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Gibraltar Enacts Distributed Ledger Technology Guidelines

January 3, 2018

Gibraltar: as of the first day of 2018, the Digital Ledger Technology Regulatory Framework has been in effect. This means that providers of cryptocurrency are now officially regulated in the British overseas ...

Bitcoin is Not Legal Tender, Clarifies Indian Finance Minister

January 2, 2018

The situation with Bitcoin on the Indian subcontinent is in murky water. Today, Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley called out against the digital coin, clarifying that it is not legal tender in the country....

Dominica-Licensed Offshore Bank to Launch New Digital Coin

January 2, 2018

Digibank, a digital-only bank service licensed in the Commonwealth of Dominica, has announced a partnership with Jubilee Fintech Holdings Limited of Hong Kong with the aim of creating a new digital coin calle...

Russia’s Plans for Cryptocurrency: “No Regard” for International Sanctions

January 2, 2018

Russia’s position as a rather unpredictable player on the world stage has long been reflected in the country’s relationship with cryptocurrency. The dramatic push-pull of whether or not (and to which degree) ...

BitMex Liquidates All of Its Bitcoin Cash Holdings

January 1, 2018

The crazy ride of the cryptocurrencies in 2017 has certainly made one set of firms very rich – the cryptocurrency exchanges. Many exchanges have now become mammoth in size and with this, any sudden activity b...

Moldova Aims to Leverage Blockchain for Economic Growth

January 1, 2018

Moldova, Europe’s poorest country, is now headed to leverage blockchain technology to uplift the country from its recent misery. A group of local tech enthusiasts has launched the Digital & Distributed Te...

Australian Banks Allegedly Blocking Cryptocurrency Transactions, Freezing Accounts

December 31, 2017

Customers of four major Australian banks are complaining that their cryptocurrency-related transactions are being blocked, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The banks in question are National Australia...

Trade.io ‎Enhances Token Capabilities With Integration of Bancor ‎Protocol

December 30, 2017

Blockchain startup Trade.io announced a collaboration agreement to integrate Bancor Protocol, allowing for the instant conversion of its Trade Token (TIO) to and from Ethereum ERC20 tokens in the Bancor Netwo...

Monero Mining Bot Infects Facebook Messenger Chrome Extension

December 29, 2017

Crypto mining scripts and bots that inject themselves into browsers and web apps have become an increasingly common pest on the internet.This kind of malware usurps the CPU of unwitting users, turning their c...

Thai Finance Ministry Promotes Crypto Education Over Prohibition

December 29, 2017

The Thai Finance Ministry has announced that it will join in an effort to educate Thai citizens about the risks involved with investing in and trading Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. According to the Bang...