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UAE Approves Plans to Regulate ICO Tokens as Securities

September 10, 2018

The UAE’s financial regulator is taking the final steps to regulate the way that blockchain start-ups are raising money – initial coin offerings – and has warned of the many risks involved. The watchdog is pr...

ASIC to Keep Watchful Eye on Cryptocurrencies and ICOs

September 7, 2018

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has published its corporate plan for 2018 up until 2022 today. In the report, the regulator has highlighted cryptocurrencies as a potential threat t...

Apex Clearing to Launch Crypto Offering in Q4 2018

September 5, 2018

Apex Clearing, a digital wealth management provider, announced today that it will be launching a new cryptocurrency technology. This will allow broker-dealers and other online investment platforms working wit...

Rakuten Builds Blockchain Presence, Acquires Crypto Exchange in $2.4m Deal

August 31, 2018

Japanese electronic commerce and internet company Rakuten has announced the acquisition of Everybody’s Bitcoin, a local bitcoin exchange. A share transfer agreement for 100 percent of Everybody’s Bitcoin was ...

Cboe to Launch Ethereum Futures Before the End of 2018

August 31, 2018

A remarkable leap forward for the Ethereum community, and the entire cryptocurrency world, is on the cards – Cboe, the largest options and futures exchange in the US, told market makers that the debut of Ethe...

Fraudsters Target FXOpen Customers with Fake Email Addresses

August 31, 2018

A new form of fraud appears to be affecting the brokerage industry. This Friday, FXOpen, a retail and institutional FX broker, announced that scam artists have been trying to trick customers with fraudulent e...

Australia is Developing a National Blockchain for Businesses

August 29, 2018

Australia is developing a national blockchain intended for the country’s businesses to use, according to an official statement from the government’s scientific research department. Insect repellent and ban...

Deloitte: 84% of Executives Want to Invest Millions in Blockchain

August 28, 2018

The results of a recent survey conducted by Deloitte have revealed that roughly 40 percent of executives in the telecom, media, and technology industries are interested in investing millions in blockchain res...

IronFX to Launch its Cryptocurrency Exchange in Q4 2018

August 28, 2018

FX brokerage firm IronFX Group today confirmed that its cryptocurrency exchange, dubbed ‘IronX’, is set to launch as early as the fourth quarter. The new trading venue, which is being created in collaboratio...

Reserve Bank of India Quietly Opens Cryptocurrency Research Unit

August 27, 2018

The Reserve Bank of India has formed a cryptocurrency research unit, according to the Economic Times of India. According to sources familiar with the matter, the unit was formed without announcement, and is ...