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HSBC and Barclays Block Company’s Accounts After Owner Traded Bitcoin

August 26, 2018

UK banks HSBC and Barclays froze the accounts of a company after its owner transacted on a cryptocurrency trading platform with his personal account. “Entirely transparent and above board” The company is ...

Leicester City F.C. Adds Second Blockchain Sponsor, FansUnite

August 24, 2018

FansUnite, a blockchain protocol for the sports betting and sports data industries, announced on Thursday that it has been named the latest official partner for Leicester City Football Club. FansUnite is the ...

Hope Remains: SEC to Review Rejected Bitcoin ETF Applications

August 24, 2018

FortuuneZ reported earlier this week that the SEC rejected another round of Bitcoin ETFs this past Wednesday. Now, the commission says that it will place the three applications (from Proshares, GraniteShares,...

UK Watchdog Grants Third E-Money Licence to Cryptocurrency Company, Wirex

August 23, 2018

The Financial Conduct Authority, the UK’s financial regulation authority, has granted an operating licence to another cryptocurrency company. This is the third e-money licence that it has issued. The recipie...

Australians Can Now Pay Utility Bills with Cryptocurrency

August 22, 2018

Australians can now pay their utility bills with cryptocurrency thanks to a partnership between two Melbourne-based businesses, according to the Australian Financial Review. The partnership is between Cointr...

Founder of BitTorrent Leaves Following Tron Takeover

August 21, 2018

Sources working at file-sharing company BitTorrent have said that there has been negative turn in the working environment since Tron took over, with five people having either resigned or been sacked, accordin...

Brokerage eToro Adds Twelfth Cryptocurrency to Trading List – MIOTA

August 20, 2018

eToro, a foreign exchange and cryptocurrency brokerage which allows its customers to copy the trades of other customers, has added MIOTA to its list of tradeable assets. It is now the twelfth cryptocurrency ...

Head of BitConnect India Arrested, Police Working to Unravel Scheme

August 20, 2018

Police in the west Indian city of Surat has arrested a local resident on suspicion of stealing tens of millions of rupees from Indian investors. Allegedly, he did this by tricking them into investing Bitcoin ...

Venezuela Devalues Bolivar by 95%, Pegs it to ‘Petro’ Cryptocurrency

August 20, 2018

The Venezuelan government has taken on a number of desperate, unorthodox initiatives to save its economy from total collapse. In the most significant move, the government has devalued the country’s national c...

Micronations Become Blockchain Powerhouses

August 17, 2018

Capitalising on their ability to rapidly draft and pass new legislation, micronations are leapfrogging larger nations to become crypto and blockchain hubs. The emergency of blockchain technology as a revolut...