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Japan’s Financial Regulator Tightens Grip on Crypto Exchanges

May 23, 2019

The Japanese Financial Services Agency has increased its anti-money-laundering (AML) efforts, taking a particularly tough stance on cryptocurrency exchanges, according to local news source Nikkei. The new AM...

VOLUM Kicks Off IEO With LAToken Exchange

May 17, 2019

VOLUM (the “Company”), a multi-dimensional blockchain technology holding company, is excited to announce the upcoming Initial Exchange Offering (“IEO”) of its VOLUM (VLM) utility token in partnership with LAT...

Bitcoin Flash Crash Causes $200m Liquidation on BitMEX

May 17, 2019

Just as the mood across cryptocurrency markets was striking an upbeat tone, a sharp turnaround last night flipped a switch. A flash crash in the price of Bitcoin allegedly starting with a big sell order trans...

Coinbase & Fidelity are “Neck-in-Neck” in Race to Acquire Xapo

May 17, 2019

US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is in advanced-stage talks to acquire crypto custody service Xapo, sources have told crypto news source The Block. Coinbase is reportedly seeking to purchase the com...

Crypto Professor From Cornell University Gears Up To Launch His Own Coin

May 17, 2019

Emin Gun Sirer, a professor at Cornell University and one of the leading academic experts on blockchain to release its own Cryptocurrency and Blockchain network. The news was released by Bloomberg on May 16. ...

Fr8 Network Launches FR8 Token Sale On LAToken

May 16, 2019

Fr8 Network has announced an upcoming public sale of FR8 token on the popular cryptocurrency exchange LAToken. Beginning May 15, 2019 registered users of LAToken can purchase FR8 through LAToken’s token sale ...

Coinbase Custody Service Scales to 70 Clients, $1 Billion AUM

May 16, 2019

Brian Armstrong, the CEO of the San Francisco-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, said nearly 70 institutions have joined the custody service his company debuted last year to safeguard digital ass...

eBay Denies Rumors of Accepting Crypto as Payment

May 16, 2019

E-commerce giant eBay has debunked rumors that it would introduce crypto payments option on its platform, according to a Bloomberg report. On May 12, a leaked image of an eBay advertisement surfaced which sh...

Medvedev: Crypto Regulations “No Longer a Priority” for Russia

May 16, 2019

With regulatory uncertainty making life difficult for firms to do business in cryptocurrency, many in the industry have been calling for governments to put laws in place that would govern the nascent market f...

eToroX Adds 4 Stablecoins, 2 Pegged to Precious Metals

May 14, 2019

eToro’s cryptocurrency division eToroX has added two commodity-backed stablecoins – one pegged to gold and the other to silver – to its trading platform. The exchange also added two fiat-pegged stablecoins –...