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India to Regulate Cryptocurrencies by March 31st

February 5, 2018

After the Indian Finance Minister’s clear statement on the position of the government regarding the legality of Bitcoin and other digital currencies in the annual budget speech (“The government does not recog...

smartTrade Technologies to Launch Post-Trade Distributed Ledger

February 1, 2018

Financial technology provider smartTrade is the latest company to adopt blockchain technology in its quest to deliver ultimate transparency to the market. The new product which the company is developing is fo...

Indian Finance Minister Drops a Bomb: Will Try to Eliminate Use of Crypto

February 1, 2018

The legality of cryptocurrency in India is a long-debated topic in the financial industry. Today, in the annual budget speech, Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gave a clear picture of the government’s sta...

Crypto by the Bay: Huobi to Open Office in San Francisco

January 31, 2018

Huobi, which was one of China’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges before the country expelled all such businesses, is to open an office in San Francisco, according to a report from Coindesk. Cai Kailong, the ...

Samsung Enters Bitcoin Mining Industry with New Mining Hardware

January 31, 2018

South Korea’s largest conglomerate – Samsung – has finally entered the cryptocurrency business. It has begun the mass production of cryptocurrency mining hardware, especially ASIC chips. As reported by Korea...

Chat App Line to Launch Cryptocurrency Trading Platform

January 31, 2018

Japan-based messaging platform Line has announced its plans to launch a cryptocurrency trading platform. In an official statement, Line Corp confirmed that it has already started the process of opening a cry...

SEC Halts $1 Billion ICO of AriseBank, Discloses Criminal Background of Executives

January 30, 2018

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has halted a fast-moving initial coin offering (ICO) that was seeking to raise up to $1 billion from thousands of investors ‎to develop “‎the world’s first dece...

Hong Kong Launches Cryptocurrency Educational Campaign

January 30, 2018

On 29th January, two Hong Kong authorities – the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Investor Education Centre (IEC) – joined hands to launch a public education campaign on cryptocurrenc...

More Than a Million People Waiting in Line to Trade on Robinhood

January 30, 2018

In whichever direction the crypto market goes, one set of firms will always make money – the cryptocurrency exchanges. In order to dominate in this space, startup firms with innovative strategies are jumping ...

Texas Banking Commissioner Strikes AriseBank with Cease and Desist Order

January 29, 2018

The Banking Commissioner of the state of Texas has filed a non-‎appealable cease and desist order against AriseBank, which claims to be “‎the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency bank”, ordering it to s...