, brought the propos...

Ripple’s Partner MoneyGram Seals $9 Million Investment

February 9, 2020

Ripple, one of the key players in the market seems to have an upper edge in the regard and is planning to stay that way. Many companies understand the value ripple puts on the table and one such company is Mo...

China Shuts Bitcoin Mining Farms Following Coronavirus Epidemic

February 7, 2020

As the Coronavirus epidemic is getting worse, Chinese authorities are shutting down Bitcoin mining farms to contain the spread. Jiang Zhuoer, the operator of mining pool BTC.Top, revealed on Weibo last Tuesd...

Japan Lawmakers Want Digital Yen Discussion at G7 Summit

February 7, 2020

A group of Japanese lawmakers is suggesting the country issue a digital currency and raise this issue in the upcoming G7 summit. Reported by Reuters on Friday, all the lawmakers are from the Liberal Democrat...

Tron Founder Justin Sun Finally Dines With Warren Buffett

February 6, 2020

Tron founder and CEO Justin Sun’s hotly-anticipated meal date with billionaire investor Warren Buffett has been served. Sun, along with his four guests, dined with Buffett on January 23 at 6:00 PM Central Ti...

Bitcoin Mixing Service Goes Offline After Reportedly Being Found Scamming Users

February 6, 2020

A bitcoin mixing service, a service used to mix various transactions to improve privacy on the Bitcoin blockchain, has been reportedly found to be scamming users by both stealing their BTC and then trying to ...

The US Fed Looking into Digital Currency Prospect

February 6, 2020

The United States’ Federal Reserve is studying the feasibility of issuing a digital currency, FED Governor Lael Brainard revealed on Wednesday. Speaking at a conference on payments at the Stanford Graduate S...